Creating PowerShell Custom Object to collect information within PS Script

Creating PowerShell Custom Object to collect information within PS Script

I wanted to post few examples of PS custom object to be used as an template to create custom PowerShell objects when needed, perhaps to have fun with. Using PS object method is pretty straight forward and simple. I will be listing two ways to create them. As long as you can change the variables and its collected information to fit into your needs, you could then pull available properties same way below template is using and export-CSV etc. to manipulate for your needs.

 

#(-)_.Collect information $osInfo    = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem $compInfo  = Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem $diskInfo  = Get-CimInstance Win32_LogicalDisk

 

Here is the template you can use to get started.

#(1)_.Collect Computer Information $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME $CompInfo = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $ComputerName $OSinfo   = Get-WmiObject -class win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $ComputerName $BiosInfo = Get-WmiObject -class win32_BIOS -ComputerName $ComputerName $diskInfo = Get-CimInstance Win32_LogicalDisk $NicInfo  = Get-NetIPAddress -CimSession $computername -AddressFamily IPv4 | `                             ?{ $_.InterfaceAlias -notmatch 'Loopback'}     #(2)_.Object type and a complete listing of its members. $CompInfo |  gm | select name | Out-GridView

 

PS Object # Ordered Hashtable

#(4)_.Ordered Hashtable $objectProperty = [ordered]@{       ComputerName        = $compInfo.Name     Domain              = $compInfo.Domain     Workgroup           = $compInfo.Workgroup     DomainJoined        = $compInfo.PartOfDomain     OS                  = $osInfo.Caption     OSVersion           = $osInfo.Version     Disks               = $diskInfo     IPaddresses         = $NicInfo.IPaddress   }   $PSObject1 = New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property $objectProperty $PSObject1

 

PS Object # PSCustomObject

# PSCUSTOMOBJECT $PSObject2 = [PSCustomObject]@{       ComputerName        = $compInfo.Name     Domain              = $compInfo.Domain     Workgroup           = $compInfo.Workgroup     DomainJoined        = $compInfo.PartOfDomain     OS                  = $osInfo.Caption     OSVersion           = $osInfo.Version     Disks               = $diskInfo     IPaddresses         = $NicInfo.IPaddress   }   $PSObject2

 

PS Object # PSCustomObject

$PSObject3 =@{       ComputerName        = $compInfo.Name     OS                  = $osInfo.Caption     OSVersion           = $osInfo.Version     Domain              = $compInfo.Domain     Workgroup           = $compInfo.Workgroup     DomainJoined        = $compInfo.PartOfDomain   }

 

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