Public/CategoryUsage/Get-NxtCategoryUsageInMetrics.ps1
function Get-NxtCategoryUsageInMetrics { <# .SYNOPSIS Checks for references to a Category within Nexthink Metrics. .DESCRIPTION Checks for references to a Campaign within Metrics. The MetricTree (export of all metrics) must be exported from the Finder and provided to this function. The following places are checked within the Metric: - Breakdowns - Conditions - Output Fields .PARAMETER MetricTreeXMLPath Specifies the XML file containing an export of Metrics from the Nexthink Finder. The MetricTree can be exported by right clicking on the Metrics section and then exporting to file. .PARAMETER CategoryName Specifies the name of the Category to search for. This must be the name of the Category without any tags appended to it. For example "Hardware type/Laptop" would not return any results. .EXAMPLE Get-NxtCategoryUsageInMetrics -MetricTreeXMLPath "C:\Temp\metrics.xml" -CategoryName "Hardware type" Look in the 'metrics.xml' file for any references to the Category name 'Hardware type'. .INPUTS You cannot pipe input to Get-NxtCategoryUsageInMetrics. .OUTPUTS PSObject .NOTES None .LINK https://nexthinkpsutils.readthedocs.io/en/latest/functions/Get-NxtCategoryUsageInMetrics.md #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [string] [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateXMLFileExists()] $MetricTreeXMLPath, [string] [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] $CategoryName ) [xml]$xmlContent = Import-XMLFile -Path $MetricTreeXMLPath -ErrorAction Stop if (-not ($xmlContent.MetricTree)) { throw "XML file is not a an export of a MetricTree. " } $metricsToCheck = [System.Collections.Generic.List[System.Xml.XmlElement]]::new() # Check Breakdowns $xmlContent.SelectNodes("//Breakdowns/Breakdown[Type='category' and text()='$CategoryName']") | ForEach-Object { $metricsToCheck.Add($_) } # Check Condition $xmlContent.SelectNodes("//ObjectCondition[Field='tags' and starts-with(Value, '`"$($CategoryName):')]") | ForEach-Object { $metricsToCheck.Add($_) } # Check Fields $xmlContent.SelectNodes("//Field[@Type='category' and text()='$CategoryName']") | ForEach-Object { $metricsToCheck.Add($_) } return Get-RelatedMetric -Metrics $metricsToCheck } |