Pipeline will not run for the selected trigger. The rules configuration prevented any jobs from being added to the pipeline

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Problem to solve

Trying to use trigger with if rule in .gitlab-ci.yml & getting Error when running the pipeline - Pipeline will not run for the selected trigger. The rules configuration prevented any jobs from being added to the pipeline.
Trigger inlcudes another yml file in the same project

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