PSU 5.0.16 - Deploying App as module

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I’m trying to deploy a dashboard/app on 5.0.16. I started with moving over an existing app from 4.4.1 but it wouldn’t start, so I’m trying to go minimum viable code at this point, just to load something.

Module files/directory layout are below. Module is in $Repository\Modules<modulename><moduleversion>.

The .psm1 file has a single function in it, which is pretty much from the examples. New-UDApp was throwing an error Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Theme'., which is why -Theme is being specified with an empty hashtable.

function New-IamApp {
    New-UDApp -Content {
        New-UDButton -Text 'Click Me' -OnClick {
            Show-UDToast "Ouch!"
        }
    } -Navigation (
        New-UDList -Children {
            New-UDListItem -Label "Home"
            New-UDListItem -Label "Getting Started" -Children {
                New-UDListItem -Label "Installation" -OnClick {}
                New-UDListItem -Label "Usage" -OnClick {}
                New-UDListItem -Label "FAQs" -OnClick {}
                New-UDListItem -Label "System Requirements" -OnClick {}
                New-UDListItem -Label "Purchasing" -OnClick {}
            }
        }
    ) -NavigationLayout permanent -Theme @{}
}

The dashboards.ps1 file included with the module is 1 line:

New-PSUApp -Name 'PowerIAM' -BaseUrl '/PowerIAM' -Module 'PowerIAM' -Command 'New-IamApp'

When attempting to start this app, the following shows up in the log:

The term 'D:\UniversalAutomation\Repository\dashboards\PowerIAM\PowerIAM.ps1' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.

Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

The error is correct that there is no file in $Repository\dashboards, but I don’t understand why it’s trying to reference that file. It’s worth noting that installing apps from the gallery results in the same behavior. For example, after installing App.NetworkUtilities:

[11/28/2024 5:28:18 PM] [Error] [App-Network Utilities] Failed to get app. App was null. Make sure to return an app from your script. 

[11/28/2024 5:28:18 PM] [Error] [App-Network Utilities] Startup:    at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandInfo(String commandName, CommandTypes commandTypes, SearchResolutionOptions searchResolutionOptions, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, ExecutionContext context)

   at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandInfo(String commandName, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, ExecutionContext context)

   at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandInfo(String commandName, CommandOrigin commandOrigin)

   at System.Management.Automation.CommandDiscovery.LookupCommandProcessor(String commandName, CommandOrigin commandOrigin, Nullable`1 useLocalScope)

   at System.Management.Automation.ExecutionContext.CreateCommand(String command, Boolean dotSource)

   at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.AddCommand(PipelineProcessor pipe, CommandParameterInternal[] commandElements, CommandBaseAst commandBaseAst, CommandRedirection[] redirections, ExecutionContext context)

   at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(Object input, Boolean ignoreInput, CommandParameterInternal[][] pipeElements, CommandBaseAst[] pipeElementAsts, CommandRedirection[][] commandRedirections, FunctionContext funcContext)

   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`6.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)

   at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) 

[11/28/2024 5:28:18 PM] [Error] [App-Network Utilities] Startup: at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1 

[11/28/2024 5:28:18 PM] [Error] [App-Network Utilities] Startup: The term 'D:\UniversalAutomation\Repository\dashboards\Network Utilities\Network Utilities.ps1' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.

Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

I’m at a loss as to what I’m missing in the docs to get this working, so any help would be appreciated.

It’s worth noting that when I do create $Repository\dashboards\PowerIAM\PowerIAM.ps1 and in that file import the PowerIAM module and call New-IamApp then the dashboard loads. I don’t understand this behavior, however.

0.2.0
    │   PowerIAM.psd1
    │   PowerIAM.psm1
    │
    └───.universal
            dashboards.ps1

Product: PowerShell Universal
Version: 5.0.16