# Read run and system information

Control / params

A variant of [Set parameters](https://meridian.online/operations/set-parameters).

Read built-in values about the current run or machine, such as the run date, processing window, user or version.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/set-parameters/read-run-and-system-information>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet; it would live in how a Protocol runs. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#set-parameters)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Bruin: [`Built-in Variables`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/variables/built-in.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Bruin: [`Interval Modifiers`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/assets/interval-modifiers.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- DuckDB: [`Utility Functions (family)`](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/sql/functions/utility) (read 2026-09-27)
- DuckDB: `pragma_platform` (read 2026-09-27)
- DuckDB: `pragma_user_agent` (read 2026-09-27)
- DuckDB: `pragma_version` (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`System information`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:systeminformation) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Get System Info`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/getsystemdata.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Extract Context Properties`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*hWGFFa-H55F3HXHF?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Extract System Properties`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*B7pYx0PMtAUPb_Z9?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- Pentaho Data Integration: [`Get System Info`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27)
- SQLMesh: [`@RESOLVE_TEMPLATE`](https://github.com/SQLMesh/sqlmesh/blob/23b237cea7218cc8f338b89c14f0957394a0003b/docs/concepts/macros/sqlmesh_macros.md) (read 2026-09-27)
- SQLMesh: [`@gateway`](https://github.com/SQLMesh/sqlmesh/blob/23b237cea7218cc8f338b89c14f0957394a0003b/docs/concepts/macros/macro_variables.md) (read 2026-09-27)
- SQLMesh: [`@model_kind_name`](https://github.com/SQLMesh/sqlmesh/blob/23b237cea7218cc8f338b89c14f0957394a0003b/docs/concepts/macros/macro_variables.md) (read 2026-09-27)
- SQLMesh: [`@runtime_stage`](https://github.com/SQLMesh/sqlmesh/blob/23b237cea7218cc8f338b89c14f0957394a0003b/docs/concepts/macros/macro_variables.md) (read 2026-09-27)
- SQLMesh: [`@this_model`](https://github.com/SQLMesh/sqlmesh/blob/23b237cea7218cc8f338b89c14f0957394a0003b/docs/concepts/macros/macro_variables.md) (read 2026-09-27)
- SQLMesh: [`Temporal variables (family)`](https://github.com/SQLMesh/sqlmesh/blob/23b237cea7218cc8f338b89c14f0957394a0003b/docs/concepts/macros/macro_variables.md) (read 2026-09-27)