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stephenknilans
Contributor
8 years ago

How do we use a pipeline parameter in a snap to pass NO account?

I HAVE to handle multiple accounts, by request, so I NEED a pipeline parameter. Unfortunately, I have come across a need to make that NO account, so it reads and writes on the local snaplogic instan...
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tstack
Former Employee
8 years ago

I’m able to make it work by setting it to null. Can you provide a sample pipeline where it does not (along with the error message)?

Here is a screenshot where I am using null with a File Reader and it seems to be working. The preview window is showing the response from (http://httpbin.org/headers) and there is no “Authorization” header, so the account is not being used.

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eguo
Former Employee
8 years ago

In my current project, I actually used expression _accountSftp == ‘’ ? null : _accountSftp in a file reader snap to allow easy switch between SFTP and SLDB.

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    stephenknilans
    Contributor
    8 years ago

    Thanks, eguo, it works. I was hoping for some setting or something, rather than a change made on every connection. Unfortunately, this is a connection I use in a lot of areas. I use it to specify an area several files are placed into and/or read from.