TFS ConvertWorkspaceItem error - tfs

I'm trying to get Uri path from Local path of Build directory. I've added ConvertWorkspaceItem however I get an error:
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT
This is the way I've set it up. I get valid BuildDirectory (C:\builds...) and I want to get a server path (\TFSBUILDSrv\some\blah)
Result:

You need to specify valid variable names for all of these three properties. there should also be a variable declared in the workflow called workspace.
It's a type error
As ConvertWorkspaceItem.Workspace Property from MSDN mentioned, this should be a value of workspace that contains the files to convert paths for( BuildDirectory to test1)
So just need to change the variable type to workspace of the workspace variable. Everything is OK.
A example:

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build0.properties
build1.properties
each file looks something like this:
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Refer to the last paragraph in this MSDN document:
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Then in my xaml file I've added a variable called "test1" and added GetEnvirenmentVariable" step where I would like to store value of
TF_BUILD_BUILDDIRECTORY
I can NOT get the value to come through. Output from my build:
It prints $(TF_BUILD_BUILDDIRECTORY) instead of "C:\temp... etc"
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Use environment data from a custom build process
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process template, you can use the GetEnvironmentVariable activity to
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