# tBoxv2Connection
Creates a Box connection that the other Box components can reuse.
This component creates the connection to a given Box account.
For a quick introduction on using this component in your Job, see the following video:
## tBoxv2Connection Standard properties
These properties are used to configure tBoxv2Connection running in the Standard Job framework.
The Standard tBoxv2Connection component belongs to the Cloud family.
The component in this framework is available in all subscription-based Talend products.
Information noteNote: This component is available only when you have installed the 8.0.1-R2023-04 Talend Studio Monthly update or a later one delivered by Talend. For more information, check with your administrator.
## Basic settings
| Properties | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Property type | Either Built-in or Repository.
- Built-in: No property data is stored centrally.
- Repository: Select the repository file where properties are stored. The fields that follow are completed automatically using the fetched data.
|
| Authentication type | Select the authentication type: JWT (short for JSON Web
Token) or Developer token.
You need to provide the following
parameters in the corresponding fields for the JWT authentication
type.
- Client ID and Client secret: Enter the client key and client secret required by Box to access the Box API. To obtain the client key and client secret, you need to create an account at https://developers.box.com/ and then create a Box App under the Box account to be used. The client key and client secret can be obtained from the account application settings.
- Public key ID
- Private key
- Private key passphrase
- Enterprise ID or User ID
For more information about JWT authentication, see [JWT Auth](https://developer.box.com/guides/authentication/jwt/).
Information noteNote: To enter the client secret, private key, or private key passphrase, click the
[...] button next to the corresponding field to bring out the
Enter a new password dialog box, enter the key in the text
field, and click OK. Note that you can enter the key either in a
JSON string in the pure password mode or as a Java expression in the
Java mode. You can toggle between the two modes by clicking
switch to Java mode or switch to pure password
mode on the top of the text field.
If you select Developer token from the drop-down list, type in
the developer token in the Developer token field. For more information about developer token, see [Developer Tokens](https://developer.box.com/guides/authentication/tokens/developer-tokens/). |
## Advanced settings
| Properties | Description |
| --- | --- |
| tStatCatcher Statistics | Select this check box to collect log data at the component
level. |
## Global Variables
| Variables | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Global Variables | ERROR\_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error checkbox is
cleared, if the component has this checkbox.
NB\_LINE: the number
of rows read by an input component or transferred to an output component. This is an
After variable and it returns an integer.
A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component
while an After variable functions after the execution of the component.
To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl+Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from
it.
For more information about variables, see [Using contexts and variables](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/contexts-and-variables). |
## Usage
| Usage guidance | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Usage rule** | This component is used standalone as a subJob to create the Box connection to be used.
In a Job design, it is often connected to the other Box components
using the Trigger links such as
OnSubjobOk link. |