reference an existing Group by name

[dkirrane]

How do I obtain a reference to an existing Group

resource mygroup 'Microsoft.ApiManagement/service/groups@2021-01-01-preview' existing = {
  name: 'MyGroup'
}

The above fails with Error BCP169: Expected resource name to contain 1 "/" characters. The number of name segments must match the number of segments in the resource type.

[anthony-c-martin]

Bicep needs the name of the Microsoft.ApiManagement/service parent resource, in order to uniquely identify the group. You have two options:

• Format the name manually:

  var parentName = 'myService'
  resource mygroup 'Microsoft.ApiManagement/service/groups@2021-01-01-preview' existing = {
    name: '${parentName}/MyGroup'
  }

• Declare the parent service independently:

  resource myService 'Microsoft.ApiManagement/service@2021-01-01-preview' existing = {
    name: 'myService'
  }
  
  resource mygroup 'Microsoft.ApiManagement/service/groups@2021-01-01-preview' existing = {
    parent: myService
    name: 'MyGroup'
  }