Got it - makes sense now.  Thanks!

On 10/17/2023 1:51 PM, 'Philippe Kueck' via Ansible Project wrote:
You need to name the playbook:

---
- name: "your playbook name goes here"
  hosts: yourhostlist
  tasks:
    - debug:
        msg: >
          {{ansible_play_name}} should print
          "your playbook name goes here"
...

On 17.10.23 19:34, Kathy Lyons wrote:
When I print out "{{ ansible_play_name }}" I simply get "localhost."

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 12:18 PM 'Philippe Kueck' via Ansible Project <ansible-project@googlegroups.com <mailto:ansible-project@googlegroups.com>> wrote:

    Hi,

    On 17.10.23 18:13, Kathy Lyons wrote:
     > We use it in many instances to only do something for a specific
     > playbook.  We have about 5 playbooks that work on different
    networks and
     > rather than maintain 5 different playbooks we use the "when
     > playbook_name == abc.yml" a lot. Is there another way to get the
     > playbook name?

    How about this?

    ---
    - name: "foobar playbook"
        hosts: localhost
        gather_facts: no
        tasks:
          - debug:
              msg: '{{ansible_play_name}}'
    ...

    - Philippe

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