# How Do I Conditionally Import a Playbook?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-conditionally-import-a-playbook/31121>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 25, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-conditionally-import-a-playbook/31121 "2019-08-25T16:12:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chrono\_7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chrono\_7](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chrono_7)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-conditionally-import-a-playbook/31121/1 "2019-08-25T16:12:57Z")

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I’d like to know how` to conditionally import a playbook.`

`I have a master playbook which calls several others`

`The master looks like this:`

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**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-conditionally-import-a-playbook/31121/2 "2019-08-25T17:42:42Z")

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It's not possible. "import\_playbook" is not a task. Conditions don't apply  
here. It's an open issue  
Conditionally import\_playbook aka include\_playbook #34281  
[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34281](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34281)

Cheers,

&nbsp;&nbsp;-vlado

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**Author:** ![Chrono\_7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chrono\_7](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chrono_7)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-conditionally-import-a-playbook/31121/3 "2019-08-26T01:46:28Z")

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Thanks! I figured it was a bit of a limitation at this point. Would be great to have this added at some point