Using succeeded() in Template Expressions

[JeremyTCD]

Description

I have a job in a template that depends on a preceding job as well as a template parameter:

parameters:
  runTests: true

# omitted for brevity

- job: "Test"
  dependsOn: "Build"
  condition: ${{and(parameters.runTests, succeeded())}}

I'm trying to use the succeeded() job status function within a template expression to ensure that the job only runs if "Build" succeeded and "runTests" is true. Unfortunately, it seems like this isn't allowed - the job "Test" fails with an error message stating that "succeeded" is invalid.

I've tried

and(${{parameters.runTests}}, succeeded())

as well.

Is there a way to evaluate parameters and job status functions in a single boolean expression?

[ericsciple]

No, the ${{ }} expressions are evaluated when compiling the plan.

It sounds like this is what you want:

parameters:
  runTests: true

- ${{ if eq('true', parameters.runTests) }}:
  - job: "Test"
    dependsOn: "Build"

[JeremyTCD]

No, the ${{ }} expressions are evaluated when compiling the plan.

Ah okay I get it now. Yeah the conditional insertion is what I needed, somehow didn't occur to me that they can be used for jobs. Thanks for the tip!

Link to documentation on conditional insertion for anyone else with similar issues.