Azure Pipeline remove job from ui if job is conditionally skipped/removed

Question

I have a template that loop out three stages.

- ${{ each environment in parameters.environments }}:

If we are in test environments I want to run a test-suite. But not for QA and Prod.

I kind of solved it, but the test steps are showing in UI, I want them to not appear at all if I run the QA and Prod stages. And not appear as "skipped".

jobs:
  - job: Test
    displayName: Test
    steps:
      - template: test.yaml

One frustrating thing is that doing conditional things in a loop is not allowed.

Answer 1

You can use an if statement to prevent a specific stage, job or step from being generated in QA or Prod environments:

- ${{ if eq(environment, 'test') }}:
  # ...

Example pipeline:

parameters:
  - name: environments
    type: object
    default:
      - test
      - qa
      - prod

pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

trigger: none

stages:
  - ${{ each environment in parameters.environments }}:
    - stage: ${{ environment }}
      displayName: ${{ environment }}
      jobs:
        - ${{ if eq(environment, 'test') }}: # <-------------- check environment here
          - job: Testing
            displayName: Run tests
            steps:
              - checkout: none
              - script: echo "Running tests in ${{ environment }}"
                displayName: Run tests in ${{ environment }}

        - job: deploy_${{ environment }}
          displayName: Deploy to ${{ environment }}
          steps:
            - checkout: none
            - script: echo "Deploying to ${{ environment }}"
              displayName: Deploy to ${{ environment }}

Running the pipeline: