Question:
I’m working with SCSM in Powershell but running into an issue with an if statement.
I have a function that collects data based on a criteria that is passed into the function as a variable.
Example:
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$JMLs1 = collectTickets -crit $JMLCriteria1 |
collectTickets is the function, $JMLCriteria1 is the criteria that is passed.
This is the collectTickets function:
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function collectTickets { param ( [parameter (Mandatory=$true)] $crit ) $fullDate = Get-Date if ($fullDate.DayOfWeek -eq 'Monday') { $olderThan = $fullDate.AddDays(-4) } elseif ($fullDate.DayOfWeek -eq 'Tuesday') { $olderThan = $fullDate.AddDays(-4) } else { $olderThan = $fullDate.AddDays(-2) } if ($crit -like '$JML*') { $data = Get-SCSMObject -Criteria $crit | select 'Id', 'Title', 'LastModified', 'Priority' } else { $data = Get-SCSMObject -Criteria $crit | Where-Object {($_.LastModified -lt $olderThan)} | select 'Id', 'Title', 'LastModified', 'Priority' } return $data } |
The issue I’m having is with the second if statement, the if ($crit -like '$JML*') – I’m not sure if we can use wildcards like this against variables or if the syntax is just not correct.
Just to clarify there will be multiple $JML criteria variables as well as multiple other criteria variables, but it’s only the $JML criteria variables that I want to treat differently.
Answer:
Use double quotes instead of single. With single quotes, PowerShell thinks you are looking for the the literal string $JML, not the variable.
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if ($crit -like "$JML*") |
Edit: about_Quoting documentation