10.3. Parameterized Triggers

When you trigger another build job from within a parameterized build job, it is often useful to be able to pass the parameters of the current build job to the new one. Suppose, for example, that you have an application that needs to be tested against several different databases. As we have seen, you could do this by setting up a parameterized build job that accepts the target database as a parameter. You may want to kick of a series of builds, all of which will need this parameter.

If you try to do this using the conventional “Build other projects” option in the Post-Build Actions section, it won’t work. In fact, you can’t trigger a parameterized build in this way.