What is Job parameter? · Ultra Transcenders glossary

A key-value setting declared for the whole job, which a run can override, and which is passed automatically to tasks that take key-value parameters; any other task can reference it as {{job.parameters.<name>}}.

In the Ultra Transcenders books

DBX-DEP DP-750

Each book explains Job parameter in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.

Terms in this definition

Job
A sequence of steps executed together on one agent or runner, or on the server for agentless work. While running, each occupies one of your parallel jobs.

Related terms

For each task
A task in Lakeflow Jobs that loops over an array (supplied as JSON, a task value or a job parameter) and executes an inner task for every element, with a setting for how many iterations may run at the same time.

See Job parameter in the full glossary