Run Condition: Variable

Legacy Modelling
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We have started using the “Run condition: only run when the variable expression is true” as a way to control whether a step should run based on a combination of Tenants and Environments (since the list of valid Tenants is different in each Environment, I cannot simply add a Tenant Group filter on the step, but need the greater flexibility of an Octo Variable.)

However, this has the unfortunately side-effect of the step running ONLY based on the variable; it no longer cares whether earlier steps ran successfully or not (since selecting Run condition:Variable is unselecting the Success or Failure choices.)

This is a problem for us, in that these steps are now running even when there has been a failure in an earlier step, which we do not want.

What we need is either: make Run condition: Variable separate from Run condition: Success/Failure/Always; or create new entries SuccessAndVariable, FailureAndVariable.

Thanks for your help.

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Hi Mike,

Thanks for getting in touch and for the suggestion!

We’ve raised this issue to have your suggestion implemented.

Again, many thanks for the suggestion.

Thank you and best regards,
Henrik

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As a workaround for anyone who needs it, until this gets added, the following will work:

To run only on success and variable truthiness:

#{unless Octopus.Deployment.Error}#{PromptedVariable}#{/unless}

To run only on failure and variable truthiness:

#{if Octopus.Deployment.Error}#{PromptedVariable}#{/unless}

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Thanks Chris for posting that workaround!

Many thanks,
Henrik

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Thanks.

I found that work-around on the board shortly after posting. It works, but I’d still want the more direct way of doing on the step.