Using variables in yaml to give more explicit names to pipeline steps

Question

Hi All,

I would like to define the last two steps of my pipeline with more explicit names, i.e. it would be more useful for step 3. to display as: 'Deploy to UAT environment' and step 4. to display as: 'Deploy to QA environment'.

Would it be possible to define a variable which would populate these steps with the correct description when they run? As you can see in the attached, I have tried this in

- step: &code-analysis
    name: "Deploy to ${{deployment}} environment"

but it's not working.
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Many thanks, Lewis

Theodora Boudale · Answer

Hi Lewis and welcome to the community!

Variables are indeed referenced as either $foo or ${foo}, as Hariharan mentioned.

However, I'm afraid that it is not possible to reference variables in step names at the moment. This is not currently supported and the variables will not be substituted.

We have a feature request about this in our issue tracker, you can add your vote there (by selecting the Vote for this issue link) to express your interest:

* https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-22425

In the meantime, you will need to use the value of each variable in the name instead of referencing the variable.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Kind regards,
Theodora

Hariharan Iyer_f6fx5m · Answer

Hi @Lewis Mander ,

It's difficult to provide an accurate response without seeing your entire pipeline file, but in general, the way to use variables is $foo or ${foo}, and not ${{foo}}. Please check this documentation for more details - https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/variables-and-secrets/

Hope that helps!