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New-DbaAgentJobStep

Author Sander Stad (@sqlstad), sqlstad.nl
Availability Windows, Linux, macOS

 

Want to see the source code for this command? Check out New-DbaAgentJobStep on GitHub.
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Synopsis

New-DbaAgentJobStep creates a new job step for a job

Description

New-DbaAgentJobStep creates a new job in the SQL Server Agent for a specific job

Syntax

New-DbaAgentJobStep
    [-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [-Job] <Object[]>
    [[-StepId] <Int32>]
    [-StepName] <String>
    [[-Subsystem] <String>]
    [[-SubsystemServer] <String>]
    [[-Command] <String>]
    [[-CmdExecSuccessCode] <Int32>]
    [[-OnSuccessAction] <String>]
    [[-OnSuccessStepId] <Int32>]
    [[-OnFailAction] <String>]
    [[-OnFailStepId] <Int32>]
    [[-Database] <String>]
    [[-DatabaseUser] <String>]
    [[-RetryAttempts] <Int32>]
    [[-RetryInterval] <Int32>]
    [[-OutputFileName] <String>]
    [-Insert]
    [[-Flag] <String[]>]
    [[-ProxyName] <String>]
    [-Force]
    [-EnableException]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

 

Examples

 

Example: 1
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobStep -SqlInstance sql1 -Job Job1 -StepName Step1

Create a step in "Job1" with the name Step1 with the default subsystem TransactSql.

Example: 2
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobStep -SqlInstance sql1 -Job Job1 -StepName Step1 -Database msdb

Create a step in "Job1" with the name Step1 where the database will the msdb

Example: 3
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobStep -SqlInstance sql1, sql2, sql3 -Job Job1 -StepName Step1 -Database msdb

Create a step in "Job1" with the name Step1 where the database will the "msdb" for multiple servers

Example: 4
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobStep -SqlInstance sql1, sql2, sql3 -Job Job1, Job2, 'Job Three' -StepName Step1 -Database msdb

Create a step in "Job1" with the name Step1 where the database will the "msdb" for multiple servers for multiple jobs

Example: 5
PS C:\> sql1, sql2, sql3 | New-DbaAgentJobStep -Job Job1 -StepName Step1 -Database msdb

Create a step in "Job1" with the name Step1 where the database will the "msdb" for multiple servers using pipeline

Example: 6
PS C:\> New-DbaAgentJobStep -SqlInstance sq1 -Job Job1 -StepName StepA -Database msdb -StepId 2 -Insert

Assuming Job1 already has steps Step1 and Step2, will create a new step Step A and set the step order as Step1, StepA, Step2
Internal StepIds will be updated, and any specific OnSuccess/OnFailure step references will also be updated

Required Parameters

-SqlInstance

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
-Job

The name of the job to which to add the step.

Alias
Required True
Pipeline false
Default Value
-StepName

The name of the step.

Alias
Required True
Pipeline false
Default Value

Optional Parameters

-SqlCredential

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
-StepId

The sequence identification number for the job step. Step identification numbers start at 1 and increment without gaps.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value 0
-Subsystem

The subsystem used by the SQL Server Agent service to execute command.
Allowed values 'ActiveScripting','AnalysisCommand','AnalysisQuery','CmdExec','Distribution','LogReader','Merge','PowerShell','QueueReader','Snapshot','Ssis','TransactSql'
The default is 'TransactSql'

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value TransactSql
Accepted Values ActiveScripting,AnalysisCommand,AnalysisQuery,CmdExec,Distribution,LogReader,Merge,PowerShell,QueueReader,Snapshot,Ssis,TransactSql
-SubsystemServer

The subsystems AnalysisScripting, AnalysisCommand, AnalysisQuery ned the server property to be able to apply

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Command

The commands to be executed by SQLServerAgent service through subsystem.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-CmdExecSuccessCode

The value returned by a CmdExec subsystem command to indicate that command executed successfully.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value 0
-OnSuccessAction

The action to perform if the step succeeds.
Allowed values "QuitWithSuccess" (default), "QuitWithFailure", "GoToNextStep", "GoToStep".
The text value van either be lowercase, uppercase or something in between as long as the text is correct.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value QuitWithSuccess
Accepted Values QuitWithSuccess,QuitWithFailure,GoToNextStep,GoToStep
-OnSuccessStepId

The ID of the step in this job to execute if the step succeeds and OnSuccessAction is "GoToStep".

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value 0
-OnFailAction

The action to perform if the step fails.
Allowed values "QuitWithSuccess" (default), "QuitWithFailure", "GoToNextStep", "GoToStep".
The text value van either be lowercase, uppercase or something in between as long as the text is correct.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value QuitWithFailure
Accepted Values QuitWithSuccess,QuitWithFailure,GoToNextStep,GoToStep
-OnFailStepId

The ID of the step in this job to execute if the step fails and OnFailAction is "GoToStep".

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value 0
-Database

The name of the database in which to execute a Transact-SQL step. The default is 'master'.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-DatabaseUser

The name of the user account to use when executing a Transact-SQL step.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-RetryAttempts

The number of retry attempts to use if this step fails. The default is 0.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value 0
-RetryInterval

The amount of time in minutes between retry attempts. The default is 0.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value 0
-OutputFileName

The name of the file in which the output of this step is saved.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Insert

This switch indicates the new step is inserted at the specified stepid.
All following steps will have their IDs incremented by, and success/failure next steps incremented accordingly

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value False
-Flag

Sets the flag(s) for the job step. Flag Description

AppendAllCmdExecOutputToJobHistory Job history, including command output, is appended to the job history file.
AppendToJobHistory Job history is appended to the job history file.
AppendToLogFile Job history is appended to the SQL Server log file.
AppendToTableLog Job history is appended to a log table.
LogToTableWithOverwrite Job history is written to a log table, overwriting previous contents.
None Job history is not appended to a file.
ProvideStopProcessEvent Job processing is stopped.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
Accepted Values AppendAllCmdExecOutputToJobHistory,AppendToJobHistory,AppendToLogFile,AppendToTableLog,LogToTableWithOverwrite,None,ProvideStopProcessEvent
-ProxyName

The name of the proxy that the job step runs as.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Force

The force parameter will ignore some errors in the parameters and assume defaults.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value False
-EnableException

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
-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.

Alias wi
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before executing any changing operations within the command.

Alias cf
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value