-

bundle/config/root_test.go

@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ func TestRootMergeTargetOverridesWithVariables(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Targets: map[string]*Target{
 			"development": {
-				Variables: map[string]any{
-					"foo": variable.Variable{
+				Variables: map[string]*TargetVariable{
+					"foo": {
 						Default:     "bar",
 						Description: "wrong",
 					},
-					"complex": variable.Variable{
+					"complex": {
 						Type:        "wrong",
 						Description: "wrong",
 						Default: map[string]interface{}{

bundle/config/target.go

@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config/resources"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config/variable"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/jobs"
 )
 
 type Mode string
 
+type TargetVariable variable.Variable
+
 // Target defines overrides for a single target.
 // This structure is recursively merged into the root configuration.
 type Target struct {
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ type Target struct {
 	//   variables:
 	//     foo:
 	//       lookup: "resource_name"
-	Variables map[string]any `json:"variables,omitempty"`
+	Variables map[string]*TargetVariable `json:"variables,omitempty"`
 
 	Git Git `json:"git,omitempty"`
 

bundle/internal/schema/main.go

@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ func addInterpolationPatterns(typ reflect.Type, s jsonschema.Schema) jsonschema.
 		return s
 	}
 
+	// The variables block in a target override allows for directly specifying
+	// the value if it is a primitive type.
+	if typ == reflect.TypeOf(config.TargetVariable{}) {
+		return jsonschema.Schema{
+			AnyOf: []jsonschema.Schema{s,
+				{Type: jsonschema.StringType},
+				{Type: jsonschema.BooleanType},
+				{Type: jsonschema.IntegerType},
+				{Type: jsonschema.NumberType},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch s.Type {
 	case jsonschema.ArrayType, jsonschema.ObjectType:
 		// arrays and objects can have complex variable values specified.