# Mismatch in condition in for\_each: The true and false result expressions must have consistent types **URL:** \ **Category:** Terraform\ **Created:** [November 15, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/mismatch-in-condition-in-for-each-the-true-and-false-result-expressions-must-have-consistent-types/71383 "2024-11-15T11:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steini44as](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/steini44as/32/43834_2.png) [@steini44as](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/steini44as)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/mismatch-in-condition-in-for-each-the-true-and-false-result-expressions-must-have-consistent-types/71383/1 "2024-11-15T11:56:27Z")
Hi I have the following local defined: ```auto local.management_custom_policy_definition_content_list [ { "content" = { "properties" = { "description" = "This policy governs that all Azure resources have a lower-case naming scheme." "displayName" = "Enforce lower-case names for all Azure resources." "metadata" = { "category" = "Network" } "mode" = "All" "name" = "pol-def-fnd-namecasing-001" "parameters" = { "Effect" = { "allowedValues" = [ "Audit", "Deny", ] "defaultValue" = "Audit" "metadata" = { "description" = "The effect of the policy rule." "displayName" = "Effect" } "type" = "String" } "ResourceTypesExcludedFromLowercaseConvention" = { "metadata" = { "description" = "The list of resource types excluded from the lower case naming convention." } "type" = "array" } } "policyRule" = { "if" = { "allof" = [ { "field" = "type" "notin" = "[parameters('ResourceTypesExcludedFromLowercaseConvention')]" }, { "field" = "name" "notmatch" = "[toLower(field('name'))]" }, ] } "then" = { "effect" = "[parameters('Effect')]" } } } } "management_group_id" = "2bd25572-438e-400c-b9db-c2b61afa8d2f" "name" = "pol-def-fnd-namecasing-001" }, { "content" = { "properties" = { "description" = "This policy checks for tags on resource groups" "displayName" = "pol-def-fnd-tag-001" "metadata" = { "category" = "TAG" } "mode" = "All" "name" = "pol-def-fnd-tag-001" "parameters" = { "Effect" = { "allowedValues" = [ "Audit", "Deny", "Disabled", ] "defaultValue" = "Audit" "metadata" = { "description" = "The effect of the policy rule." "displayName" = "Effect" } "type" = "String" } "tagName" = { "type" = "string" } } "policyRule" = { "if" = { "allOf" = [ { "equals" = "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups" "field" = "type" }, { "exists" = "false" "field" = "[concat('tags[', parameters('tagName'), ']')]" }, ] } "then" = { "effect" = "[parameters('Effect')]" } } } } "management_group_id" = "2bd25572-438e-400c-b9db-c2b61afa8d2f" "name" = "pol-def-fnd-tag-001" }, ] ``` I have the following for\_each loop: ```auto module "policy_definition_management" { for_each = local.management_custom_policy_definition_content_list != null ? { for def in local.management_custom_policy_definition_content_list : "${def.management_group_id}.${def.name}" => def } : {} source = "./modules/azurerm/policy_definition" management_group_id = data.azurerm_management_group.management_group[each.value.management_group_id].id category = each.value.content.properties.metadata.category description = each.value.content.properties.description display_name = each.value.content.properties.displayName mode = each.value.content.properties.mode name = each.value.content.properties.name parameters = each.value.content.properties.parameters policy_rule = each.value.content.properties.policyRule } ``` When performing a plan, I have the following error: ```auto │ Error: Inconsistent conditional result types │ │ on main.tf line 320, in module "policy_definition_management": │ 320: for_each = local.management_custom_policy_definition_content_list != null ? { for def in local.management_custom_policy_definition_content_list : "${def.management_group_id}.${def.name}" => def } : {} │ ├──────────────── │ │ local.management_custom_policy_definition_content_list is tuple with 2 elements │ │ The true and false result expressions must have consistent types. The 'true' value includes object attribute │ "2bd25572-438e-400c-b9db-c2b61afa8d2f.pol-def-fnd-namecasing-001", which is absent in the 'false' value. ``` I use this a lot and with all my other code it is working. But can’t figure out what is going wrong here. Anybody that has an idea? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![steini44as](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/steini44as/32/43834_2.png) [@steini44as](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/steini44as)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/mismatch-in-condition-in-for-each-the-true-and-false-result-expressions-must-have-consistent-types/71383/2 "2024-11-18T10:04:17Z")
So I solved it in the meantime. For those wondering: it’s the jsondecode(file(xxx) that gives the error. So I do the read of the file in the module itself (first had it in a different local): ```auto management_custom_policy_definition_content_list = local.management_definitions_all != null ? [ for def in local.management_definitions_all : { name = def.definition_name management_group_id = def.management_group_id content = jsondecode(file("./definitions/${def.definition_name}.json")) } if def.custom ] : null ``` → I do it in the module ```auto module "policy_definition_management" { for_each = local.management_definitions_all != null ? { for def in local.management_definitions_all : "${def.management_group_id}.${def.definition_name}" => def if def.custom } : {} source = "./modules/azurerm/policy_definition" management_group_id = data.azurerm_management_group.management_group[each.value.management_group_id].id category = (jsondecode(file("./definitions/${each.value.definition_name}.json"))).properties.metadata.category description = (jsondecode(file("./definitions/${each.value.definition_name}.json"))).properties.description display_name = (jsondecode(file("./definitions/${each.value.definition_name}.json"))).properties.displayName mode = (jsondecode(file("./definitions/${each.value.definition_name}.json"))).properties.mode name = (jsondecode(file("./definitions/${each.value.definition_name}.json"))).properties.name parameters = (jsondecode(file("./definitions/${each.value.definition_name}.json"))).properties.parameters policy_rule = (jsondecode(file("./definitions/${each.value.definition_name}.json"))).properties.policyRule } ``` I somebody has a nicer solution, please let me know 🙂 thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/original/1X/79bf76adfd92a75631996933098f9ce29d37abf3.svg) [@system](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/mismatch-in-condition-in-for-each-the-true-and-false-result-expressions-must-have-consistent-types/71383/3 "2025-05-17T10:04:56Z")
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