{"id":7543,"date":"2020-06-10T14:26:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T18:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2020-06-10T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T18:26:50","slug":"solving-the-powershell-object-age-challenge-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/7543\/solving-the-powershell-object-age-challenge-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving the PowerShell Object Age Challenge – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I shared part of my solution<\/a> to an Iron Scripter challenge to write a generic function to report on the age of an object. The idea being that you could pipe any type of object to the function and get a result. And because I can't help myself, I went a bit further with my solution.<\/p>\n

One of the things that nagged me about my original function, is that I needed to specify the property names for the creation and last modified time. Except, I know what those properties will be for common object types such as files and processes. So why not make it easier?<\/p>\n

Using a JSON Configuration File<\/h2>\n

I created a JSON file with my common object types and associated properties.<\/p>\n

[\n  {\n    \"TypeName\": \"Process\",\n    \"Created\": \"StartTime\",\n    \"Modified\": \"StartTime\",\n    \"Properties\": [\n      \"Name\",\n      \"ID\",\n      \"WS\",\n      \"Handles\"\n    ]\n  },\n  {\n    \"TypeName\": \"File\",\n    \"Created\": \"CreationTime\",\n    \"Modified\": \"LastWriteTime\",\n    \"Properties\": [\n      \"Name\",\n      \"FullName\",\n      \"Length\",\n      {\n        \"Name\" : \"SizeKB\",\n        \"Expression\" : \"[math]::Round($_.length\/1KB,2)\"\n      },\n       {\n        \"Name\" : \"Owner\",\n        \"Expression\" : \"(Get-Acl $_.fullname).owner\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  {\n    \"TypeName\": \"ADUser\",\n    \"Created\": \"Created\",\n    \"Modified\": \"Modified\",\n    \"Properties\": [\n      \"DistinguishedName\",\n      \"Name\",\n      \"SAMAccountName\"\n    ]\n  },\n  {\n    \"TypeName\": \"ADGroup\",\n    \"Created\": \"Created\",\n    \"Modified\": \"Modified\",\n    \"Properties\": [\n      \"DistinguishedName\",\n      \"Name\",\n      \"GroupCategory\",\n      \"GroupScope\"\n    ]\n  },\n    {\n      \"TypeName\": \"ADComputer\",\n      \"Created\": \"Created\",\n      \"Modified\": \"Modified\",\n      \"Properties\": [\n        \"DistinguishedName\",\n        \"Name\",\n        \"DNSHostName\"\n      ]\n    }\n]\n<\/pre>\n
The file is called objectage-types.json. The TypeName is the identifier. I'll show you how that comes into play in a minute. Each object type has a setting for the Created and Modified properties. Process objects don't have a modified property so I'll just use the Created property. Each object type also has an array of default properties. I can even use a custom property hashtable.<\/p>\n
In the ps1 file, I have this line of code to run when you dot source the file.<\/p>\n
$global:ObjectAgeData = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot\\objectage-types.json |\nConvertFrom-Json \n<\/pre>\n
I would do things a bit different if this was packaged as a module.<\/p>\n
My parameters now include parameter sets.<\/p>\n
Function Get-ObjectAge2 {\n    [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n    [alias('goa2')]\n\n    Param(\n        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]\n        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]\n        [object[]]$InputObject,\n\n        #provider a helper\n        [Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = \"named\")]\n        [ValidateSet(\"File\", \"Process\", \"ADUser\", \"ADComputer\", \"ADGroup\")]\n        [string]$ObjectType,\n\n        [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n        [string]$CreationProperty,\n\n        [Parameter(Position = 1, ParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n        [string]$ChangeProperty,\n\n        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n        [object[]]$Properties = @(\"Name\")\n    )\n<\/pre>\n
The default is what I used in the original version of this function. The other parameter set uses a parameter called ObjectType. Each item in the validation set corresponds to an object in the JSON file.<\/p>\n
In the function I load the data from the global variable.<\/p>\n
if ($pscmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'named') {\n    Write-Verbose \"[BEGIN  ] Using user specified object type of $ObjectType\"\n\n    #get values from the global data variable\n    $data = $global:ObjectAgeData |\n    Where-Object {$_.Typename -eq $ObjectType}\n\n    $CreationProperty = $data.Created\n    $ChangeProperty = $data.Modified\n    $Properties = $data.Properties\n\n    $tname = \"objAge.$ObjectType\"\n}\n<\/pre>\n
The $tname variable will be a custom object type name. You'll see how that comes into play below.<\/p>\n
Creating a Custom Object<\/h2>\n
The process if importing each object is unchanged. I also use the ANSI progress spinner. Now for each item, I'm creating a custom property and inserting the type name.<\/p>\n
