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Plugin Information

View Global Variable String Parameter on the plugin site for more information.

Global Variable String Parameter Plugin

Provides a parameter with support for global node properties via $VARIABLE or ${VARIABLE}

Utilization

After installing, in your job choose Add Parameter and select Global Variable String Parameter. Use $VARIABLE or ${VARIABLE} in either the default value or on the build now page to substitute global node parameters.

Version History

Version 1.2 (Sept 17 2013)

  • Fix race condition where concurrent builds could cause variables not to substitute

Version 1.1 (Nov 02 2012)

  • Initial Release

Example

  1. Create a global variable
  2. Create a global variable string parameter in a job
  3. Reference the global variable in the default value
  4. Add a simple echo statement to demonstrate the substitution
  5. The variable remains unsubstituted on the Build Now page
  6. But is correctly substituted in the console output
  7. The variable can also be changed from the build now screen to be incorrect
  8. And no longer substitutes

5 Comments

  1. Gregory Boissinot

    This feature should be into Jenkins core (improvement of the String parameter) instead of providing a new plugin.
    In my opinion, there are too many plugins and providing this kind of feature by a new plugin contributes to decrease Jenkins stability.

    1. Patrick McKeown

      Ya I agree or perhaps have global properties available in a Run's variable list.  Substituting a variable into another variable is a little hacky.

  2. Anura S Nawarathna

    Hi,

        I used above Plugin but get error as "Global Variable GLOBAL_VARS does not exist". I follow instructions as above but got above error. As well I try the variables in '/env-vars.html', like 'BUILD_NUMBER'. It also given the above error. May I missed some instruction and let me know what should I do to correct the above.

    Thank you very much in advance.

    Anura

    1. Patrick McKeown

      The plugin will only substitute global variables defined in the global properties section in https://your-jenkins/configure.  The variable you want to substitute must be of the form 

       $VARIABLE

      or 

       ${VARIABLE WITH SPACES}

      inside the value field of the global variable string parameter.

      As well I try the variables in '/env-vars.html', like 'BUILD_NUMBER'

      All of those variables are already exposed to your build, you don't need to use this plugin to access them.

  3. Achmad Fienan Rahardianto

    Hi,

    is it possible to have the description field to accept HTML string just like Jenkin's String parameter ?

    Sorry for bringing this up after 4 years without updates