# FR: export / import flows WITH the username and password - when they are ENV VARs

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-export-import-flows-with-the-username-and-password-when-they-are-env-vars/63602>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [8 June 2022 08:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-export-import-flows-with-the-username-and-password-when-they-are-env-vars/63602 "2022-06-08T08:10:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![SandeepA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sandeepa/32/63225_2.png) [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2022 12:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-export-import-flows-with-the-username-and-password-when-they-are-env-vars/63602/7 "2022-06-10T12:59:11Z")

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@HoussemLajili  
Please refer to this discussion

> [@FR - export the placeholders for user/password](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-export-the-placeholders-for-user-password/59367):
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> Hi , Background :- We have multiple environments and we are developing flows and once the development finishes - we send them for QA. We are using ENV variables to set the config of MSSQL node - so that the DB connection can be defined per environment without having to touch the flow itself. While deploying to each environment , while the process of deployment is automated - what we are finding is - every time someone needs to manually insert the user/password to the mssql contrib config node…

I think its precisely your ask as well.

This was in context of MSSQL Node .

The recommendation was to move the cred file along with flows.json.

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