Private/Get-AtwsDefinition.ps1

Function Get-AtwsDefinition
{
  Begin
  { 
    $EntityName = '#EntityName'
    
    # Enable modern -Debug behavior
    If ($PSCmdlet.MyInvocation.BoundParameters['Debug'].IsPresent) {$DebugPreference = 'Continue'}
    
    Write-Debug ('{0}: Begin of function' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
  }


  Process
  {
    If ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Get_all')
    { 
      $Filter = @('id', '-ge', 0)
    }
    ElseIf (-not ($Filter)) {
    
      Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on parameters, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
      
      # Convert named parameters to a filter definition that can be parsed to QueryXML
      $Filter = ConvertTo-AtwsFilter -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters -EntityName $EntityName
    }
    Else {
      
      Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on manual filter, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
              
      $Filter = . Update-AtwsFilter -FilterString $Filter
    } 

    $Caption = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
    $VerboseDescrition = '{0}: About to query the Autotask Web API for {1}(s).' -F $Caption, $EntityName
    $VerboseWarning = '{0}: About to query the Autotask Web API for {1}(s). Do you want to continue?' -F $Caption, $EntityName
    
    If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($VerboseDescrition, $VerboseWarning, $Caption)) { 
      $Result = Get-AtwsData -Entity $EntityName -Filter $Filter
    

      Write-Verbose ('{0}: Number of entities returned by base query: {1}' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name, $Result.Count)
    
      # Datetimeparameters
      $Fields = Get-AtwsFieldInfo -Entity $EntityName
    
      # Should we return an indirect object?
      if ( ($Result) -and ($GetReferenceEntityById))
      {
        Write-Debug ('{0}: User has asked for external reference objects by {1}' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name, $GetReferenceEntityById)
      
        $Field = $Fields.Where({$_.Name -eq $GetReferenceEntityById})
        $ResultValues = $Result | Where-Object {$null -ne $_.$GetReferenceEntityById}
        If ($ResultValues.Count -lt $Result.Count)
        {
          Write-Warning ('{0}: Only {1} of the {2}s in the primary query had a value in the property {3}.' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name, 
            $ResultValues.Count,
            $EntityName,
          $GetReferenceEntityById) -WarningAction Continue
        }
        $Filter = 'id -eq {0}' -F $($ResultValues.$GetReferenceEntityById -join ' -or id -eq ')
        $Result = Get-Atwsdata -Entity $Field.ReferenceEntityType -Filter $Filter
      }
      ElseIf ( ($Result) -and ($GetExternalEntityByThisEntityId))
      {
        Write-Debug ('{0}: User has asked for {1} that are referencing this result' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name, $GetExternalEntityByThisEntityId)
        $ReferenceInfo = $GetExternalEntityByThisEntityId -Split ':'
        $Filter = '{0} -eq {1}' -F $ReferenceInfo[1], $($Result.id -join (' -or {0}id -eq ' -F $ReferenceInfo[1]))
        $Result = Get-Atwsdata -Entity $ReferenceInfo[0] -Filter $Filter
      }
      # Do the user want labels along with index values for Picklists?
      ElseIf ( ($Result) -and -not ($NoPickListLabel))
      {
        Foreach ($Field in $Fields.Where{$_.IsPickList})
        {
          $FieldName = '{0}Label' -F $Field.Name
          Foreach ($Item in $Result)
          {
            $Value = ($Field.PickListValues.Where{$_.Value -eq $Item.$($Field.Name)}).Label
            Add-Member -InputObject $Item -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $FieldName -Value $Value -Force
          
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

  End
  {
    Write-Debug ('{0}: End of function' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
    If ($Result)
    {
      Return $Result
    }
  }

}