The 'when' property seems not working in 'select_one' type

Packaging an application
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From the documentation:

The when property can be used on groups, items, and select_one options.

But seems it’s not working on ‘select_one’ options or I misunderstood this.
I have code:

- name: postgres_host_type
  type: select_one
  title: Postgres Host Type
  default: postgres_hostname
  items:
    - name: postgres_hostname
      title: Postgres Hostname
    - name: postgres_ip
      title: Postgres IP Adress
    - name: embedded_postgres
      title: Embeded Postgres
      when: '{{repl (ConfigOptionEquals "dev_deploy" "true")}}'

I want last option ‘embedded_postgres’ will be shown only when property “dev_deploy” is “true”, but it’s shown always, no matter “dev_deploy” is “true” or “false”. What the proper way to achieve this?

I’ve found one post here in community but without answer. Select_one and "when"

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The word item is overloaded—items are used at the top level (i.e., postgres_host_type is an item) and then there are items for the select_one. The when doesn’t work for the items in the select_one. It only works at the top level (if I recall correctly).

So to accomplish this today, you would have to create two select_one items. One would have the “Embedded Postgres” option and one would not. Then you would use when on each of those two items so that the proper select_one shows based on the value of dev_deploy.

Something like this (not verifying syntax, so check this before using):

- name: postgres_host_type
  type: select_one
  title: Postgres Host Type
  default: postgres_hostname
  when: '{{repl (ConfigOptionEquals "dev_deploy" "true")}}'
  items:
    - name: postgres_hostname
      title: Postgres Hostname
    - name: postgres_ip
      title: Postgres IP Adress
    - name: embedded_postgres
      title: Embeded Postgres
- name: postgres_host_type
  type: select_one
  title: Postgres Host Type
  default: postgres_hostname
  when: '{{repl (ConfigOptionNotEquals "dev_deploy" "true")}}'
  items:
    - name: postgres_hostname
      title: Postgres Hostname
    - name: postgres_ip
      title: Postgres IP Adress
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So, it looks like that documentation is not clear enough (at least for me). It says about ‘groups’ (we can make groups optional with ‘when’), about ‘items’, and about select_one options.

4

You’re right, the docs do say that. Someone else asked about this recently, so maybe there’s a regression here. Can you open a support case so that we can investigate and fix if needed or update the docs?

5

Thank you Alex. I will create support ticket