When working with complex CI/CD workflows, you'll often need to chain Jenkins jobs together while passing dynamic parameters between them. The Parameterized Trigger Plugin is specifically designed for this purpose, though its pipeline integration isn't always well-documented.

Here's the basic structure for triggering a parameterized job from a Jenkinsfile:

build job: 'downstream-job-name', 
    parameters: [
        string(name: 'PARAM1', value: "${env.BUILD_ID}"),
        booleanParam(name: 'DEPLOY_FLAG', value: true),
        textParam(name: 'RELEASE_NOTES', value: 'Sample release notes')
    ],
    propagate: false,
    wait: false

You can combine this with other Jenkins pipeline features for more sophisticated workflows:

stage('Trigger Downstream') {
    steps {
        script {
            def dynamicValue = sh(returnStdout: true, script: 'git rev-parse --short HEAD').trim()
            
            build job: 'deployment-job',
                parameters: [
                    string(name: 'GIT_COMMIT', value: dynamicValue),
                    booleanParam(name: 'RUN_TESTS', value: params.TEST_FLAG),
                    choiceParam(name: 'ENVIRONMENT', choices: ['dev', 'staging', 'prod'])
                ],
                propagate: true,
                wait: true
        }
    }
}

The plugin supports various parameter types in pipelines:

• string for text values
• booleanParam for true/false flags
• textParam for multiline content
• choiceParam for dropdown options
• fileParam for file uploads

When implementing parameterized triggers, consider these patterns:

try {
    build job: 'critical-deployment',
        parameters: [
            string(name: 'VERSION', value: readFile('version.txt'))
        ],
        propagate: true,
        wait: true
} catch (err) {
    echo "Downstream job failed: ${err}"
    currentBuild.result = 'UNSTABLE'
}

If you need more control than the Parameterized Trigger Plugin offers, consider:

• Using the HTTP Request Plugin to call Jenkins REST API
• Writing custom shared libraries for complex logic
• Implementing webhooks with the Generic Webhook Trigger Plugin

When implementing CI/CD pipelines, developers frequently need to trigger downstream jobs with dynamic parameters. The Parameterized Trigger Plugin (version 2.45+) provides this functionality, but its pipeline integration isn't well-documented.

Here's the correct declarative pipeline syntax to trigger parameterized jobs:

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Trigger Downstream') {
            steps {
                build job: 'downstream-job',
                parameters: [
                    string(name: 'ENVIRONMENT', value: 'production'),
                    booleanParam(name: 'RUN_TESTS', value: true),
                    text(name: 'CONFIG_JSON', value: '{"timeout":300}')
                ],
                propagate: false,
                wait: false
            }
        }
    }
}

• String parameters: For textual configuration values
• Boolean parameters: For toggle-based decisions
• Text parameters: For multi-line content like JSON/YAML
• Choice parameters: For pre-defined option sets

For complex scenarios with dynamic parameter generation:

script {
    def dynamicParams = []
    if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'main') {
        dynamicParams.add(string(name: 'DEPLOY_FLAG', value: 'true'))
    }
    build job: 'deployment-job', 
          parameters: dynamicParams,
          quietPeriod: 5 // delays trigger by 5 seconds
}

Always implement proper error handling when triggering jobs:

steps {
    script {
        try {
            build job: 'critical-job',
                  parameters: [...],
                  propagate: true
        } catch (err) {
            echo "Trigger failed: ${err}"
            currentBuild.result = 'UNSTABLE'
        }
    }
}

When triggering multiple jobs:

1. Use parallel steps for independent jobs
2. Set wait: false for fire-and-forget triggers
3. Limit parameter payload size (avoid large base64 blobs)

If facing plugin limitations, consider:

// Using HTTP API via curl
sh '''
    curl -X POST "${JENKINS_URL}/job/downstream/buildWithParameters" \
    --user "user:apiToken" \
    --data "param1=value1¶m2=value2"
'''