Get-AgentJob

DBSystems: Gets SQL Agent Job objects from a SQL Server instance

Script

#Requires -Version 5.0
#Requires -Modules SQLServer

[CmdLetBinding()]
Param(  
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]   
    [string]$ServerInstance,    
    [pscredential]$ServerCredential,
    [string]$JobName,
    [int]$ConnectionTimeout = 30,
    [Validateset('*','Name','State','LastRunDuration','CurrentRunStatus','DateLastModified','Description','EmailLevel','EventLogLevel','OwnerLoginName')]
    [string[]]$Properties = @('Name','State','LastRunDuration','CurrentRunStatus','DateLastModified','Description','EmailLevel','EventLogLevel','OwnerLoginName')
)

function Get-SqlServerInstanceInternal {
    [CmdLetBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]   
        [string]$ServerInstance,    
        [pscredential]$ServerCredential,
        [int]$ConnectionTimeout = 30
    )
    try {
        [hashtable]$cmdArgs = @{
            'ErrorAction' = 'Stop'
            'Confirm' = $false
            'ServerInstance' = $ServerInstance
            'ConnectionTimeout' = $ConnectionTimeout
        }
        if ($null -ne $ServerCredential) {
            $cmdArgs.Add('Credential', $ServerCredential)
        }
        return Get-SqlInstance @cmdArgs
    } catch {
        throw
    }
}

Import-Module SQLServer

try {
    if ($Properties -contains '*') {
        $Properties = @('*')
    }
    
    $instance = Get-SqlServerInstanceInternal -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -ServerCredential $ServerCredential -ConnectionTimeout $ConnectionTimeout

    [hashtable]$cmdArgs = @{'ErrorAction' = 'Stop'}      
    if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($JobName)) {
        $cmdArgs.Add('Name', $JobName)
    }
    
    $result = Get-SqlAgent -InputObject $instance -ErrorAction Stop | Get-SqlAgentJob @cmdArgs | Select-Object $Properties
    Write-Output $result
} catch {
    throw
}

Customize

ServerInstance string

Specifies the name of the target computer including the instance name, e.g. MyServer\Instance

ServerCredential pscredential

Specifies a PSCredential object for the connection to the SQL Server. ServerCredential is ONLY used for SQL Logins. When you are using Windows Authentication you don't specify -Credential. It is picked up from your current login.

JobName string

Specifies the name of the Job object that this cmdlet gets

ConnectionTimeout int

Specifies the time period to retry the command on the target server

Properties string

List of properties to expand, comma separated e.g. Name,State. Use * for all properties