Add condition to task queries

[Abhishek kaushik]

Can you please help me with one of the queries.

I have a task running some powershell script. There is a variable being used inside the script and its value is coming out to be 0 or 1.

Basis on this variable output within the script, I need to do source checkout (another task) depending on "Add condition to task ".

I tried bamboo inject variable method but its not helping either as this will not work with injected variables, but only with plan or global ones

[Eduardo Alvarenga · Accepted solution]

Hello @Abhishek kaushik

Task conditioners work normally with Injected variables. Can you demonstrate how you are exporting, importing and consuming those variables?

Exported variables will derive from a Java properties format key=value. Eg.

1. On a script task, create a variables.txt file with "go=yes"
2. Add an Inject Bamboo Variables task and load that file. Se the namespace as "atlas" (example)
3. On the task you wish to add the Conditional, select:
   1. Add a condition to task
   2. Variable atlas.go = yes
4. If the injected variable "atlas.go" = yes then the Task on #3 will run.

Best regards,

Eduardo Alvarenga
Atlassian Support APAC

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[Abhishek kaushik]

Hi @Eduardo Alvarenga ,

I tried the similar steps but the source code checkout is not getting triggered as in the logs as it says "skipping task because of unfulfilled condition."

One thing i noticed is there are some weird special characters showing in the logs, is this expected or happening because of file formatting. I am doing echo "EXITCODE=$LASTEXITCODE" > EXITCODE.txt) in my powershell script

Injected variable bamboo.exitcodeinject.??E�X�I�T�C�O�D�E�=�0� in LOCAL scope

Injected variable bamboo.exitcodeinject.�= in LOCAL scope

[Eduardo Alvarenga]

Hello @Abhishek kaushik

This is a well-known issue with character encoding on Windows Please check this bug for a workaround:

• BAM-21898 - Inject Bamboo Variable on Windows script task has an encoding issue 

I recommend you mark yourself as affected and also watch that bug to be notified when the final fix is implemented.

Best regards,

Eduardo Alvarenga
Atlassian Support APAC

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[Abhishek kaushik]

Thanks @Eduardo Alvarenga 

I was able to do the source code checkout basis on above. However, UTF-8 was still showing weird special characters but when converted to ascii, it fixed everything. Here is my fix

echo EXITCODE=$LASTEXITCODE | Out-File -FilePath <File location with filename> -Encoding ascii

[Eduardo Alvarenga]

Good job @Abhishek kaushik!

Make sure to Accept the solution provided if you were able to get the issue sorted.

Eduardo Alvarenga
Atlassian Support APAC