Azure Automation Update Management Boolean Value is Broken

Leo D'Arcy 1 Reputation point
2020-06-01T12:33:30.513+00:00

Within Azure Automation Update Management I have a script which requires a boolean value.

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As you can see this was working on the 14/05/2020

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However when attempting to rerun the same script with no changes this morning I was faced with failure. It appears that a change has been made to wrap all variables as strings which breaks the Boolean input.

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Is this a supported senario?

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Azure Automation
An Azure service that is used to automate, configure, and install updates across hybrid environments.
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  1. bharathn-msft 5,086 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-06-23T17:09:33.607+00:00

    @Leo D'Arcy - Create script which accepts string as input as work around and see if it works.

    For Example: 

    Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,HelpMessage="Enter the value of what if ")] [String]$WhatIf = "False" ) if($WhatIf -eq "True"){ $NewWhatIf = $True }else{ $NewWhatIf = $False }  
Write-Output $NewWhatIf.GetType()  
Write-Output $NewWhatIf

    Hope this information helps, please revert back if you have any further queries. Thank you.

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