Parameters

Scope

• Parameters are an important means of providing information to Jobs and scripts.
• Parameters allow the re-usability of jobs and Job Chains.

Job Parameters

• Are created on a per job basis.
• Are used by tasks, i.e. running jobs, and can be added or modified on start of a job.
• For details see How to set and read job and order parameters

Order Parameters

• Are created with Orders and are available to all jobs in a job chain.
• Have precedence over job parameters with the same name.
• For details see How to set and read job and order parameters

Job Chain Node Parameters

• Are created on a per job chain basis and are stored in external files.
• Allow different parameters with the same name to be used for job chain nodes.
• This allows the flexible re-use of jobs (without parameters assigned) by a number of job chains.
• For details see How to define and reference job chain node parameters