Jobs in azure depending on jobs from other stages (inside templates)

Question

Migrating from .gitlab-ci.yml to azure-pipelines.yml. In the .gitlab-ci.yml, I havee a scenario where one job(in the deploy stage) needs two other jobs(from test stages) for its execution

.deploy
 stage: deploy
 needs:
    - testmethod1
    - testmethod2

deployPROD:
 extends: .deploy

Now here, does the deployProd job executes the testmethods again or just checks if they have been executed?

Moving to azure context, I created a templatefolder in my repository, with test file just to replicate this scenario.

My azure-pipelines.yml file is as shown below:

trigger:
- azure-pipelines

pool:
   vmImage: ubuntu-latest

jobs:
- job: InitialA
  steps:
  - script: echo hello from initial A
- job: InitialB
  steps:
  - script: echo hello from initial B
- job: Subsequent
  dependsOn:
  - templates/test1.yml/testme
  steps:
  - script: echo hello from subsequent

I used the dependsOn key to show the depending jobs. Now the structure of the repo, along with the template file, looks like this:

But I end up getting the following error :

So is my approach correct? Am I using the correct keywords in azure? if yes, what is the path that I need to consider in the dependsOnkey?

Suggestions welcome.

user_16162444 · Answer

You can add a template job and the Subsequent job can dependsOn the template job. Please refer Template types & usage for more template usages in Azure Pipeline. Code sample:

trigger:
- none

pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

jobs:
- job: InitialA
  steps:
  - script: echo hello from initial A
- job: InitialB
  steps:
  - script: echo hello from initial B
- job: templates
  steps:
  - template: test.yml  # Template reference
- job: Subsequent
  dependsOn:  templates
  steps:
  - script: echo hello from subsequent

Jobs in azure depending on jobs from other stages (inside templates)

Now here, does the deployProd job executes the testmethods again or just checks if they have been executed?

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