{"id":2766,"date":"2013-01-30T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2013-01-30T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:24:08","slug":"building-excel-reports-with-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/2766\/building-excel-reports-with-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Excel Reports with PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I wrote a series of articles for the Petri IT KnowledgeBase on using Microsoft Excel with PowerShell. Today I received an email from a reader who had a question about article that showed how to build a drive usage report<\/a> in Excel. In the article I suggest it wouldn't be too difficult to modify my sample code to create a worksheet for each computer. Perhaps I was a bit too glib. So I decided to revise my sample script so that you could pass an array of computernames and build a single workbook with a named worksheet for each computer.<\/p>\n


\n#Requires -version 2.0<\/p>\n

<#\nthis version takes an array of computer names and creates a new\nworksheet for each one.\n#><\/p>\n

[cmdletbinding()]
\nParam([string[]]$computername=$env:computername)<\/p>\n

#I hope it goes without saying that Excel needs to be installed
\nWrite-Verbose \"Creating Excel application\"
\n$xl=New-Object -ComObject \"Excel.Application\"
\n$wb=$xl.Workbooks.Add()<\/p>\n

#we'll need some constants
\n$xlConditionValues=[Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XLConditionValueTypes]
\n$xlTheme=[Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XLThemeColor]
\n$xlChart=[Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XLChartType]
\n$xlIconSet=[Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XLIconSet]
\n$xlDirection=[Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XLDirection]<\/p>\n

Foreach ($computer in $computername) {
\n #get disk data
\n Write-Verbose \"Getting disk data from $computer\"
\n $disks=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName $computer -Filter \"DriveType=3\"<\/p>\n

Write-Verbose \"Adding Worksheet\"
\n $ws=$wb.Worksheets.Add()<\/p>\n

$cells=$ws.Cells<\/p>\n

$cells.item(1,1)=\"Disk Drive Report\"<\/p>\n

#define some variables to control navigation
\n $row=3
\n $col=1<\/p>\n

#insert column headings
\n Write-Verbose \"Adding drive headings\" <\/p>\n

\"Drive\",\"SizeGB\",\"FreespaceGB\",\"UsedGB\",\"%Free\",\"%Used\" | foreach {
\n $cells.item($row,$col)=$_
\n $cells.item($row,$col).font.bold=$True
\n $col++
\n }<\/p>\n

Write-Verbose \"Adding drive data\"
\n foreach ($drive in $disks) {
\n $row++
\n $col=1
\n $cells.item($Row,$col)=$drive.DeviceID
\n $col++
\n $cells.item($Row,$col)=$drive.Size\/1GB
\n $cells.item($Row,$col).NumberFormat=\"0\"
\n $col++
\n $cells.item($Row,$col)=$drive.Freespace\/1GB
\n $cells.item($Row,$col).NumberFormat=\"0.00\"
\n $col++
\n $cells.item($Row,$col)=($drive.Size - $drive.Freespace)\/1GB
\n $cells.item($Row,$col).NumberFormat=\"0.00\"
\n $col++
\n $cells.item($Row,$col)=($drive.Freespace\/$drive.size)
\n $cells.item($Row,$col).NumberFormat=\"0.00%\"
\n $col++
\n $cells.item($Row,$col)=($drive.Size - $drive.Freespace) \/ $drive.size
\n $cells.item($Row,$col).NumberFormat=\"0.00%\"
\n }<\/p>\n

Write-Verbose \"Adding some style\" <\/p>\n

#add some style
\n $range=$ws.range(\"A1\")
\n $range.Style=\"Title\"
\n #or set it like this
\n $ws.Range(\"A3:F3\").Style = \"Heading 2\"<\/p>\n

#adjust some column widths
\n Write-Verbose \"Adjusting column widths\"
\n $ws.columns.item(\"C:C\").columnwidth=15
\n $ws.columns.item(\"D:F\").columnwidth=10.5
\n $ws.columns.item(\"B:B\").EntireColumn.AutoFit() | out-null<\/p>\n

#add some conditional formatting
\n Write-Verbose \"Adding conditional formatting\" <\/p>\n

#get the starting cell
\n $start=$ws.range(\"F4\")
\n #get the last cell
\n $Selection=$ws.Range($start,$start.End($xlDirection::xlDown))
\n #add the icon set
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.AddIconSetCondition() | Out-Null
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item($($Selection.FormatConditions.Count)).SetFirstPriority()
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).ReverseOrder = $True
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).ShowIconOnly = $False
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).IconSet = $xlIconSet::xl3TrafficLights1
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).IconCriteria.Item(2).Type=$xlConditionValues::xlConditionValueNumber
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).IconCriteria.Item(2).Value=0.8
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).IconCriteria.Item(2).Operator=7
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).IconCriteria.Item(3).Type=$xlConditionValues::xlConditionValueNumber
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).IconCriteria.Item(3).Value=0.9
\n $Selection.FormatConditions.item(1).IconCriteria.Item(3).Operator=7<\/p>\n

