Change location to computed.

builtin/providers/azurerm/data_source_arm_resource_group.go

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package azurerm
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 )
 
@@ -26,31 +24,21 @@ func dataSourceArmResourceGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	armClient := meta.(*ArmClient)
 
 	resourceGroupName := d.Get("name").(string)
-	location, getLocationOk := d.GetOk("location")
 	resourceId := &ResourceID{
 		SubscriptionID: armClient.subscriptionId,
 		ResourceGroup:  resourceGroupName,
 	}
+	resourceIdString, err := composeAzureResourceID(resourceId)
 
-	if resourceIdString, err := composeAzureResourceID(resourceId); err == nil {
-		d.SetId(resourceIdString)
-	} else {
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	d.SetId(resourceIdString)
+
 	if err := resourceArmResourceGroupRead(d, meta); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if getLocationOk {
-		actualLocation := azureRMNormalizeLocation(d.Get("location").(string))
-		location := azureRMNormalizeLocation(location)
-
-		if location != actualLocation {
-			return fmt.Errorf(`The location specified in Data Source (%s) doesn't match the actual location of the Resource Group "%s (%s)"`,
-				location, resourceGroupName, actualLocation)
-		}
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }

builtin/providers/azurerm/location.go

@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ func locationSchema() *schema.Schema {
 
 func locationForDataSourceSchema() *schema.Schema {
 	return &schema.Schema{
-		Type:             schema.TypeString,
-		Optional:         true,
-		Computed:         true,
-		StateFunc:        azureRMNormalizeLocation,
-		DiffSuppressFunc: azureRMSuppressLocationDiff,
+		Type:     schema.TypeString,
+		Computed: true,
 	}
 }
 

website/source/docs/providers/azurerm/d/resource_group.html.markdown

@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ resource "azurerm_managed_disk" "test" {
 ## Argument Reference
 
 * `name` - (Required) Specifies the name of the resource group.
-* `location` - (Optional) Specifies the location of the resource group.
 
 ~> **NOTE:** If the specified location doesn't match the actual resource group location, an error message with the actual location value will be shown.
 
 ## Attributes Reference
 
+* `location` - The location of the resource group.
 * `tags` - A mapping of tags assigned to the resource group.