Sitecore Powershell script to add items in array

Question

I am a Sitecore PowerShell newbie.

I have to write a Sitecore PowerShell script to ignore certain items from consideration based on their template types.

For this we can add these items to an array and use -notin for comparison.

Below is a code sample:

#ignored items list start
$nodeFolderTemplate = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Node" 
$layoutFolderTemplate = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Layout/Layout Folder" 
$rederingFolderTemplate = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Layout/Renderings/Rendering Folder"
$commonFolderTemplate = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/Common/Folder"
$placeHolderSettingsFolder = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Layout/Placeholder Settings Folder"
$branchFolderTemplate = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Branches/Branch Folder"
$template = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Templates/Template"
$dictionaryDomain = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Dictionary/Dictionary Domain"
$dictionaryEntry = Get-Item -Path "/sitecore/templates/System/Dictionary/Dictionary entry"
$ignoredFolders = @( $nodeFolderTemplate.ID, $layoutFolderTemplate.ID, $rederingFolderTemplate.ID, $commonFolderTemplate.ID, $placeHolderSettingsFolder.ID, $branchFolderTemplate.ID )
$ignoredItems = @( $dictionaryDomain.ID, $ignoredFolders.ID, $commonFolderTemplate.ID)
#ignored items list end 

 $items = Get-ChildItem $selectedValues.SelectedFolderPath -Recurse | 
              Where-Object { $_.TemplateID -notin $ignoredFolders }

Can anybody please suggest a better way to do it?

Answer 1

The only issue I see with your script is that you are creating a variable for each template type. If you have a big list of templates then it would be difficult to manage the script.

So, Instead of creating a variable for each template path you can use an array for template paths.

Example -

$templatePaths  =     "/sitecore/templates/System/Node",
                      "/sitecore/templates/System/Layout/Layout Folder",
                      "/sitecore/templates/System/Layout/Renderings/Rendering Folder"

$templateIds = @()
$templatePaths | ForEach-Object -Process { $templateIds += (Get-Item $_ ).ID }

$items = Get-ChildItem $selectedValues -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.TemplateID -notin $templateIds }