Variables in Descriptions

[jharbison]

Is it possible to evaluate a variable in a statement block's description? I believe the answer is no but I wanted to make sure. I'm looking to organize my execution logs a bit better but without access to the variables I have to use generic descriptions such as

foreach $database in @DatabasesToUpdate
{
    #Update Database
    {
        <Step 1>
        <Step 2>
        <Step 3>
        ...
        ...
    }
}

which results in multiple, identical "Update Database" blocks in the execution log. I have to then dig deeper into each block to determine which database was updated. Ideally I could do something like the following.

foreach $database in @DatabasesToUpdate
{
    #Update Database - $database
    {
        <Step 1>
        <Step 2>
        <Step 3>
        ...
        ...
    }
}

which would evaluate to "Update Database - AdventureWorks" in the execution log.

Product: BuildMaster
Version: 5.8.3

[ben]

Hello Josh,

I agree that this would be very useful to have.

I've filed IEE-8, which will allow the use of variables in block descriptions if the script contains ##AH:EvaluateStatementDescriptions at the top.