Enviromental variable as parameter in a job

[dkaris]

Hello Group,
We are trying to populate a parameter in Control-M with the value of a user defined enviromental variable.

For example:
I have set in windows a variable "demovar" with value "1234"
I would like to set in Control-M %%testvar = %demovar
and then do an echo %%testvar so as to see 1234 in sysout.

So far in sysout I did not get the needed result. Ay ideas?

Regards
Dimitris

PS: If I try the same example with %PATH% it seems to be working...

[LordOfAfford]

Is the environment variable defined for the user you run the job with ?
If your job runs under the defined account it logs onto the specific env variables of that user so check it

[dkaris]

Is the environment variable defined for the user you run the job with ?
If your job runs under the defined account it logs onto the specific env variables of that user so check it

Yes it is,
I chekced the variable and still does not work...

[baralem]

If ctmserver process was started before you defined the variable I believe that you cannot use it. Yo should restart control-m server after varaible definition.
Have you tried global variables:

[1] % ctmvar
Output:
Parameter -ACTION isn't specified
usage: ctmvar
-ACTION <LOAD>
[ -VAR <Variable> ]
[ -VAREXPR <Variable> ]
[ -FILENAME <Filename> ]
[ -QUIET ]
[ -DEBUG <debug> ]


regards.

[dkaris]

If ctmserver process was started before you defined the variable I believe that you cannot use it. Yo should restart control-m server after varaible definition.
Have you tried global variables:

[1] % ctmvar
Output:
Parameter -ACTION isn't specified
usage: ctmvar
-ACTION <LOAD>
[ -VAR <Variable> ]
[ -VAREXPR <Variable> ]
[ -FILENAME <Filename> ]
[ -QUIET ]
[ -DEBUG <debug> ]


regards.

Hello,
A re-start seems like a possible solution. I will have to try it tommorow.

CTMVAR might be a solution but I would like to utilize the environmental variables because various applications set their values there...