Passing Arguments to Command Line Scripts in ETL+

Owned by Cortlandt _
Jun 24, 2023
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Arguments, also know as, parameters can be passed to .bat scripts from ETL+ Job page.

.bat Script Example

The file referenced in the Program/Script entry is a .bat file with the following line.

"C:\Program Files\Tableau\DataSelf Desktop 2022.1\bin\tableau" refreshextract -s http://localhost/ -u <uid> -p "%~1%" --project <project> --datasource "datasource"

The string "%~1%" is a reference to the first argument passed to the .bat file.

When run by ETL+ the script will resolve the argument (parameter) as:

"C:\Program Files\Tableau\DataSelf Desktop 2022.1\bin\tableau" refreshextract -s http://localhost/ -u <uid> -p "mypassword" --project <project> --datasource "datasource"

 

  • %1 is a reference to the first argument/parameter that's passed to the script.

  • %~1 strips out double-quotes in case the parameter is passed in as "mypassword".

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