Core Plugins and tasks Switch

Core Plugins and tasks Switch

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Route to task groups based on a value.

Renders value and matches it against cases keys; executes the corresponding task list or defaults if no match. Supports errors and finally blocks.

Useful for branching on categorical inputs without nesting multiple Ifs.

yaml
type: io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Switch
yaml
id: switch
namespace: company.team

inputs:
  - id: string
    type: STRING
    required: true

tasks:
  - id: switch
    type: io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Switch
    value: "{{ inputs.string }}"
    cases:
      FIRST:
        - id: first
          type: io.kestra.plugin.core.debug.Return
          format: "{{ task.id }} > {{ taskrun.startDate }}"
      SECOND:
        - id: second
          type: io.kestra.plugin.core.debug.Return
          format: "{{ task.id }} > {{ taskrun.startDate }}"
      THIRD:
        - id: third
          type: io.kestra.plugin.core.debug.Return
          format: "{{ task.id }} > {{ taskrun.startDate }}"
    defaults:
      - id: default
        type: io.kestra.plugin.core.debug.Return
        format: "{{ task.id }} > {{ taskrun.startDate }}"
Properties

The value to be evaluated

SubTypearray

The map of keys and a list of tasks to be executed if the conditional value matches the key

List of tasks to run if any tasks failed on this FlowableTask.

Defaultfalse