Template Preview option still deploys the template to target device

[miarond]

I was demonstrating this script to a Cisco customer recently (part of a Customer Success engagement) and we discovered that even when we specified the --preview command line option, the script still deployed the specified template to the target device.

Here is an example of the command line options we used:

py template.py --device "10.7.84.244" --template "Onboarding Configuration/CSV_Import_Interface_Loop" --paramsfile "9300_interface_info.csv" -v --preview

After some troubleshooting I identified a missing line of code at Line 241 in the template.py script (link below). I recommend adding sys.exit(0) on this line, in order to stop the script after displaying the Preview output and prevent it from continuing on to the deployment stage.

DNAC-TemplateProgrammer/template.py

Line 241 in ac2c85a

[aradford123]

thanks for pointing this out. Actually, i think there is another issue. I initially thought of preview only in the context of bulk deployment. It should apply to non-bulk deployment too

[miarond]

@aradford123 You're welcome; thank you for the quick response. In the end your script was a huge help for this customer and they were very happy with the outcome!