Schulded Jobs with Paramerters

PowerShell Universal Universal Automation
1

Do we have a way to schedule jobs with pre-set script parameters? I have one script that I need to run against several different sets of parameters on a Timmer. I would like to not have to have several copies of the same script in UA but that is an ok work around for now.

2

Not at the moment but I’ll add it to our backlog! You should be able to do this.

3

Any updates on this? Any workarounds in the meantime? My script needs 3 parameters. Name, Number, Email.

4

This has been implemented in the most recent version. You can set parameter values on schedules.

5

I’m not seeing that option. Can you post a screenshot? If so, I can post a YouTube video once I figure it out to show others.

6

If i define a script like this:

param(
    $Name,
    $Value,
    $Department
)

You’ll get a UI like this (formatting is messed up for some reason. It’s in our 1.4.3 backlog to fix).

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When you create a schedule, it will update the schedules.ps1 like this.

New-PSUSchedule -Cron "* * * * *" -Script "Collect.ps1" -TimeZone "America/Denver" -Name 'Test' -Value 'Test' -Department 'Test'
7

Thanks. Any idea how I can convert a psm1 file to ps1? It’s got a lot
of functions it used for 1 of the 3 main functions. Right now, I’m
just imp;orting the module and calling the function with the
parameters in the script, causing me to create a new script each time.
It works but I would rather have it working like it is meant to be
used. Thanks for quick response.

8

You could create a script to import the module and call one function and parameterize the script.

For example, if you had a module that had a write-name function.

function Write-Name {
   param($Name) 

   Write-Host $Name
}

You could then create a script that took that parameter.

param($Name) 

Import-Module .\MyModule.psm1

Write-Name -Name $Name

Then you could setup three schedules for the one script.

New-PSUSchedule -Cron '* * * * *' -Script 'MyScript.ps1' -Name 'Adam'
New-PSUSchedule -Cron '*/5 * * * *' -Script 'MyScript.ps1' -Name 'Ted'
New-PSUSchedule -Cron '*/15 * * * *' -Script 'MyScript.ps1' -Name 'Bill'