| Author | Sander Stad (@sqlstad), sqlstad.nl |
| Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Set-DbaAgentJobCategory on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Set-DbaAgentJobCategory.
Set-DbaAgentJobCategory changes a job category.
Set-DbaAgentJobCategory makes it possible to change a job category.
Set-DbaAgentJobCategory
[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
[[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[[-Category] <String[]>]
[[-NewName] <String[]>]
[-Force]
[-EnableException]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobCategory -SqlInstance sql1 -Category 'Category 1' -NewName 'Category 2'
Change the name of the category from 'Category 1' to 'Category 2'.
PS C:\> Set-DbaAgentJobCategory -SqlInstance sql1, sql2 -Category Category1, Category2 -NewName cat1, cat2
Rename multiple jobs in one go on multiple servers.
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 |
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 name of the category
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
New name of the job category
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
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 |