diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/input_prepare_dc_assoc.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/input_prepare_dc_assoc.json
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+[
+  {
+    "paramName":"mt",
+    "paramLongName":"master",
+    "paramDescription": "should be local or yarn",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName":"s",
+    "paramLongName":"sourcePath",
+    "paramDescription": "the path of the sequencial file to read",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName":"wl",
+    "paramLongName":"whitelist",
+    "paramDescription": "datasource id that will be considered even if not in the allowed typology list. Split by ;",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName":"at",
+    "paramLongName":"allowedtypes",
+    "paramDescription": "the types of the allowed datasources. Split by ;",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName":"h",
+    "paramLongName":"hive_metastore_uris",
+    "paramDescription": "the hive metastore uris",
+    "paramRequired": true
+  }
+]
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