Calling a secondary inventory file

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I looking to see if it is possible to call a inventory file that is built during the playbook? The role Set mailbox server to inventory file builds a new inventory file and I want to use that in Mailbox Statistics Collection role. It works and creates the inventory file but does not seem to work, which I have tried both:

ansible-playbook Mailbox_Count.yml -e site_vars=“Creds” --ask-vault-password -v

ansible-playbook -i /etc/ansible/playbooks//sites/Mailbox_Count_Dynamic Mailbox_Count.yml -e site_vars=“Creds” --ask-vault-password -v

is this even possible? Or do I need a first playbook to create the inventory file and the follow-up to grab the mailbox count, so breaking up the below into 2.

  • name: Get messaging enviroment
    hosts: localhost
    run_once: true
    roles:

  • Get_Messaging_Environment
    vars_files:

  • /etc/ansible/vars/{{ site_vars }}.yml
    vars:
    ansible_become_user: root
    gather_facts: false

  • name: Get the current mailbox server for the environment
    hosts: XU_Server
    become: yes
    become_method: runas
    roles:

  • Get_Mailbox_Servers
    vars_files:

  • /etc/ansible/vars/{{ site_vars }}.yml
    vars:
    ansible_become_user: “{{ Admin_Acct }}”
    ansible_become_pass: “{{ Admin_Pass }}”
    gather_facts: false

  • name: Set mailbox server to inventory file
    hosts: localhost
    run_once: true
    roles:

  • Set_Mailbox_Servers_To_Inventory
    vars_files:

  • /etc/ansible/vars/{{ site_vars }}.yml
    vars:
    ansible_become_user: root
    gather_facts: false

  • name: Mailbox Statistics Collection
    hosts: MailboxServers
    become: yes
    become_method: runas
    roles:

  • MailboxServer_Count
    vars_files:

  • /etc/ansible/vars/{{ site_vars }}.yml

  • /etc/ansible/playbooks/Messaging/Exchange_2013/sites/Mailbox_Count_Dynamic
    vars:
    ansible_become_user: “{{ Admin_Acct }}”
    ansible_become_pass: “{{ Admin_Pass }}”
    gather_facts: false

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See `meta: refresh_inventory`https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/meta_module.html#parameter-free_form