functions/Get-DbaAgentJobCategory.ps1
function Get-DbaAgentJobCategory { <# .SYNOPSIS Get-DbaAgentJobCategory retrieves the job categories. .DESCRIPTION Get-DbaAgentJobCategory makes it possible to retrieve the job categories. .PARAMETER SqlInstance The target SQL Server instance or instances. This can be a collection and receive pipeline input to allow the function to be executed against multiple SQL Server instances. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Windows and SQL Authentication supported. Accepts credential objects (Get-Credential) .PARAMETER Category The name of the category to filter out. If no category is used all categories will be returned. .PARAMETER CategoryType The type of category. This can be "LocalJob", "MultiServerJob" or "None". If no category is used all categories types will be returned. .PARAMETER Force The force parameter will ignore some errors in the parameters and assume defaults. .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 Tags: Agent, Job, JobCategory Author: Sander Stad (@sqlstad), sqlstad.nl Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .LINK https://dbatools.io/Get-DbaAgentJobCategory .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaAgentJobCategory -SqlInstance sql1 Return all the job categories. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaAgentJobCategory -SqlInstance sql1 -Category 'Log Shipping' Return all the job categories that have the name 'Log Shipping'. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaAgentJobCategory -SqlInstance sstad-pc -CategoryType MultiServerJob Return all the job categories that have a type MultiServerJob. #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Default")] param ( [parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [DbaInstanceParameter[]]$SqlInstance, [PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string[]]$Category, [ValidateSet("LocalJob", "MultiServerJob", "None")] [string]$CategoryType, [switch]$Force, [switch]$EnableException ) process { foreach ($instance in $SqlInstance) { try { $server = Connect-SqlInstance -SqlInstance $instance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Error occurred while establishing connection to $instance" -Category ConnectionError -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $instance -Continue } $jobCategories = $server.JobServer.JobCategories | Where-Object { ($_.Name -in $Category -or !$Category) -and ($_.CategoryType -in $CategoryType -or !$CategoryType) } $defaults = 'ComputerName', 'InstanceName', 'SqlInstance', 'Name', 'ID', 'CategoryType', 'JobCount' try { foreach ($cat in $jobCategories) { $jobCount = ($server.JobServer.Jobs | Where-Object {$_.CategoryID -eq $cat.ID}).Count Add-Member -Force -InputObject $cat -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ComputerName -value $server.ComputerName Add-Member -Force -InputObject $cat -MemberType NoteProperty -Name InstanceName -value $server.ServiceName Add-Member -Force -InputObject $cat -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SqlInstance -value $server.DomainInstanceName Add-Member -Force -InputObject $cat -MemberType NoteProperty -Name JobCount -Value $jobCount Select-DefaultView -InputObject $cat -Property $defaults } } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Something went wrong getting the job category $cat on $instance" -Target $cat -Continue -ErrorRecord $_ } } } } |