Feature Overview

1. What is the nature and description of the request? The AWX API is fine to call a job/workflow and pass input variables (through extra vars) from the calling process to the playbook. But there is no standard way to pass output variables from the playbook to the calling process through the API And exist Github was open for this.. But Closed:

https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/10492

2. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here) Useful for a better integration with external process. Using a module at the job level is an option but with a workflow you have then to make it specific for each job in the workflow. Customer are interested in an API driven Infrastructure and need something for generic and robust. Here is the deck that explain the concept:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O_S5_Mxfbb406t5F1olgevEXNVgQJGQPx8REPUbZtSc/edit#slide=id.g547716335e_0_260

3. How would you like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here) May be like a set_stats but at the workflow level for every jobs running in the workflow.. But everything is open. 4. List any affected known dependencies: Doc, UI etc. Doc, UI, Core, API