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Pipeline set variable not saving expression values

ejamnadas — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:00:16 GMT

New to pipelines. In the Until loop, I'm using Set Variable activity. For the pipeline variables, I create a varaible vtemp = @variables('vstart').

then I have an existing pipeline variable that I'm trying to increment: vstart= @Anonymous(variable('vtemp'),100).

However, once i set all these, and I go back to vtemp, all of a sudden it shows @Anonymous(variable('vtemp'),100).

It seems buggy, my values /expressions wont stick and are getting mixed up with each other

Re: Pipeline set variable not saving expression values

Vinodh247 — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:15:42 GMT

looks like just a UI glitch in the pipeline editor, especially when you have multiple Set Variable activities referencing each others values in the same loop. The wrong expression often shows up in the editor pane even though logically the pipeline is still correct underneath (or it’s overwriting behind the scenes). In most cases, the final approach is simply to have 2 separate Set Variable activities in the Until loop: the 1st copies the old value to a temp variable, and the 2nd increments the original variable by referencing the temp. This is usually the cleanest workaround for the UI mixup issues.

Re: Pipeline set variable not saving expression values

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:59:45 GMT

Hi @ejamnadas

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Re: Pipeline set variable not saving expression values

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:29:59 GMT

Hi @ejamnadas
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Re: Pipeline set variable not saving expression values

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:39:00 GMT

Hi @Vinodh247
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