Hi @thentangler @badger101 , the variables that you would pass on the command line would be for the Workflow variables, not for the variables that you declare/create in a node from your workflow.
Workflow variables are global and are set interactively when you run a workflow via Knime AP.
You can access them by doing a right click on your workflow from the Workflow Explorer, and from the “Workflow Variables…” from the sub menu:
Typically, when you have such variables, Knime will prompt you to enter their values interactively when you open a workflow via Knime AP. So, how would you pass these values if you ran your workflow via command line? Well, that’s what the option -workflow.variable is for