# Parameters Question

**URL:** <https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/parameters-question/597>\
**Category:** CloverDX Platform\
**Created:** [September 17, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/parameters-question/597 "2009-09-17T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ciscochi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@ciscochi](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/ciscochi)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/parameters-question/597/1 "2009-09-17T00:00:00Z")

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Hi,  
I searched and didn’t see anything specific in the forum or the user guide.

I am trying to figure out how I can pass parameters to a graph during runtime. Can you provide some examples?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![avackova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@avackova](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/avackova)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/parameters-question/597/2 "2009-09-18T08:00:40Z")

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Hello,  
you can pass simple parameter as a command line argument (-P:parameterName=parameterValue) or a file with many parameters (-cfg fileName). When running graph from the eclipse you can specify file name with parameters directly in CloverETL launch tab; for single parameter you have to use above syntax in Program arguments of Arguments tab.  
For more information see:  
[Running Graphs with Parameter Arguments and VM Arguments](http://www.cloveretl.com/%5Fupload/clover-gui/docs/html/manual%5Fhtml%5Fchunk/ch03s07.html)  
[Property and property file (aka parameters)](http://wiki.clovergui.net/doku.php?id=graph%5Felements:properties&s=parameters)  
[Sort Universal example](http://wiki.clovergui.net/doku.php?id=examples&s=parameters#sort%5Funiversal%5Fexample)  
[Command line](http://wiki.clovergui.net/doku.php?id=running&s=parameters#command%5Fline)

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**Author:** ![ciscochi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@ciscochi](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/ciscochi)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/parameters-question/597/3 "2009-09-18T19:11:31Z")

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Thanks!

This was just what I was looking for. My bad for missing it.