I checked the documentation but it doesn't actually appear to be possible to create a User Parameter from a workspace parameter. That is, the right-click options for the parameters listed under the "Workspace Parameters" heading are limited to just one option - "Edit Parameter Value..." I'd really like to be able to create a published User Parameter from the Writer redirect parameter. Here's why:
I have some workspaces which I am regularly testing in order to improve them and often in this testing I'll redirect the output to the Inspector or limit the number of features being read. Aside from running these workspaces interactively when I'm testing them, I also kick them off weekly or so in a batch process that uses the command-line. Whenever I do that, I want the workspaces to NOT redirect the output and to process all reader features.
I'm able to do the latter because I published "MAX_FEATURES" and have that set to an empty string in the batch process. I'd like to set the Writer Redirect to "No Redirect" in the batch process but since I can't create a user parameter from it, I can't publish. So if I forget to change the Writer Redirect parameter to "No Redirect" and then save the workspace, on the subsequent batch run, it redirects the output.
