Retrieving UA variables within a dashboard

PowerShell Universal
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Back in the v2 UD days, I used to either pull all my creds from cyberark and/or store any non secure variables in my dashboard ps1.
Now I’m setup on the latest shiny version, I’m looking at: Variables - PowerShell Universal
I’m reading we can use the built in variable and secret storage which is cool.

Following the guide, I’ve added my variables (a test secret and a regular variable).
In my dashboard, I’m just using $variablename but getting nothing back for either.
I’ve tried including the $ in my variable name and without (when adding to UA).
I’ve also made sure, I’m using the default environment and variables as ‘*’ defined (but I’ve also tried explicitly including my variables too).
I’ve tried restarting my dashboard and app pool too but still no joy.

Universal 2.4.1
Dashboard Framework 3.7.1

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What’s your environment? I just tried in 2.4.1 with a 7.1.4 environment and it’s working there. I know we’ve seen issues with the integrated environment and variables in the past.

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I left the environment as Default, so I assume that is Integrated. I’ll give it a try on 5.1 and 7

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Yep that’s it, as soon as I changed to 5.1 or 7 its started working, and the issue re-presents when switching back to integrated

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Ok. Thanks for the info. This is a regression. I’ll open an issue for it.

Edit: Variables are not working in the Integrated environment · Issue #646 · ironmansoftware/issues · GitHub

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@adam

I just want to report that I have the exact same issue as the user who opened this thread. I’m running PSU 2.7.3 (self-hosted, no IIS) and PowerShell 7.1.5. When I set the default environment to Integrated, variables aren’t usable in the dashboard. When I set the default environment to 7.1.5, variables are usable in the dashboards.

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Ok. Thanks. I’ll re-open that issue and investigate.