"az pipelines run variables" not working the way i expected

Question

i have a branch in git with a .yaml build file which has a script to simply print out the value of the variable declared in the .yaml

if i run the command: az pipelines run --id 999 --variables "myvar=myvar" I expected the variable to change as I am injecting it. it doesnt.

am i misunderstanding what this switch does? if so, what is it supposed to do and/or how can i achieve my goal?

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Answer 1

For az pipelines variable ,there are four commands

• az pipelines variable create Add a variable to a pipeline.
• az pipelines variable delete Delete a variable from pipeline.
• az pipelines variable list List the variables in a pipeline.
• az pipelines variable updateUpdate a variable in a pipeline.

You should use az pipelines variable update command to update a variable in a pipeline.

Command sample:

az pipelines variable update --name