on #3 you cannot pass a variable from a parent flow to a subflow if both are on the sc_req_item table. I was wondering is it possible to try to move it through scratchpad?
Basically, when a subflow is running there are catalog tasks and I am trying to populate the short description with variables from the item. This is no problem using current. etc on the main flow but I cannot find a way to do this on the subflow.
Sorry, misunderstood the problem (being restricted to sc_req_item). You should be able to reference the variables on the request item directly from your subflow with current.request.myVarName.
