# Adding metadata information in Parameters view

Available in...

* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Integration
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric

The Parameters tab lists the context properties defined in the Context view.

## About this task

Only properties starting with parameter\_, resource\_file\_, or resource\_directory\_ are listed in the Technical Name column.

The Display Name column shows by default the parameter name not preceded by the parameter type:

* parameter\_
* resource\_

## Procedure

1. Select the check boxes under Required? to have a prompt for the variable values during the execution of the Job in Talend Studio.

   You can edit the prompt message in the environment columns in the Context view.
2. In the Description field, enter the description of the context parameter.

## Example

![Parameters view of the Job.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/use_case-set_metadata_param.png)