Some external data providers require information that's not available in the External Data Context.

To pass additional data to the External Data Component configuration, add the key-value pairs in an object to the edcParameters.

Usage

Consider an integration where fictional session & customer id's need to be passed to the external data provider:

Add the key value pairs in the object:

window["twn-starter-config"].edcParameters = {
  sessionId: '1Aed12fdef',
  customerId: '12344'
};

The individual parameters can then be used in the Builder Configuration mapping step, using $.extraParameters: