Allow use of variables references in primitive non-string fields

bundle/config/mutator/resolve_variable_references.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn/convert"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn/dynvar"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/log"
 )
 
 type resolveVariableReferences struct {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func (m *resolveVariableReferences) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle)
 		}
 
 		// Resolve variable references in all values.
-		return dynvar.Resolve(root, func(path dyn.Path) (dyn.Value, error) {
+		root, err := dynvar.Resolve(root, func(path dyn.Path) (dyn.Value, error) {
 			// Rewrite the shorthand path ${var.foo} into ${variables.foo.value}.
 			if path.HasPrefix(varPath) && len(path) == 2 {
 				path = dyn.NewPath(
@@ -77,5 +78,18 @@ func (m *resolveVariableReferences) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle)
 
 			return dyn.InvalidValue, dynvar.ErrSkipResolution
 		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return dyn.InvalidValue, err
+		}
+
+		// Normalize the result because variable resolution may have been applied to non-string fields.
+		// For example, a variable reference may have been resolved to a integer.
+		root, diags := convert.Normalize(b.Config, root)
+		for _, diag := range diags {
+			// This occurs when a variable's resolved value is incompatible with the field's type.
+			// Log a warning until we have a better way to surface these diagnostics to the user.
+			log.Warnf(ctx, "normalization diagnostic: %s", diag.Summary)
+		}
+		return root, nil
 	})
 }

bundle/config/mutator/resolve_variable_references_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config/resources"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config/variable"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/compute"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/jobs"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -95,3 +98,97 @@ func TestResolveVariableReferencesToEmptyFields(t *testing.T) {
 	// The job settings should have been interpolated to an empty string.
 	require.Equal(t, "", b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].JobSettings.Tags["git_branch"])
 }
+
+func TestResolveVariableReferencesForPrimitiveNonStringFields(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+
+	b := &bundle.Bundle{
+		Config: config.Root{
+			Variables: map[string]*variable.Variable{
+				"no_alert_for_canceled_runs": {},
+				"no_alert_for_skipped_runs":  {},
+				"min_workers":                {},
+				"max_workers":                {},
+				"spot_bid_max_price":         {},
+			},
+			Resources: config.Resources{
+				Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+					"job1": {
+						JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+							NotificationSettings: &jobs.JobNotificationSettings{
+								NoAlertForCanceledRuns: false,
+								NoAlertForSkippedRuns:  false,
+							},
+							Tasks: []jobs.Task{
+								{
+									NewCluster: &compute.ClusterSpec{
+										Autoscale: &compute.AutoScale{
+											MinWorkers: 0,
+											MaxWorkers: 0,
+										},
+										AzureAttributes: &compute.AzureAttributes{
+											SpotBidMaxPrice: 0.0,
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Initialize the variables.
+	err = bundle.ApplyFunc(ctx, b, func(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) error {
+		return b.Config.InitializeVariables([]string{
+			"no_alert_for_canceled_runs=true",
+			"no_alert_for_skipped_runs=true",
+			"min_workers=1",
+			"max_workers=2",
+			"spot_bid_max_price=0.5",
+		})
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Assign the variables to the dynamic configuration.
+	err = bundle.ApplyFunc(ctx, b, func(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) error {
+		return b.Config.Mutate(func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+			var p dyn.Path
+			var err error
+
+			// Set the notification settings.
+			p = dyn.MustPathFromString("resources.jobs.job1.notification_settings")
+			v, err = dyn.SetByPath(v, p.Append(dyn.Key("no_alert_for_canceled_runs")), dyn.V("${var.no_alert_for_canceled_runs}"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			v, err = dyn.SetByPath(v, p.Append(dyn.Key("no_alert_for_skipped_runs")), dyn.V("${var.no_alert_for_skipped_runs}"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// Set the min and max workers.
+			p = dyn.MustPathFromString("resources.jobs.job1.tasks[0].new_cluster.autoscale")
+			v, err = dyn.SetByPath(v, p.Append(dyn.Key("min_workers")), dyn.V("${var.min_workers}"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			v, err = dyn.SetByPath(v, p.Append(dyn.Key("max_workers")), dyn.V("${var.max_workers}"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// Set the spot bid max price.
+			p = dyn.MustPathFromString("resources.jobs.job1.tasks[0].new_cluster.azure_attributes")
+			v, err = dyn.SetByPath(v, p.Append(dyn.Key("spot_bid_max_price")), dyn.V("${var.spot_bid_max_price}"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			return v, nil
+		})
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Apply for the variable prefix. This should resolve the variables to their values.
+	err = bundle.Apply(context.Background(), b, ResolveVariableReferences("variables"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, true, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].JobSettings.NotificationSettings.NoAlertForCanceledRuns)
+	assert.Equal(t, true, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].JobSettings.NotificationSettings.NoAlertForSkippedRuns)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].JobSettings.Tasks[0].NewCluster.Autoscale.MinWorkers)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].JobSettings.Tasks[0].NewCluster.Autoscale.MaxWorkers)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0.5, b.Config.Resources.Jobs["job1"].JobSettings.Tasks[0].NewCluster.AzureAttributes.SpotBidMaxPrice)
+}

libs/dyn/convert/from_typed.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn/dynvar"
 )
 
 type fromTypedOptions int
@@ -185,6 +186,11 @@ func fromTypedBool(src reflect.Value, ref dyn.Value, options ...fromTypedOptions
 			return dyn.NilValue, nil
 		}
 		return dyn.V(src.Bool()), nil
+	case dyn.KindString:
+		// Ignore pure variable references (e.g. ${var.foo}).
+		if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(ref.MustString()) {
+			return ref, nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return dyn.InvalidValue, fmt.Errorf("unhandled type: %s", ref.Kind())
@@ -205,6 +211,11 @@ func fromTypedInt(src reflect.Value, ref dyn.Value, options ...fromTypedOptions)
 			return dyn.NilValue, nil
 		}
 		return dyn.V(src.Int()), nil
+	case dyn.KindString:
+		// Ignore pure variable references (e.g. ${var.foo}).
+		if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(ref.MustString()) {
+			return ref, nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return dyn.InvalidValue, fmt.Errorf("unhandled type: %s", ref.Kind())
@@ -225,6 +236,11 @@ func fromTypedFloat(src reflect.Value, ref dyn.Value, options ...fromTypedOption
 			return dyn.NilValue, nil
 		}
 		return dyn.V(src.Float()), nil
+	case dyn.KindString:
+		// Ignore pure variable references (e.g. ${var.foo}).
+		if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(ref.MustString()) {
+			return ref, nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return dyn.InvalidValue, fmt.Errorf("unhandled type: %s", ref.Kind())

libs/dyn/convert/from_typed_test.go

@@ -495,6 +495,14 @@ func TestFromTypedBoolRetainsLocationsIfUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, dyn.NewValue(true, dyn.Location{File: "foo"}), nv)
 }
 
+func TestFromTypedBoolVariableReference(t *testing.T) {
+	var src bool = true
+	var ref = dyn.V("${var.foo}")
+	nv, err := FromTyped(src, ref)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, dyn.V("${var.foo}"), nv)
+}
+
 func TestFromTypedBoolTypeError(t *testing.T) {
 	var src bool = true
 	var ref = dyn.V("string")
@@ -542,6 +550,14 @@ func TestFromTypedIntRetainsLocationsIfUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, dyn.NewValue(1234, dyn.Location{File: "foo"}), nv)
 }
 
+func TestFromTypedIntVariableReference(t *testing.T) {
+	var src int = 1234
+	var ref = dyn.V("${var.foo}")
+	nv, err := FromTyped(src, ref)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, dyn.V("${var.foo}"), nv)
+}
+
 func TestFromTypedIntTypeError(t *testing.T) {
 	var src int = 1234
 	var ref = dyn.V("string")
@@ -589,6 +605,14 @@ func TestFromTypedFloatRetainsLocationsIfUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, dyn.NewValue(1.23, dyn.Location{File: "foo"}), nv)
 }
 
+func TestFromTypedFloatVariableReference(t *testing.T) {
+	var src float64 = 1.23
+	var ref = dyn.V("${var.foo}")
+	nv, err := FromTyped(src, ref)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, dyn.V("${var.foo}"), nv)
+}
+
 func TestFromTypedFloatTypeError(t *testing.T) {
 	var src float64 = 1.23
 	var ref = dyn.V("string")

libs/dyn/convert/normalize.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/diag"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn/dynvar"
 )
 
