There may be a better way to do this but I solved the problem by having a 
separate task initially that verifies the variable is set and fails the 
play if not (via the fail module).

- name: Checking for required variables
  fail: msg="Playbook execution failed - 'revision_no' is required!"
  when: not revision_no

If you don't want the play to outright fail, you could replace the fail 
module with something like debug.

On Monday, May 5, 2014 7:58:27 AM UTC-7, Samnang Sen wrote:
>
> That last line is supposed to read "revision_no is defined"
>
> On Monday, May 5, 2014 10:53:54 AM UTC-4, Samnang Sen wrote:
>>
>> Let's say I ask for a revision_no from the user. If the user doesn't 
>> input a value, I would like to display a custom message. Right now ansible 
>> shows a bunch of "skipping" message, but I know my users would want to know 
>> why it skipped.
>>
>> - hosts: webservers
>>   user: deployment
>> #  serial: 1
>>
>>
>>   vars_prompt:
>>    - name: "revision_no"
>>      prompt: "Input revision number"
>>      private: no
>>
>>   vars_files:
>>   - "group_vars/deploy_list"
>>
>>   roles:
>>   - { role: web, when: revision_no is not defined }
>>
>>

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