Azure-devops-docs: Variable inside variable?

[thomasmktong]

I would like to get Release.TriggeringArtifact.Alias first and use its value to get the build ID, is this possible? thanks.

$(Release.Artifacts.$(Release.TriggeringArtifact.Alias).BuildId)

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• ID: 611642f0-881f-10b9-ae94-3c562001d1f0
• Version Independent ID: 41efb94b-4c7a-64a3-b23b-70c8634ae727
• Content: Variables in Release Management
• Content Source: docs/pipelines/release/variables.md
• Product: devops
• GitHub Login: @alexhomer1
• Microsoft Alias: ahomer

[alexhomer1]

Thank you for your feedback. I have passed this on to the product team for advice.

[thomasmktong]

Thanks, I am currently using the following Powershell as workaround:

$a = "$(Release.TriggeringArtifact.Alias)"
$x = ("RELEASE_ARTIFACTS_" + $a + "_DEFINITIONID")
Write-Host "Get Env Var $x"
$buildId = (get-item env:$x).Value
Write-Host "Build ID is $buildId"
Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=buildId]$buildId"

[romil07]

Hi @thomasmktong
Getting the build id the way you want is not available. You will need to write some powershell to get it, like what you have already done.

[andreasblueher]

@azooinmyluggage I ran into the same issue/question, struggeled for quite some time and found help on stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53191250/access-sourcebranchname-in-release-pipeline and I would really appreciate if you could add the (Get-Item env:$x) example into this docu, because it is no obvious on how to get it given the examples.

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[andreasblueher]

Since this isn't resovled in my opinion, I'm not sure on how to reactivate it.

[thomps23]

Marking as doc-bug for triage, see the following:

@azooinmyluggage I ran into the same issue/question, struggeled for quite some time and found help on stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53191250/access-sourcebranchname-in-release-pipeline and I would really appreciate if you could add the (Get-Item env:$x) example into this docu, because it is no obvious on how to get it given the examples.

[mijacobs]

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