The Placeholders tab shows all case-related values that DEPLAW automatically inserts into letters, documents, and forms — for example the client’s name and address or the court case number.

Structure

  • Placeholders are grouped hierarchically (e.g. MANDANT › ANSCHRIFT › STRASSE). Use the arrows to expand and collapse groups.
  • On the right, you see the current value of the selected placeholder for this case.
  • The search field finds a placeholder by its name.
  • + Add placeholder creates your own case-specific placeholder.

Automating placeholders

Placeholders are also the variables of a workflow: anything a workflow produces as a variable in UPPERCASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES appears immediately here in this tab — and conversely, any change to a placeholder flows back into the running workflow (see Variable Concept).

This lets you create, calculate, and change placeholders as you like, without calling an actual function:

  • In the editor, you use the “Empty ServiceTask” and specify a header for each placeholder.
  • If the value starts with =, it is evaluated as a FEEL expression — this lets you calculate deadlines, totals, or RVG/GKG fees, for example, and write the result directly into a placeholder.