Could not read output attribute from remote state datasource - terraform

Question

I am new to terraform so I will attempt to explain with the best of my ability. Terraform will not read in the variable/output from the statefile and use that value in another file.
I have tried searching the internet for everything I could find to see if anyone how has had this problem and how they fixed it.
###vnet.tf
#Remote State pulling data from bastion resource group state
data "terraform_remote_state" "network" {
backend = "azurerm"
config = {
storage_account_name = "terraformstatetracking"
container_name = "bastionresourcegroups"
key = "terraform.terraformstate"
}
}
#creating virtual network and putting that network in resource group created by bastion.tf file
module "quannetwork" {
source = "Azure/network/azurerm"
resource_group_name = "data.terraform_remote_state.network.outputs.quan_netwk"
location = "centralus"
vnet_name = "quan"
address_space = "10.0.0.0/16"
subnet_prefixes = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"]
subnet_names = ["subnet1", "subnet2", "subnet3"]
tags = {
environment = "quan"
costcenter = "it"
}
}
terraform {
backend "azurerm" {
storage_account_name = "terraformstatetracking"
container_name = "quannetwork"
key = "terraform.terraformstate"
}
}
###resourcegroups.tf
# Create a resource group
#Bastion
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "cm" {
name = "${var.prefix}cm.RG"
location = "${var.location}"
tags = "${var.tags}"
}
#Bastion1
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "network" {
name = "${var.prefix}network.RG"
location = "${var.location}"
tags = "${var.tags}"
}
#bastion2
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "storage" {
name = "${var.prefix}storage.RG"
location = "${var.location}"
tags = "${var.tags}"
}
terraform {
backend "azurerm" {
storage_account_name = "terraformstatetracking"
container_name = "bastionresourcegroups"
key = "terraform.terraformstate"
}
}
###outputs.tf
output "quan_netwk" {
description = "Quan Network Resource Group"
value = "${azurerm_resource_group.network.id}"
}
When running the vnet.tf code it should read in the output from the outputs.tf which is stored in the azure backend storage account statefile file and use that value for the resource_group_name in the quannetwork module. Instead it creates a resource group named data.terraform_remote_state.network.outputs.quan_netwk. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

First, you need to input a string for the resource_group_name in your module quannetwork, not the resource group Id.
Second, if you want to quote something in the remote state, do not just put it in the Double quotes, the right format below:
resource_group_name = "${data.terraform_remote_state.network.outputs.quan_netwk}"