filter condition

Question

In the pipeline I am using a lookup to read a .csv file and then using a filter activity as follows:
Items --> @activity('LookupConfig').output.value
Condition --> @equals(item().FileName, pipeline().parameters.pl_FileName)

Straight after the filter activity, I have a success line going to another activity...

Question:
If the filter does not return the condition correctly , then I want to have a failure.
How do I make the filter to fail if the condition becomes false?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @arkiboys ,
As per your ask- 'If the filter does not return the condition correctly , then I want to have a failure.'
If I understood your requirement correctly, you want to see pipeline failure if the filter activity doesn't meet the condition. That means, if filter activity returns no output, please correct me if I am wrong.

Also, other approach could be to use IF block instead of Filter activity and specify you condition in If block expression and use Set variable activity in True block and Fail activity inside False block.

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Answer 2

Hi @arkiboys ,
Thankyou for using Microsoft Q&A platform and posting your query.

You can use Fail activity , which has been newly introduced in ADF after filter activity to achieve this requirement.

Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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