#insert a graph
\n Write-Verbose \"Creating a graph\"
\n $chart=$ws.Shapes.AddChart().Chart
\n $chart.chartType=$xlChart::xlBarClustered<\/p>\n

$start=$ws.range(\"A3\")
\n #get the last cell
\n $Y=$ws.Range($start,$start.End($xlDirection::xlDown))
\n $start=$ws.range(\"F3\")
\n #get the last cell
\n $X=$ws.Range($start,$start.End($xlDirection::xlDown))<\/p>\n

$chartdata=$ws.Range(\"A$($Y.item(1).Row):A$($Y.item($Y.count).Row),F$($X.item(1).Row):F$($X.item($X.count).Row)\")
\n $chart.SetSourceData($chartdata)<\/p>\n

#add labels
\n $chart.seriesCollection(1).Select() | Out-Null
\n $chart.SeriesCollection(1).ApplyDataLabels() | out-Null
\n #modify the chart title
\n $chart.ChartTitle.Text = \"Utilization\"
\n Write-Verbose \"Repositioning graph\"
\n $ws.shapes.item(\"Chart 1\").top=40
\n $ws.shapes.item(\"Chart 1\").left=400<\/p>\n

Write-Verbose \"Renaming the worksheet\"
\n #rename the worksheet
\n $name=$disks[0].SystemName
\n $ws.Name=$name
\n #select A1
\n $ws.Range(\"A1\").Select() | Out-Null
\n} #foreach<\/p>\n

#delete extra sheets
\nWrite-Verbose \"Deleting extra worksheets\"
\n$xl.worksheets.Item(\"Sheet1\").Delete()
\n$xl.Worksheets.Item(\"Sheet2\").Delete()
\n$xl.Worksheets.Item(\"Sheet3\").Delete()<\/p>\n

#make Excel visible
\n$xl.Visible=$True<\/p>\n

$filepath=Read-Host \"Enter a path and filename to save the file\"<\/p>\n

if ($filepath) {
\n Write-Verbose \"Saving file to $filepath\"
\n $wb.SaveAs($filepath)
\n $xl.displayAlerts=$False
\n $wb.Close()
\n $xl.Quit()
\n}<\/p>\n

#end of script
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

If you looked at the original post, here are the changes I made. First, I modified the script parameters to take an array of computer names.<\/p>\n


\nParam([string[]]$computername=$env:computername)
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

I decided to change the parameter name as well which worked out well because I could keep most of my code for each computer and simply insert a ForEach loop.<\/p>\n


\nForeach ($computer in $computername) {
\n #get disk data
\n Write-Verbose \"Getting disk data from $computer\"
\n $disks=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName $computer -Filter \"DriveType=3\"
\n...
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

This also meant I needed to move some code to before this loop since I only have to create the Excel application and workbook objects once. For each computer I use WMI to get disk data and create a new worksheet.<\/p>\n


\n Write-Verbose \"Adding Worksheet\"
\n $ws=$wb.Worksheets.Add()
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

The rest of the Excel-related code remains the same for each computer. But I did alter the code to rename each worksheet.<\/p>\n


\n#rename the worksheet
\n$name=$disks[0].SystemName
\n$ws.Name=$name
\n...
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

I also decided to delete the \"extra\" sheets. Unless you've modified Excel's startup behavior new workbooks have Sheet1, Sheet2 and Sheet3 which I don't need so I delete them.<\/p>\n


\n#delete extra sheets
\nWrite-Verbose \"Deleting extra worksheets\"
\n$xl.worksheets.Item(\"Sheet1\").Delete()
\n$xl.Worksheets.Item(\"Sheet2\").Delete()
\n$xl.Worksheets.Item(\"Sheet3\").Delete()
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

With this new script I can run a command like this:<\/p>\n


\nPS Scripts:\\> .\\New-ExcelDiskSpace2A.ps1 -computer novo8,jdhit-dc01 -Verbose
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Which gives me a single workbook with a worksheet for each computer:<\/p>\n

\"MultiExcelDiskReport\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Download my revised script New-ExcelDiskSpace2A<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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