Referencing a variable output by another action - Amazon CodeCatalyst

Referencing a variable output by another action

Use the following instructions to reference variables output by other actions.

Note

To reference a variable output from a GitHub Action, see Referencing GitHub output parameters.

For more information about variables, see Using variables in workflows.

Prerequisite

Make sure you have exported the variable you want to reference. For more information, see Exporting a variable so that other actions can use it.

Visual

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YAML
To reference a variable output by another action (YAML editor)

  1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

  2. Choose your project.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose CI/CD, and then choose Workflows.

  4. Choose the name of your workflow. You can filter by the source repository or branch name where the workflow is defined, or filter by workflow name or status.

  5. Choose Edit.

  6. Choose YAML.

  7. In the CodeCatalyst action, add a reference to the variable using the following syntax:

    ${action-group-name.action-name.variable-name}

    Replace:

    • action-group-name with the name of the action group that contains the action that outputs variable.

      Note

      You can omit action-group-name if there is no action group, or if the variable is produced by an action in the same action group.

    • action-name with the name of the action that outputs the variable.

    • variable-name with the name of the variable.

    For example:

    MySecondAction:
    Configuration:
      Steps:
        - Run: ${MyFirstAction.TIMESTAMP}

    For more examples, see Examples of variables. For more information, see the Workflow YAML definition for your action.

  8. (Optional) Choose Validate to validate the workflow's YAML code before committing.

  9. Choose Commit, enter a commit message, and choose Commit again.