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Variables (ETL/ELT)

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In this menu, you create, modify, and delete ETL/ELT variables. You can also import variables from profiles or workflows.

Navigate to Integration > ETL/ELT Pipelines. Open a pipeline, then go to the Variables tab.

Settings

Configuration settings for ETL tasks with highlighted variable paths and options.

Plus icon (+): Creates a new variable.

Changeable at start: A workflow calls an ETL/ELT pipeline. It passes the values of its workflow variables to ETL/ELT variables with the same name. Set this option for the affected ETL/ELT variables. See Workflows.

Context menu

Name

Description

Duplicate

Creates a copy of the entry with the suffix _COPY.

Delete entry

Deletes the selected entry.

Delete all entries

Deletes all entries at once.

Import variables from

Imports variables from a specific profile, workflow, or URL params into the ETL/ELT pipeline.

Export

Exports variables as a CSV file.

Copy all entries

Copies all entries to the clipboard.

New entry

Creates a new variable.

ETL/ELT system variables

Name

Description

BASE_PATH

The system automatically sets the value to the path of the Integration Server installation directory. NOTE Changes have no effect. The system always sets the value again automatically.

EVENT_INPUT_FILE_PATH

ETL process variable containing the file path as a query source.

TEST_PATH

Analogous to BASE_PATH for test runs.

JOB_ID

The system fills the variable with the job ID at runtime.

LAST_RUN

The time of the last run of the ETL/ELT pipeline.