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Managing pipeline tasks with context variables

You can visualize the context variables of a pipeline artifact and overwrite their values when adding or editing a task based on this artifact.

You have previously configured the context variables in your pipeline then published it from Talend Cloud Pipeline Designer to Talend Management Console.

  • From the artifact details page, you can visualize the default values of the context variables configured in your pipeline from Talend Cloud Pipeline Designer.
    Default values of context variables displayed in the artifact details page.
  • You can see the context variables in the Configuration box from the task details page.
    Context variables displayed in the task details page.
  • You can overwrite the context variables when adding or editing a task.
    1. If you are editing your task, go to its details page then click the icon next to Configuration.
    2. Go to the Parameters step.
    3. Enter new values.
      Page to overwrite context variables.
    4. Save your changes.

      You can see the new context variables in the Configuration box from the task details page.

  • You can also visualize the context variables of a specific task run in the Pipeline tab of the Run overview page by clicking Logs in the run history.
    Context variables displayed in the Pipeline tab of the Run overview page.

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