I have encountered an issue when using "include_filter_resources" in a terraform export block.
I am trying to match a datatable named "8559 Contact Center (TEST)"
The include filter I tried is:
"genesyscloud_architect_datatable::^8559 Contact Center (TEST)$"
which escapes the parentheses characters.
When I run terraform plan, the following is generated:
│ Error: Invalid escape sequence
│
│ on main.tf line 18, in resource "genesyscloud_tf_export" "export":
│ 18: "genesyscloud_architect_datatable::^8559 Contact Center (TEST)$"
│
│ The symbol "(" is not a valid escape sequence selector.
│ Error: Invalid escape sequence
│
│ on main.tf line 18, in resource "genesyscloud_tf_export" "export":
│ 18: "genesyscloud_architect_datatable::^8559 Contact Center (TEST)$"
│
│ The symbol ")" is not a valid escape sequence selector.
Even though the regex after the :: is correct and validates a match against the string "8559 Contact Center (TEST)" string in a regex validation tool.
Does anyone have a solution to this issue? The client tends to use parenthetical descriptors in many of their object names.
Please note that all of the ( and ) characters in the terraform files are escaped with a backslash \ character. The backslashes were stripped out of the message when I posted it
John,
Enjoy your PTO! I have uploaded a sample.tf (with extension yml) file that has terraform commands I'm trying to use to export a specific data table. The output of the terraform plan command is in the original post.
Thank you for having someone take a look at this.
--craig
Terraform by default doesnot identify string after :: in include_filter_resources as a regex string. Only the provider parses the string and assumes the later part of string as regex.
Generally regex ^8559 Contact Center (TEST)$ would help you to match your desired dataTable Name . with "" as an escape character for "("
But with terraform string interpolation , if you we need to have a literal backslash as an escape character in regex, you need to have double \
Hi @Hemanth
I'm happy to report that your suggested syntax resolved the issue of escaping the "(" and ")" characters. Thank you!
I have one additional question: The export command created a resource definition of the datatable in the genesyscloud directory. I would like to modify the resource file definition and then run a terraform import block to create a slightly modified datatable in a different Genesys ORG. Do you know of a way to create a terraform.tfstate file from the resource definition in the import block of the .tf file I've edited?
If I understand the question correctly, you can modify resource definition in the exported tf file and apply it in a different ORG.
Once you do an import/Apply of a terraform resource, terraform would automatically create a state file for you. We dont need to modify/create a tfstate file ourselves.
Hope this clarifies.
