When you configure the field Global Data Directory in the global Jenkins configuration page to use the ${HOME} environment variable, e.g. ${HOME}/owasp-nvd, then the ${HOME} variable gets referenced corectly in freestyle jobs. You see something like this in the build log:

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[DependencyCheck]  -dataDirectory = /opt/jenkins/owasp-nvd
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However, the ${HOME} variable doesn't get referenced corectly in Pipeline jobs when using the dependencyCheckAnalyzer() step:

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[DependencyCheck]  -dataDirectory = /opt/jenkins/ws/CheckOWASP_DataDir.Pipeline/${HOME}/owasp-nvd
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Note: The fields for the dateDirectory are neither configured in the freestyle job nor in the pipeline job! Just in the global configuration page!