@echo off pass in username password hostname of big data cluster, please use "" for BDC_BACKEND_HOSTNAME to include port. @echo For example: setbackendvariables.cmd sa pwd "23.101.143.196,31433" C:\Users\yuronhe\azuredatastudio-python set BDC_BACKEND_USERNAME=%~1 set BDC_BACKEND_PWD=%~2 set BDC_BACKEND_HOSTNAME=%~3 set PYTHON_TEST_PATH=%~4 @echo No problem reading %BDC_BACKEND_USERNAME%, password, %BDC_BACKEND_HOSTNAME% and %PYTHON_TEST_PATH%