What is the best way for initialization of form Fields?

Q&A
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I want to initialize form fields with data from the pdm. What would be the best practice? Use the rest api (caseVariable) or use the context Object?

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My recommendation would be to declare a variable in your form with type set to “external API” and use the context variable to build the URL. E.g.: …/{{context.nameOfYourBussinessVariable_ref.link}}

You can then map this variable attributes to your form widget.

I strongly recommend to use business variable over process variables.