I have emailers embedded in many workspaces. Within each I have 1 parameter for the email password which applies to all emailers within each workspace but I am wondering if it's possible for multiple workspaces to reference the 1 email password parameter so I only have to change this in 1 place every 3 months as my password changes?
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Many workspaces referencing one external parameter?
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I would use user parameters. Whenever you can, also think about security of your passwords!
User parameters are like global variables across your entire worksheet that can be called from anywhere. Also very helpful when you want to do batch processing.
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Hi @tfsrichard ,
web connections are the preferred method used by FME to store credential in a safe way. If you can send e-mails from a GMail account you can create a web connection (Tools -> FME Options -> Web Connections) and store the password there once.
If you need to use a generic SMTP server you could store the password in a text file and read it as an attribute when needed, although I think it's not a good practice store passwords in clear text file.
Hope that helps!