Get Scheduled Task Name

Question

Hello, I've created a custom command to run a script which will send an email alert if the script encounters an error. I have the command set to run as a scheduled task.

How would I dynamically display the name of the custom command and scheduled task in the email alert?

This is an example of what I'd want to show in the email alert from the Powershell script that sends it:

Custom Command Name: Task Name: Time: Error Message:

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello,

Unfortunately, there is no possibility to obtain the custom command name in the script. It can only be set as plain text. As for the scheduled task, you can use value reference %initiator%.

Comments

Support, thank you for the response. Using the %initiator% value reference will work for me. For anyone else wanting to do something similar this is how I approached it using a try/catch block:

$Now = "%datetime:format[MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt]%"
$TaskName = "%initiator%"
$Context.LogMessage($_.Exception.Message, "Warning")
$SMTPServer = "MODIFY ME"
$From = "MODIFY ME"
$To = "MODIFY ME"
$Subject = "Adaxes - Error Occurred When Running Scheduled Task"
$Body = "
Date/time: $Now <br>
Task: $TaskName <br>
Error: ($_.Exception.Message)"
Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -BodyAsHtml -SmtpServer $SMTPServer 

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Hello,

Thank you for the confirmation. We do not see any try/catch blocks in your script, but it should work just fine. Also, you can use a built-in method $Context.SendMail for email delivery. In this case, the mail settings of Adaxes service will be used and there will be no need to specify the SMTP server.