Questions tagged [powershell-extensions]
Anything related to the Sitecore PowerShell Extensions (SPE) module
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Issue elevating SPE Console in 9.1 Azure PaaS
I have a relatively clean install of Sitecore PowerShell Extensions v 5.0 in my environment, which is running Sitecore 9.1 on Azure PaaS. As far as I can tell, everything in the install seems to be ...
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Powershell get all items that use a template
The title pretty much says it all - I've looked at the docs but I just keep finding Get-Item and Get-ItemTempate.
Lets say I have a template with id 123456, I want to get all items that are using ...
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Sitecore PowerShell extensions module compatibility with Sitecore 9.2
I am trying to install the Sitecore PowerShell extensions module in Sitecore 9.2. While installing this module, I received a w3wp crash error as:
When I try to run any script, I am receiving "...
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Sitecore Powershell query for big images of a certain size
Can someone help me with the Sitecore Powershell query which I can use for finding the images more than the given size.
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Copy final layout to shared layout
Our content authors, makes a lot of mistake when whey work in Experience Editor.
Quite often they do some changes on final layout, but expect to have it on shared layout.
Is is any tool exist that ...
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Compare items between two instances
We upgraded Sitecore 8.2 project to 9.1. Upgrade took around 1 month to finish and during this period, authors created/updated some items in old instance and they didn't make a note of those items.
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One time delete of old versions
Master database has more than 500 items that have more than 10 item versions. Some content items have more than 100 versions.
According to recommendation to limit 10 item versions I want to perform a ...
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Unlocking items via Sitecore PowerShell Extensions scheduled task
I'm using Sitecore Powershell Extensions to unlock items that have been locked for an extended period of time. The script is stored in the script library:
$item = Get-Item -Path master:\content\
$...
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Archive Sitecore items using Sitecore PowerShell Extention
I need to archive Sitecore items using Sitecore PowerShell. Any commnand that can be used to achieve this.?
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Turning on Index Viewer for SPE
I have really given it a go before I posted here, but I am trying to turn on the Index Viewer for SPE. The gitbook doco says it exists, shows it not being in the menu, but no info on how to put it in ...
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Where are my SXA items?
Running 10.2, I followed the SXA installation instructions and installed:
Powershell Extensions 6.3
Sitecore Experience Accelerator 10.2.0 rev. 04247
If I go into /templates, then SXA stuff is there,...
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In Powershell how to enable/show options like Select All | DeSelect All for Multilist field type
Good day!! anyone know how to show the option like Select all and Deselect All for Multilist field type in powershell. Similar kind of functionality available for checklist field type but not ...
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Sitecore powershell script to delete selected items from results
Below is the Sitecore Powershell Script to delete selected items from Powershell script result -
foreach($Item in $selectedData)
{
if($Item -ne $null)
{
$Item | Remove-Item
}
}
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How can I programmatically add a rendering to all of my content items?
I need to add a rendering to all of the pages in my Sitecore tree (i.e., items that have renderings, have a layout set, and live under /sitecore/Content). Content items that don't have renderings or a ...
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Can you run Sitecore Powershell without triggering Sitecore events?
I want to write a script which could potentially clean up a load of unused assets, but I would like it not to trigger events (index rebuilds etc).
Is there a way to say "do this silently" in a ...
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How to pass arguments to SPE's Invoke-RemoteScript
I want to pass some arguments to a script block that will be run on a remote Sitecore instance via SPE remoting. I wrote this script as a test, but it's not working.
$session = New-ScriptSession -...
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How to check an item exists with powershell without raising an error?
In Sitecore Powershell extensions I can use
If ( Get-Item ...)
to return true if an item exists or false if it doesn't, but if the item isn't found then it outputs an error message as well.
Is ...
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How to get list of all the renderings that has been configured to use data source
We are almost complete with a large project.
I am trying to find out which rendering in the page has been configured to use data source using a Powershell script. So that we can run in both UAT and ...
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How to escape a query in Sitecore PowerShell
This PowerShell query breaks, if the item name contains query operators such as "and" or "child".
How should I escape it, so that they don't break it?
$SourceItemPath = $SourceItem.Paths.path
$...
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Update fields using Sitecore Powershell Extensions
I'm using the following script to update a specific field in all the children of the item right-clicked in my content tree. It works but the update is not applied to the item clicked with my context ...
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Getting "Current Sitecore database cannot be established" using Sitecore Powershell Extensions
I'm trying to get my feet wet in Sitecore Powershell.
I need to list renderings on a list of items. Some of the script works, like getting the items and outputting the name, but when calling Get-...
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Run powershell script when new user is created
So, I've been successful in creating a powershell script that modifies the MyToolbar to what we need based on the user's domain:
$ribbonCommands = "{1DDBC2B7-69B4-44A0-AAF9-895AB51B1F00}|{D87FDF3B-...
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What is the call depth limit in Sitecore PowerShell and can it be overridden?
I have a recursive script that hits a System.Management.Automation.ScriptCallDepthException exception.
What is the call depth limit in Sitecore PowerShell and can it be overridden?
Note: Yes, I can ...
