Private/Get-MessageInformation.ps1

function Get-MessageInformation {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [parameter()][string]$MessageID = ""
    )
    Write-Log -Message "(Get-MessageInformation): MessageID = $MessageID"
    try {
        if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($MessageID)) {
            Write-Log -Message "looking up information for error messageID = $MessageID" -LogFile $logfile
            $msg = $MessagesXML.dtsHealthCheck.Message | Where-Object {$_.MessageId -eq $MessageID}
            if ($null -eq $msg) {
                Write-Log -Message "searching windows update error table" -LogFile $logfile
                $errcodes = Join-Path $(Split-Path (Get-Module "cmhealthcheck").Path) -ChildPath "assets\windows_update_errorcodes.csv"
                if (Test-Path $errcodes) {
                    Write-Log -Message "importing lookup data" -LogFile $logfile
                    $errdata = Import-Csv -Path $errcodes
                    $errdet = $($errdata | Where-Object {$_.ErrorCode -eq $MessageID} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Description).Trim()
                    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($errdet)) {
                        $errdet = $($errdata | Where-Object {$_.DecErrorCode -eq $MessageID} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Description).Trim()
                        if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($errdet)) {
                            Write-Output $errdet
                        }
                        else {
                            Write-Output "There is no known possible solution for Message ID $MessageID"
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        Write-Output $errdet
                    }
                }
                else {
                    Write-Log -Message "file not found: $errcodes" -LogFile $logfile -Severity 3
                    Write-Output "Unknown Message ID $MessageID"
                }
            }
            else {
                Write-Log -Message "reading xml message description" -LogFile $logfile
                Write-Output $msg.Description
            }
        }
        else {
            throw "MessageID was blank or null"
        }
    }
    catch {
        Write-Log -Message "Error: $($_.Exception.Message -join ';')" -LogFile $logfile -Severity 3
        Write-Output ""
    }
}