Set Default Values for Survey Variables in Scheduled Tasks

[lmrlyv]

I use Survey Variables in the Task Template to set values for the variables defined in the vars_prompt section of the playbook. This works fine when I manually trigger the task and enter the values by hand. However, I haven't found a way to set these variables when the task template is scheduled to run automatically. Is there currently a way to achieve this? If not, wouldn't it be better to allow defining default values when creating a schedule?

[lmrlyv]

Hi, @fiftin, @matejkramny, and @strangeman. Sorry to push for a response, but I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this question/idea. What do you think?

[northwestnodes-eric]

A bit of a late reply, but no one here seems interested in really helping each other. You can set default variables for the playbook itself like so: hosts: "{{ target_hosts | default('servers') }}" where you can set a target_hosts survey variable as needed and leave it empty to default to 'servers'. Might not work for your situation, but I see no other option at the moment.

[lmrlyv]

Thank you for the reply though.

Yeah, it feels like the project is abandoned or has very little development going on.

I don’t remember exactly but if I am not mistaken, the playbook execution gets stuck on the user input indefinitely when it is triggered on schedule even though the default value for vars_prompt is defined in the playbook itself.

I will try this out again tomorrow and update here the exact behavior

[jengstrom440]

Hello, wondering if you had any success? I am looking at several different scenarios and I really wish the surveys worked like Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 or AWX 18+. I would also like to create a default value for a survey question, but should I wish upon launch, change it to something else; otherwise use the answer I provided. I don't want to put it in the playbook though because I need several different playbooks then!