foreach ($item in $all) {\n    $Age = New-TimeSpan -end $Now -Start ($item.$creationProperty)\n    $tmpHash = [ordered]@{\n        PSTypeName = $tname\n        Created    = $item.$CreationProperty\n        Modified   = $item.$ChangeProperty\n        Age        = $Age\n        Average    = If ($Age -gt $Avg) {\"Above\"} else {\"Below\"}\n        AverageAll = $avg\n    }\n            \n    foreach ($prop in $Properties) {\n        if ($prop.gettype().name -eq 'hashtable') {\n                Write-Verbose \"[END    ] Expanding hashtable\"\n                $custom = $item | Select-object -property $prop\n                $prop = $custom.psobject.properties.Name\n                $val = $custom.psobject.properties.Value\n        }\n        elseif ($prop.gettype().name -eq \"PSCustomObject\") {\n                Write-Verbose \"[END    ] Expanding custom object probably from a json file\"\n                #reconstruct the hashtable\n                $tmpProp = @{Name = \"$($prop.name)\";Expression = $([scriptblock]::create($prop.Expression))}\n                $custom = $item | Select-object -property $tmpProp\n                $prop = $custom.psobject.properties.Name\n                $val = $custom.psobject.properties.Value\n        }\n        else {                \n            $val = $item.$prop\n        }\n            Write-Verbose \"[END    ] Adding property $prop $val\"\n            $tmpHash.Add($prop, $val)\n    } #foreach prop\n\n    #create the object\n    New-Object -TypeName PSObject -property $tmpHash\n\n} #foreach item\n<\/pre>\n
I had to add some code to recreate property hashtables from the JSON file since everything is treated as a string.<\/p>\n
The reason I added a new custom type name, is so that I can format the results. At least by default. I built a format.ps1xml file using the New-PSFormatXML command from the PSScriptTools module.<\/p>\n
<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<!--\nformat type data generated 05\/26\/2020 15:50:58 by BOVINE320\\Jeff\nThis file is incomplete. It doesn't have all of the defined\nobject types in Get-ObjectAge2. Consider this file a proof of\nconcept or work-in-progress.\n-->\n<Configuration>\n  <ViewDefinitions>\n    <View>\n      <!--Created 05\/26\/2020 15:50:58 by BOVINE320\\Jeff-->\n      <Name>default<\/Name>\n      <ViewSelectedBy>\n        <TypeName>objAge.Process<\/TypeName>\n      <\/ViewSelectedBy>\n      <TableControl>\n        <!--Delete the AutoSize node if you want to use the defined widths.\n        <AutoSize \/>-->\n        <TableHeaders>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Created<\/Label>\n            <Width>21<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Modified<\/Label>\n            <Width>21<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Age<\/Label>\n            <Width>11<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>right<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Avg<\/Label>\n            <Width>5<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Name<\/Label>\n            <Width>23<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>ID<\/Label>\n            <Width>7<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>WS<\/Label>\n            <Width>11<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Handles<\/Label>\n            <Width>10<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n        <\/TableHeaders>\n        <TableRowEntries>\n          <TableRowEntry>\n            <TableColumnItems>\n              <!--\n            By default the entries use property names, but you can replace them with scriptblocks.\n            <ScriptBlock>$_.foo \/1mb -as [int]<\/ScriptBlock>\n-->\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Created<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Modified<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <ScriptBlock>\n                $_.Age.ToString(\"d'.'hh':'mm':'ss\")\n                <\/ScriptBlock>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <ScriptBlock>\n\n                if ($_.Average -eq 'Above') {\n                  \"$([char]0x1b)[91m$($_.average)$([char]0x1b)[0m\"\n                }\n                else {\n                  $_.Average\n                }\n                <\/ScriptBlock>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Name<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>ID<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>WS<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Handles<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n            <\/TableColumnItems>\n          <\/TableRowEntry>\n        <\/TableRowEntries>\n      <\/TableControl>\n    <\/View>\n    <View>\n      <!--Created 05\/26\/2020 16:01:55 by BOVINE320\\Jeff-->\n      <Name>default<\/Name>\n      <ViewSelectedBy>\n        <TypeName>objAge.File<\/TypeName>\n      <\/ViewSelectedBy>\n      <GroupBy>\n        <PropertyName>AverageAll<\/PropertyName>\n        <Label>Overall Average Creation Age<\/Label>\n      <\/GroupBy>\n      <TableControl>\n        <!--Delete the AutoSize node if you want to use the defined widths.\n        <AutoSize \/>-->\n        <TableHeaders>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Created<\/Label>\n            <Width>24<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Modified<\/Label>\n            <Width>23<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Age<\/Label>\n            <Width>15<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>Right<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Average<\/Label>\n            <Width>10<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>center<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Name<\/Label>\n            <Width>24<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>SizeKB<\/Label>\n            <Width>9<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>right<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n        <\/TableHeaders>\n        <TableRowEntries>\n          <TableRowEntry>\n            <TableColumnItems>\n              <!--\n            By default the entries use property names, but you can replace them with scriptblocks.\n            <ScriptBlock>$_.foo \/1mb -as [int]<\/ScriptBlock>\n-->\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Created<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Modified<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <ScriptBlock>\n                $_.Age.ToString(\"d'.'hh':'mm':'ss\")\n                <\/ScriptBlock>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <ScriptBlock>\n                if ($_.Average -eq 'Above') {\n                  \"$([char]0x1b)[91m$($_.average)$([char]0x1b)[0m\"\n                }\n                else {\n                  $_.Average\n                }\n                <\/ScriptBlock>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Name<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>SizeKB<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n            <\/TableColumnItems>\n          <\/TableRowEntry>\n        <\/TableRowEntries>\n      <\/TableControl>\n    <\/View>\n    <View>\n      <!--Created 05\/26\/2020 16:09:07 by BOVINE320\\Jeff-->\n      <Name>default<\/Name>\n      <ViewSelectedBy>\n        <TypeName>objAge.ADUser<\/TypeName>\n      <\/ViewSelectedBy>\n      <GroupBy>\n        <PropertyName>AverageAll<\/PropertyName>\n        <Label>Overall Average Creation Age<\/Label>\n      <\/GroupBy>\n      <TableControl>\n        <!--Delete the AutoSize node if you want to use the defined widths.\n        <AutoSize \/>-->\n        <TableHeaders>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Created<\/Label>\n            <Width>23<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Modified<\/Label>\n            <Width>22<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Age<\/Label>\n            <Width>15<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>right<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>Avg<\/Label>\n            <Width>5<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n          <TableColumnHeader>\n            <Label>DistinguishedName<\/Label>\n            <Width>46<\/Width>\n            <Alignment>left<\/Alignment>\n          <\/TableColumnHeader>\n        <\/TableHeaders>\n        <TableRowEntries>\n          <TableRowEntry>\n            <TableColumnItems>\n              <!--\n            By default the entries use property names, but you can replace them with scriptblocks.\n            <ScriptBlock>$_.foo \/1mb -as [int]<\/ScriptBlock>\n-->\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Created<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>Modified<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <ScriptBlock>\n                $_.Age.ToString(\"d'.'hh':'mm':'ss\")\n                <\/ScriptBlock>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <ScriptBlock>\n                if ($_.Average -eq 'Above') {\n                  \"$([char]0x1b)[91m$($_.average)$([char]0x1b)[0m\"\n                }\n                else {\n                  $_.Average\n                }\n                <\/ScriptBlock>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n              <TableColumnItem>\n                <PropertyName>DistinguishedName<\/PropertyName>\n              <\/TableColumnItem>\n            <\/TableColumnItems>\n          <\/TableRowEntry>\n        <\/TableRowEntries>\n      <\/TableControl>\n    <\/View>\n  <\/ViewDefinitions>\n<\/Configuration>\n<\/pre>\n
I load this file in the .ps1 file.<\/p>\n
Update-FormatData $PSScriptRoot\\objage.format.ps1xml\n<\/pre>\n
Now I can easily get formatted results for my common object types.<\/p>\n
\"get-objectage2-process\"I almost forgot. My format file includes ANSI formatting for the Avg property.<\/p>\n
When querying Active Directory, I have to remember to include the necessary properties.<\/p>\n
\"get-objectage2-aduser\" For this object I added a custom GroupBy property to use the AverageAll value. That property is part of the custom object.<\/p>\n
And I can still use the custom way for everything else.<\/p>\n
$cim = @{\nNamespace  = \"root\/virtualization\/v2\"\nClassName  = \"Msvm_ComputerSystem\"\nfilter = \"caption='Virtual Machine'\"\n}\n$goa = @{\n CreationProperty = \"InstallDate\"\n ChangeProperty = \"TimeOfLastStateChange\"\n Properties = @{Name=\"VM\";Expression={$_.ElementName}},\n @{Name=\"Uptime\";Expression = {New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date).AddMilliseconds(-$_.ontimeInMilliseconds) -End (Get-Date)}}\n}\n\nGet-Ciminstance @cim | Get-ObjectAge2 @goa\n<\/pre>\n
\"get-objectage2-vm\"<\/p>\n
The Code<\/h2>\n
Here's the complete function and relevant commands.<\/p>\n
