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Windows PowerShell and Custom Property StuffPresenter: Don Jones
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Customize Data Outputwith Calculated Properties
o What are calculated/custom properties (“columns”)?
o Making the hashtable for a calculated property
o A bevvy of examples
What Are They?
o PowerShell has the ability to dynamically extend objects
o Adding a NoteProperty lets you attach custom information to an object
o Do this to…– Create custom displays– Align pipeline output and input for parameter
binding
Making the Hashtable
@{ name='whatever'; expression={$_.whatever}}o Name can also be Labelo Shorten with “n” (or “l”) and “e” for brevityo Each @hashtable is an element; include
multiple elements in a comma-separated list
The Trick
o Within the expression {scriptblock}, $_ is a placeholder for whatever object was piped to Select, FT, or FL
o Use $_.whatever to access properties and methods of that object
o This makes slightly more sense in an example. Coming right up.
Use With What?
o Use with…– Select-Object (Select)– Format-List (FL)– Format-Table (FT)
Examples, Examples, Examplii
o Calculating free disk percentage
o Performing a second WMI query
o Changing “name” to “computername” for parameter binding
o Fixing columns in a CSV for AD user creation
ADVANCED TIME!
o Hashtable also accepts…– FormatString– Width– Alignment (Left, Center, Right)
o FormatString is useful anywhere; the other two only with Format-Table
More Examplii
o Making disk space look prettier (commas!)
o Aligning and controlling column width more precisely
o FormatString uses same stuff as –f operator
Thank you.
This slide deck was used in one of our many conference presentations. We hope you enjoy it, and invite you to use it
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