# Defining context variables for a Job or Route

You can define context variables for a particular Job or Route in two ways:

* Using the Context view of the Job or Route.
* Using the F5 key from the Component view of a component.

### In this section

* [Defining context variables in the Context view](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-09/defining-context-variables-in-contexts-view)
* [Defining context variables from the Component view](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-09/defining-variables-from-component-view)
* [Talend Cloud context parameters](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-09/context-parameters)