globalVariables.merge(spooler_task.params());
if (globalVariables.value("global_configuration_params")!=null && globalVariables.value("global_configuration_params").length()>0){
String globalFile = globalVariables.value("global_configuration_params");
getLogger().debug3("Reading global parameters from "+globalFile);
SOSXMLXPath globalXPath = new SOSXMLXPath(globalFile);
NodeList globalParams = globalXPath.selectNodeList("//params/param");
for (int i=0; i<globalParams.getLength(); i++) {
Node node = globalParams.item(i);
if (node.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase("param")) {
NamedNodeMap nodeMap = node.getAttributes();
boolean hidden = false;