Table Output Fails Without appServicePlanId

usabilityActiveRising

The command fails to output a table format when the appServicePlanId is missing, causing inconvenience for users who rely on this format.

Opportunity Score (Heuristic (unvalidated)):52 · Medium · heuristic
First seen: 8/17/2026
Last seen: 9/10/2026

Score Breakdown

Heuristic ranking from public discussion signals — not a validated prediction of commercial opportunity, demand, or willingness to pay.

Composite 52/100 (Medium, unvalidated). Top driver: Severity (25% weight, 17.5 pts).

Frequency · 25% · 10.3 pts · XPS relevance41

Heuristic only — often urgency map or random scaffolding on ingest, not measured mention frequency. Maps to XPS relevance (with market size).

Severity · 25% · 17.5 pts · XPS quality70

LLM/mock judgment of intensity from title/summary text — not ops or ticket data. Maps to XPS quality (with willingness to pay).

Willingness to pay · 30% · 12 pts · XPS quality40

LLM/mock purchase-intent guess from text — not invoices, surveys, or paid seats. Maps to XPS quality.

Trend · 10% · 6.6 pts · XPS novelty66

Heuristic/scaffold (often random or fixed on insert) — not a verified mention trajectory. Maps to XPS novelty.

Market size · 10% · 5.4 pts · XPS relevance54

Heuristic/scaffold (often random or fixed) — not TAM research. Maps to XPS relevance (with frequency).

Catalog notes (not predictive analysis)

Table Output Fails Without appServicePlanId (usability). Catalog heuristic opportunity score: 52/100 — a chosen formula over discussion-signal facets, not evidence of demand, conversion, or willingness to pay. Treat as browsing rank, not a commercial prediction.

The command fails to output a table format when the appServicePlanId is missing, causing inconvenience for users who rely on this format.

Source Examples

azure/azure-cli Issues·Aug 17, 2026
“az functionapp list --output table fails when appServicePlanId is absent ## Summary `az functionapp list --output table` fails when any Function App response omits `appServicePlanId`. JSON output succeeds. ## Reproduction ```bash az version # azure-cli 2.89.1 az functionapp list --output table ``` ## Actual result ```text ERROR: Table output unavailable. Use the --query option to specify an appropriate query. Use --debug for more info. ``` The debug traceback identifies the underlying failure: ```text File "azure/cli/command_modules/appservice/commands.py", line 35, in transform_web_output result["appServicePlan"] = result.pop("appServicePlanId").split("/")[-1] KeyError: 'appServicePlanId' ``` ## Expected result `az functionapp list --output table` should render the Function Apps list without failing when `appServicePlanId` is missing. The formatter should tolerate an omitted optional field. ## Workaround Explicitly project fields before requesting table output: ```bash az functionapp list --query '[].{Name:name,ResourceGroup:resourceGroup,Location:location,State:state}' --output table ``` ## Related issues - #33516: `az functionapp function keys list` broken in 2.87.0 - #16698: `az functionapp list` returns incorrect null values This may be another regression in the Function App output/transform layer introduced around 2.87.0.”
— paulyuk↗

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Related Pain Points

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