Azure DevOps- Publish task build failed

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I have a publish task in Azure Devops pipeline which should publish an excel file with extension .xlsx . am using this below command but its not working. can someone help me with the wildcards? this excel file is dynamic and date,month parameters keeps on changing.

format: SonarQube Issue Extract_2020-08-04.xlsx

task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1 inputs: PathtoPublish: 'C:\Users\320066547\agent_work\3\s\SonarFetchIssues\target*.xlsx' ArtifactName: 'IssuesOutput' publishLocation: 'Container'

##[error]Publishing build artifacts failed with an error: Not found PathtoPublish: C:\Users\320066547\agent_work\3\s\SonarFetchIssues\target*.xlsx — priya
What about making sure the excel is in a dedicated sub(directory) and then publish the entire directory, instead of using a filename? — Bernard Vander Beken

DreadedFrost DreadedFrost · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-05T14:59:57

If using a YAML pipeline look at using the PublishPipelineArtifact task

  - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
    displayName: 'Publish Artifact: drop'
    inputs:
       artifact: drop
       targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)

This will publish all the artifacts in the pipeline. From there can narrow down the exact path that is being published.

Alternatively too can do run a Powershell task before your publish to see exactly what your folder structure looks like on the agent:

-powershell: Get-ChildItem -Path 'Insert root path' -recurse

Azure DevOps- Publish task build failed

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