From 6eecf8e7599b8f421ea484516fd863905740e719 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iLLiCiTiT <jakub.trllo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 15:03:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] change task type before optional keys filling

---
 openpype/lib/anatomy.py | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openpype/lib/anatomy.py b/openpype/lib/anatomy.py
index a18a2a91d6..66ecbd66d1 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/anatomy.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/anatomy.py
@@ -1010,6 +1010,14 @@ class Templates:
             TemplateResult: Filled or partially filled template containing all
                 data needed or missing for filling template.
         """
+        task_data = data.get("task")
+        if (
+            isinstance(task_data, StringType)
+            and "{task[name]}" in orig_template
+        ):
+            # Change task to dictionary if template expect dictionary
+            data["task"] = {"name": task_data}
+
         template, missing_optional, invalid_optional = (
             self._filter_optional(orig_template, data)
         )
@@ -1019,13 +1027,6 @@ class Templates:
         missing_required = []
         replace_keys = []
 
-        task_data = data.get("task")
-        if (
-            isinstance(task_data, StringType)
-            and "{task[name]}" in orig_template
-        ):
-            data["task"] = {"name": task_data}
-
         for group in self.key_pattern.findall(template):
             orig_key = group[1:-1]
             key = str(orig_key)