| Author | Sander Stad (@sqlstad), sqlstad.nl |
| Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out New-DbaAgentJobCategory on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out New-DbaAgentJobCategory.
New-DbaAgentJobCategory creates a new job category.
New-DbaAgentJobCategory makes it possible to create a job category that can be used with jobs.
It returns an array of the job categories created .
New-DbaAgentJobCategory
[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
[[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[-Category] <String[]>
[[-CategoryType] <String>]
[-Force]
[-EnableException]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobCategory -SqlInstance sql1 -Category 'Category 1'
Creates a new job category with the name 'Category 1'.
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobCategory -SqlInstance sql1 -Category 'Category 2' -CategoryType MultiServerJob
Creates a new job category with the name 'Category 2' and assign the category type for a multi server job.
The target SQL Server instance or instances. You must have sysadmin access and server version must be SQL Server version 2000 or greater.
| Alias | |
| Required | True |
| Pipeline | true (ByValue) |
| Default Value |
The name of the category
| Alias | |
| Required | True |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
The type of category. This can be "LocalJob", "MultiServerJob" or "None".
The default is "LocalJob" and will automatically be set when no option is chosen.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | |
| Accepted Values | LocalJob,MultiServerJob,None |
The force parameter will ignore some errors in the parameters and assume defaults.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | False |
By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | False |
Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.
| Alias | wi |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Prompts you for confirmation before executing any changing operations within the command.
| Alias | cf |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |