functions/Export-DbaXESessionTemplate.ps1
function Export-DbaXESessionTemplate { <# .SYNOPSIS Exports an new XESession XML Template .DESCRIPTION Exports an XESession XML Template either from our repo or a file you specify. Exports to "$home\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio\Templates\XEventTemplates" by default .PARAMETER SqlInstance The SQL Instances that you're connecting to. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Credential object used to connect to the SQL Server as a different user .PARAMETER Session The Name of the session(s) to export .PARAMETER Path The path to export the file. Can be .xml or directory. .PARAMETER InputObject Enables piping sessions .PARAMETER Type This is a placeholder until we can get XML to work. Right now, the only exports are T-SQL. .PARAMETER EnableException By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message. This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting. Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch. .NOTES Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (C) Chrissy LeMaire, clemaire@gmail.com License: GNU GPL v3 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 .LINK https://dbatools.io/Export-DbaXESessionTemplate .EXAMPLE Export-DbaXESessionTemplate -SqlInstance sql2017 -Path C:\temp\xe Exports XE Session Template to the C:\temp\xe folder. .EXAMPLE Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sql2017 -Session session_health | Export-DbaXESessionTemplate -Path C:\temp Returns a new XE Session object from sql2017 then adds an event, an action then creates it. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")] [DbaInstanceParameter[]]$SqlInstance, [PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [object[]]$Session, [string]$Path = "$home\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio\Templates\XEventTemplates", [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.Session[]]$InputObject, [switch]$EnableException ) process { foreach ($instance in $SqlInstance) { try { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Connecting to $instance" $InputObject += Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance $instance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential -Session $Session -EnableException } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Failure" -Category ConnectionError -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $instance -Continue } } foreach ($xes in $InputObject) { $xesname = Remove-InvalidFileNameChars -Name $xes.Name if (-not (Test-Path -Path $Path)) { Stop-Function -Message "$Path does not exist" -Target $Path } if ($path.EndsWith(".xml")) { $filename = $path } else { $filename = "$path\$xesname.xml" } Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Wrote $xesname to $filename" [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.XEStore]::SaveSessionToTemplate($xes, $filename, $true) Get-ChildItem -Path $filename #$xes.ScriptCreate.GetScript() | Out-File -FilePath $filename -Encoding UTF8 -Append } } } |