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Using Powershell Extensions to remove empty <p> tags from all rich text fields
I need to remove empty <p> tags from all rich text fields in the content tree:
<p> </p>
I've done nothing myself with Sitecore Powershell Extensions so far, so I am not ...
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Getting an item using Powershell having only the URL
Is it possible to get a Sitecore item via Powershell script having only the public URL?
Something like an overload of the Get-Item function that receives the URL would be ideal
Thanks in advance
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Export of script results to Excel not working
When I get a ListView with script results and want to export the results to Excel etc., nothing happens when I click on the buttons.
I do however get an error in the developer tools console:
Failed ...
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Create Sitecore Link with Powershell
I'm working on some reports using Sitecore Powershell Extensions. One requirement is to provide the public URL for various Sitecore items. I'm thinking this isn't really possible via Link Manager ...
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Item.Editing.EndEdit() is not triggering save event when called from Powershell extension
We have written one rule for bucket items and it gets triggered when a bucket item is created or the item is saved.
for creating a bucket item we use below code
$updatedItem=New-Item -Path "$...
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Cannot add a User to a Role where the User name contains the "@" sign using PSE
I have to bulk-add a large number of users to a role, to this extent I am using the Add-RoleMember cmdlet.
If I run
Add-RoleMember -Identity "<role name>" -Members "name.lastname"
it works ...
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OKClick method through reflection is not allowed error with SPE
We are upgrading our Sitecore version from 8.2 to 10.2. At the moment we are having an issue with Sitecore PowerShell Extension (version 6.4) with the below snippet
$uploadDirectory = Join-Path -Path $...
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Unable to export query result to a file from Sitecore Powershell scirpt with Out-Download command
I have a simple powershell script which uses Out-Download command to export the query result to .xlsx file. However, it doesn't seem working. The same scenario as well if I used the download button ...
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Bulk create Media Items
Is it possible to bulk create media items from an array of System.IO.FileInfo without needing to install the remote powershell extension package to use the Upload-SitecoreFile command?
Notes
- The ...
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Is it possible to edit the InsertItems of an item
I have managed to get a list of items that use a specific template. I now want to add an Insert option to each of those items.
I understand that I can edit the template Insert options and update the ...
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SPE Object reference not set to an instance of an object
In Sitecore 9.02 I get this error running any script in Powershell ISE. Console works fine.
Stack trace:
[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
Cognifide....
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Running PowerShell scripts without using Sitecore PowerShell Extensions module
We are facing some issues with Lucene during installation of PowerShell Extensions module (SPE).
Is there any option to run Sitecore scripts from Windows PowerShell?
I mean that I will just add ...
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How to connect to a Sitecore instance with Windows PowerShell?
I have reviewed the GitBook and the two blog articles (original and v2) about remoting with SPE, but I've not been successful in executing any commands.
Here's an example script I've been trying to ...
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Sitecore PowerShell Extensions Remoting variables not working in Octopus Deploy
I'm having issues with variables when using SPE Remoting with OctopusDeploy, where method-local variables can't be used.
I get this error
The value of the using variable '$using:propertyTableKey' ...
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Sitecore Powershell script to find items that break inheritance
I need to write a Powershell script to find items that refer to a specific composite component and break inheritance for presentation. If I go to the Navigation Tab in the Content Editor and click ...
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How to copy selected items to a Data folder using powershell script?
We have a requirement for bulk workflow approval. Where we need to add items(with or without children) similar to this image,
Following this article, https://www.sitecorenutsbolts.net/2015/12/14/...
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Sitecore Powershell script to filter the users based on custom roles
we have custom roles in sitecore role manager and assigned them to sitecore users.
I am writing a Sitecore PowerShell script to filter the users based on my custom role 'Buyer'. below is my script. i ...
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PowerShell script to compare latest version number of master and web DB in sitecore
Can Anyone help writing a PS script to get the item list where the latest version on web db is different than master
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Attempting to Export Creative Exchange through script web api
I'm attempting to follow the documentation for SXA in a CI/CD process.
Configuration Details:
Sitecore 9.1 (Standalone Config - My Local Dev)
SXA 1.8 initial release
PowerShell 5
Running on Windows ...
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How can I copy personalization rules to a rendering in Sitecore Powershell?
I'm copying a rendering from one item to another using Sitecore Powershell Extensions.
All is working well, except that the personalization rules for the rendering aren't copied over.
I can get/set ...
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How to delete Sitecore items without reference using PowerShell script?
We have multi-site application, want to delete items which are not referencing anywhere in content tree.
Following are categories:
1) DataSource items
2) Template
3) Media items
4) Renderings
How ...
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Copy data from en language version to other language version
I need to copy item field data from en language to all other available languagesin all versions. Any powershell script of achieving this.
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Powershell Reports menu not appearing
We upgraded a Sitecore site from 9.1 to 10.2. After the upgrade we installed the latest SPE. Everything works as expected except the SPE Reports submenu; it doesn't show, even for the admin user.
We ...
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Out-Download access denied to user anonymous
I have a custom SPE script that is executed from the Reporting Tools on the Sitecore start menu. The script writes a csv file to the app_data\temp directory, then calls Get-Item $filePath | Out-...
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