 // NormalizeOption is the type for options that can be passed to Normalize.
@@ -245,6 +246,11 @@ func (n normalizeOptions) normalizeBool(typ reflect.Type, src dyn.Value) (dyn.Va
 		case "false", "n", "N", "no", "No", "NO", "off", "Off", "OFF":
 			out = false
 		default:
+			// Return verbatim if it's a pure variable reference.
+			if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(src.MustString()) {
+				return src, nil
+			}
+
 			// Cannot interpret as a boolean.
 			return dyn.InvalidValue, diags.Append(typeMismatch(dyn.KindBool, src))
 		}
@@ -266,6 +272,11 @@ func (n normalizeOptions) normalizeInt(typ reflect.Type, src dyn.Value) (dyn.Val
 		var err error
 		out, err = strconv.ParseInt(src.MustString(), 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
+			// Return verbatim if it's a pure variable reference.
+			if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(src.MustString()) {
+				return src, nil
+			}
+
 			return dyn.InvalidValue, diags.Append(diag.Diagnostic{
 				Severity: diag.Error,
 				Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("cannot parse %q as an integer", src.MustString()),
@@ -290,6 +301,11 @@ func (n normalizeOptions) normalizeFloat(typ reflect.Type, src dyn.Value) (dyn.V
 		var err error
 		out, err = strconv.ParseFloat(src.MustString(), 64)
 		if err != nil {
+			// Return verbatim if it's a pure variable reference.
+			if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(src.MustString()) {
+				return src, nil
+			}
+
 			return dyn.InvalidValue, diags.Append(diag.Diagnostic{
 				Severity: diag.Error,
 				Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("cannot parse %q as a floating point number", src.MustString()),

libs/dyn/convert/normalize_test.go

@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@ func TestNormalizeBoolFromString(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeBoolFromStringVariableReference(t *testing.T) {
+	var typ bool
+	vin := dyn.V("${var.foo}")
+	vout, err := Normalize(&typ, vin)
+	assert.Empty(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, vin, vout)
+}
+
 func TestNormalizeBoolFromStringError(t *testing.T) {
 	var typ bool
 	vin := dyn.V("abc")
@@ -542,6 +550,14 @@ func TestNormalizeIntFromString(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, dyn.V(int64(123)), vout)
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeIntFromStringVariableReference(t *testing.T) {
+	var typ int
+	vin := dyn.V("${var.foo}")
+	vout, err := Normalize(&typ, vin)
+	assert.Empty(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, vin, vout)
+}
+
 func TestNormalizeIntFromStringError(t *testing.T) {
 	var typ int
 	vin := dyn.V("abc")
@@ -594,6 +610,14 @@ func TestNormalizeFloatFromString(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, dyn.V(1.2), vout)
 }
 
+func TestNormalizeFloatFromStringVariableReference(t *testing.T) {
+	var typ float64
+	vin := dyn.V("${var.foo}")
+	vout, err := Normalize(&typ, vin)
+	assert.Empty(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, vin, vout)
+}
+
 func TestNormalizeFloatFromStringError(t *testing.T) {
 	var typ float64
 	vin := dyn.V("abc")

libs/dyn/convert/to_typed.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn/dynvar"
 )
 
 func ToTyped(dst any, src dyn.Value) error {
@@ -195,6 +196,11 @@ func toTypedBool(dst reflect.Value, src dyn.Value) error {
 			dst.SetBool(false)
 			return nil
 		}
+		// Ignore pure variable references (e.g. ${var.foo}).
+		if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(src.MustString()) {
+			dst.SetZero()
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return TypeError{
@@ -213,6 +219,11 @@ func toTypedInt(dst reflect.Value, src dyn.Value) error {
 			dst.SetInt(i64)
 			return nil
 		}
+		// Ignore pure variable references (e.g. ${var.foo}).
+		if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(src.MustString()) {
+			dst.SetZero()
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return TypeError{
@@ -231,6 +242,11 @@ func toTypedFloat(dst reflect.Value, src dyn.Value) error {
 			dst.SetFloat(f64)
 			return nil
 		}
+		// Ignore pure variable references (e.g. ${var.foo}).
+		if dynvar.IsPureVariableReference(src.MustString()) {
+			dst.SetZero()
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return TypeError{