Why Jenkins failed with Cordova multi configuration project with build as failure?

Question

I installed Jenkins and started and configured my sample Cordova project with it. I created a multi - configuration project, where my Configure page contains following details.

1. Multi-configuration project name : Phonegap
2. Github Project URL :
3. Source Code Management : Git Repositories : Repository URL :
4. Build Triggers Poll SCM where Schedule time is :H/5 ****
5. Configuration Matrix Name : Platforms Values: windows android
6. Build Command : cd ProjectName cordova platform add $PLATFORM cordova build

and I appiled Save Now, when I create a build it failed with two platforms Configurations Windows and Android when to clicked on each platform Failed build says:

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\Phonegap\PLATFORM\windows>cd HelloWorldCordova 

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\Phonegap\PLATFORM\windows\XXXCordova>cordova platform add $PLATFORM 
'cordova' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

 C:\Program Files 
 (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\Phonegap\PLATFORM\windows\HelloWorldCordova>cordova build 
 'cordova' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
 operable program or batch file.

  C:\Program Files 
  (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\Phonegap\PLATFORM\windows\XXXCordova>exit 9009 
   Build step 'Execute Windows batch command' marked build as failure
   Finished: FAILURE

so what did I miss and what is the problem here? Default Jenkins installed in C:.

Can anyone help me how to proceed with such problem? And what are things needs to configure yet?

Answer 1

It seems that npm is not added to your system's environment variables/PATH as you are getting the error message 'cordova' is not recognized as an internal or external command. NPM manages the 'cordova' command linking as far as I remember

In Windows

Start -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Environment variables

ADD the following to the end of your PATH

;C:\Users\user1\AppData\Roaming\npm

Replace user1 with the username on which the command is being executed

Semi-colon is important as it splits this entry from the last existing entry in your path, and adding to the end it is important as you don't want to break any existing tools and such that are configured in your path.