Error when starting dashboard: New-UDDashboard : Value of hashtable is not a hashtable or string

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I have a Dashboard that was working yesterday, and now it throws an error when starting.

Not sure where to look for a resolution.

Yesterday, I did update UD from 2.8.1 to 2.8.2…

Here is my Start Script, that is causing the error:

 . (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot\scripts "utils.ps1")
$DashboardSettings = Get-Content -Path "$PSScriptRoot\config\config.conf" | ConvertFrom-Json
$Root = $PSScriptRoot
$EndpointInitialization = New-UDEndpointInitialization -Variable @('DashboardSettings', 'Root') -Function @("Get-SQLHealthReports") 
$NavBarLinks = @((New-UDLink -Text "Pioneer Support" -Url "https://support.pioneeres.com/" ))
$Pages = @()
$Pages += . (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "pages\home.ps1")
$Pages += . (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "pages\sql.ps1")
New-UDDashboard -NavbarLinks $NavBarLinks -Title "Pioneer IT Tools" -Pages $Pages -EndpointInitialization $EndpointInitialization -Theme (Get-UDTheme -Name DarkRounded)
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OK, so this looks to be some sort of issue (maybe) with 2.8.2.

I uninstalled 2.8.2, then installed 2.8.1 and now the Dashboard will start successfully.

Strange.

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What’s the error you are seeing on 2.8.2?

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When I attempt to start my dashboard, I get the following error:

New-UDDashboard : Value of hashtable is not a hashtable or string

The content of my dashboard.ps1 file is in my initial post.

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Oh, geez. Right in the title. I’m blind :wink:

If you run $Error[0].StackTrace does it give you a location of where this error may be coming from? I don’t see anything obvious in your dashboard.ps1 that would cause this problem.

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I will need to re-install 2.8.2, and do that.

Give me a few minutes. :slight_smile:

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So, here are the contents of the ScriptStackTrace:

PS C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts__Powershell\PES_Dashboard> $error[0].scriptstacktrace
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts__Powershell\PES_Dashboard\dashboard.ps1: line 14
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts__Powershell\PES_Dashboard\start-pesdashboard.ps1: line 3
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PS C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts__Powershell\PES_Dashboard>

The no file entry is odd.

When I use 2.8.1 the site loads, but I am getting a ‘Page Not Found’ error when I try to access the ‘sql.ps1’ page…

That file exists, but I wonder if that could be causing the issue?

  • Edit - Looks like some of the content got striped-out when I pasted. I have added it back…
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Here is the InvocationInfo, for the same error:

MyCommand             : New-UDDashboard
BoundParameters       : {}
UnboundArguments      : {}
ScriptLineNumber      : 14
OffsetInLine          : 1
HistoryId             : 4
ScriptName            : C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts\__Powershell\PES_Dashboard\dashboard.ps1
Line                  : New-UDDashboard -NavbarLinks $NavBarLinks -Title "Pioneer IT Tools" -Pages $Pages -EndpointInitialization $EndpointInitialization -Theme (Get-UDTheme -Name DarkRounded)

PositionMessage       : At C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts\__Powershell\PES_Dashboard\dashboard.ps1:14 char:1
                        + New-UDDashboard -NavbarLinks $NavBarLinks -Title "Pioneer IT Tools" - ...
                        + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PSScriptRoot          : C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts\__Powershell\PES_Dashboard
PSCommandPath         : C:\Users\mtoombs\Documents\Scripts\__Powershell\PES_Dashboard\dashboard.ps1
InvocationName        : New-UDDashboard
PipelineLength        : 0
PipelinePosition      : 0
ExpectingInput        : False
CommandOrigin         : Internal
DisplayScriptPosition :
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I can provide a link to the project files, if that would be helpful…

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That would be very helpful. Thanks!

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Here is a link to the project: https://cloud.darkgarage.com/s/dashboard

You should be able to download the entire folder, if you desire.

Please let me know if you have any issues with access.

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@darkgarage

your issue is related to this line, when removed the dashboard started normally.

-Theme (Get-UDTheme -Name DarkRounded)

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@wsl2001 Thanks for the info.

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The problem is with the darkrounded theme itself if you try another theme like azure for example it works.

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Thanks. I’ll stick with the Default theme, for now.

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@darkgarage

if you still wants to use the Darkrounded theme you can do the following:

locate DarkRounded.psd1 under net472\themes directory and remove the following from the file

‘.sidenav .collapsible-body’ = @{
‘background-color’ = $PrimaryColor
}

or replace $PrimaryColor with a color code like “#bababa” it seems that $PrimaryColor was not defined in the file so it breaks the theme.