Function Get-ObjectAge2 {\n    [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n    [alias('goa2')]\n\n    Param(\n        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]\n        [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]\n        [object[]]$InputObject,\n\n        #provider a helper\n        [Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = \"named\")]\n        [ValidateSet(\"File\", \"Process\", \"ADUser\", \"ADComputer\", \"ADGroup\")]\n        [string]$ObjectType,\n\n        [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n        [string]$CreationProperty,\n\n        [Parameter(Position = 1, ParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n        [string]$ChangeProperty,\n\n        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = \"custom\")]\n        [object[]]$Properties = @(\"Name\")\n    )\n\n    Begin {\n        Write-Verbose \"[BEGIN  ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)\"\n        $all = [System.Collections.Generic.List[object]]::new()\n\n        if ($pscmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'named') {\n            Write-Verbose \"[BEGIN  ] Using user specified object type of $ObjectType\"\n\n            #get values from the global data variable\n            $data = $global:ObjectAgeData |\n            Where-Object {$_.Typename -eq $ObjectType}\n\n            $CreationProperty = $data.Created\n            $ChangeProperty = $data.Modified\n            $Properties = $data.Properties\n\n            $tname = \"objAge.$ObjectType\"\n        }\n        else {\n            #set a default value\n            $tname = \"objAge\"\n        }\n\n        #use the same date time for all timespans\n        $Now = Get-Date\n        Write-Verbose \"[BEGIN  ] Using $NOW for timespan calculations\"\n        Write-Verbose \"[BEGIN  ] Using $CreationProperty for CreationProperty\"\n        #use CreationProperty parameter for Changed property if latter is not specified\n        if (-Not $ChangeProperty) {\n            Write-Verbose \"[BEGIN  ] Using $CreationProperty for ChangeProperty\"\n            $changeProperty = $CreationProperty\n        }\n        else {\n            Write-Verbose \"[BEGIN  ] Using $ChangeProperty for ChangeProperty\"\n        }\n\n        #initialize counters and an array of characters to be using in a progress wheel\n        $i = 0\n        $ch = @(\"|\", \"\/\", \"-\", \"\\\", \"|\", \"\/\", \"-\")\n        $c = 0\n\n    } #begin\n\n    Process {\n        foreach ($object in $InputObject) {\n            $i++\n            #display a progress symbol if NOT using -Verbose\n            if (-Not ($VerbosePreference -eq \"Continue\")) {\n                if ($c -ge $ch.count) {\n                    $c = 0\n                }\n                Write-Host \"$([char]0x1b)[1EProcessing $($ch[$c])$([char]0x1b)[0m\" -ForegroundColor cyan -NoNewline\n                $c++\n                Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 10\n            }\n            $all.Add($object)\n        }\n    } #process\n\n    End {\n        Write-Verbose \"[END    ] Calculating average creation age for $($all.count) objects\"\n        $allTimeSpans = $all | ForEach-Object {\n            Try {\n                $X = $_\n                New-TimeSpan -start $_.$creationProperty -end $Now -ErrorAction Stop\n            }\n            Catch {\n                Write-Warning \"Failed to get $CreationProperty value. $($_.exception.message)\"\n                Write-Warning ($X | Out-String)\n            }\n        }  #foreach\n\n        $avg = New-TimeSpan -seconds ($allTimeSpans | Measure-Object -Property TotalSeconds -average).Average\n\n        $results = foreach ($item in $all) {\n            $Age = New-TimeSpan -end $Now -Start ($item.$creationProperty)\n            $tmpHash = [ordered]@{\n                PSTypeName = $tname\n                Created    = $item.$CreationProperty\n                Modified   = $item.$ChangeProperty\n                Age        = $Age\n                Average    = If ($Age -gt $Avg) {\"Above\"} else {\"Below\"}\n                AverageAll = $avg\n            }\n            \n            foreach ($prop in $Properties) {\n                if ($prop.gettype().name -eq 'hashtable') {\n                        Write-Verbose \"[END    ] Expanding hashtable\"\n                        $custom = $item | Select-object -property $prop\n                        $prop = $custom.psobject.properties.Name\n                        $val = $custom.psobject.properties.Value\n                }\n                elseif ($prop.gettype().name -eq \"PSCustomObject\") {\n                     Write-Verbose \"[END    ] Expanding custom object probably from a json file\"\n                     #reconstruct the hashtable\n                     $tmpProp = @{Name = \"$($prop.name)\";Expression = $([scriptblock]::create($prop.Expression))}\n                     $custom = $item | Select-object -property $tmpProp\n                     $prop = $custom.psobject.properties.Name\n                     $val = $custom.psobject.properties.Value\n                }\n                else {                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All of this should be considered a proof-of-concept. But I hope you'll try it out. Or at least look at what I wrote and why. There are a number of moving parts here. Make sure you understand how this all works. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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