Get-ERPObjects

Cmdlet to search for specific entities depending on the passed arguments.

Syntax

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Get-ERPObjects [[-EntitySet] <String>] [[-Top] <int>] [[-OrderBy] <Object>] [[-Filter] <String>] [[-Expand] <String[]>] [[-Select] <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

Type

Name

Description

Optional

String

EntitySet

The EntitySet name where the item is located.
It is also possible to specify additional namespaces or the whole url (e.g MaterialService/Materials, http://localhost:8080/PGS/ERP/MaterialService/Materials)

no

Integer

Top

The amount of how many items should be shown

yes

String

Filter

Query what should be executed as a filter

yes

String / Hashtable / Hashtable[]

OrderBy

Items getting ordered by passed property name and/or direction

yes

String[]

Expand

Name/s of the related Navigation Properties which should be included

yes

String[]

Select

Name/s of the properties or Navigation Properties which should explicitly be requested and returned

yes

Return type

Entity [] ← on success
empty array ← on failure. Exception/ErrorMessage can be accessed using $Error.
If the cmdlet fails due to error responses returned by the ERP system, the $Error variable provides a WebRequestException .

Remarks

This Cmdlet is used search for specific entities from the ERP.
The Filter argument allows you to specify a filter with OData syntax. More informations about the OData Filter syntax can be found here.
The OderBy argument can be specified as String, as hashtable or as an array of hashtables.

  • If the argument is specified as String then the entities are orderd ascending by the passed property name.

  • If the argument is specified as hashtable then the entities are orderd by the passed property name and direction (‘Ascending’ or ‘Descending’)

  • If the argument is specified as array of hashtables, the entities can be orderd by multiple properties, in the specified direction (See example below)

The Expand allows you to expand multiple navigation properties. As default if the expand argument is not specified then the entity will be returned without navigation properties.
The Select argument lets you receive only those properties or navigation properties which you want to have in the result.

Examples

In the following examples we are using public OData Services (http://services.odata.org) for demonstration purposes:

Search for customers from the company ‘Alfreds Futterkiste’:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
$entity = Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Customers" -Filter "CompanyName eq 'Alfreds Futterkiste'"

Search for customers with a companyName starting with ‘A’:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V3/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Customers" -Filter "startswith(CompanyName,'A')"

Get categories:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
$entity = Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Categories"

Get first 3 Products:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Products" -Top 3

Get objects ordered by Name:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Products" -OrderBy 'Name'

Get objects ordered by the ProductName <Descending>:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Products" -OrderBy @{'ProductName'='Descending'}

Get objects ordered by the ProductName <Descending> and then the CategoryId <Ascending>:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Products" -OrderBy @(@{'ProductName'='Descending'},@{'CategoryID'='Ascending'} )

Get objects ordered by the ProductName <Ascending> and then the CategoryId <Descending>:

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Connect-Erp -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Products" -OrderBy @('ProductName',@{'CategoryID'='Descending'} )

Get all OrderID’s of the available ‘Orders’:

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Connect-ERP -Service "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc"
Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Orders" -Select "OrderID"

Error handling: Check if an error appeared by using $? and analyze the WebRequestException to understand why the error occurred, by using $Error:

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Connect-ERP -Service "https://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/"
$filter = "startswith(CustomerID,1234567)"
$entities = Get-ERPObjects -EntitySet "Invoices" -Filter $filter

if(-not $entities){
if($? -eq $false){
   $Error[0].Exception.StatusCode #400
   $Error[0].Exception.Message
   <#
     No function signature for the function with name 'startswith' matches the specified arguments.
     The function signatures considered are: startswith(Edm.String Nullable=true, Edm.String Nullable=true).
   #>
   $Error[0].Exception.Response.InnerError.StackTrace
   <#
     at Microsoft.OData.Core.UriParser.Parsers.FunctionCallBinder.MatchSignatureToBuiltInFunction(String functionName, SingleValueNode[] argumentNodes, FunctionSignatureWithReturnType[] signatures)
     ...
     at Microsoft.OData.Service.Parsing.RequestExpressionParser.ParseFilter()
   #>
   }
   else{
     Write-Host("No objects found for the `$filter '$filter'!")
   }
}