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The following example stops a service and then outputs the service name.

You can return output from an InlineScript by assigning the output to a variable. InlineScript uses the following syntax shown below.

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While commands in a workflow are sent to Windows Workflow Foundation for processing, commands in an InlineScript block are processed by Windows PowerShell. The InlineScript activity is useful when you need to run one or more commands as traditional PowerShell script instead of PowerShell workflow.

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In our example, the Stop-Service cmdlet provides the same functionality as the Stop method, and you might use the following code for a workflow. Workflow Stop-ServiceĪnother option is to use another cmdlet that has the same functionality as the method, if one is available. In this case, Service represents a service object within the block. One option is to wrap these two lines of code in an InlineScript block. If you try to run this in a workflow, you receive an error saying Method invocation is not supported in a Windows PowerShell Workflow. For example, consider the following PowerShell code, which stops a service using the Stop method of the Service object. Objects in workflows are deserialized, meaning that their properties are still available, but not their methods. Consider the following code that gets all running services: Get-Service | Where-Object You can't use positional parameters with activities and cmdlets in a workflow. Workflow activities share a set of common parameters to configure their operation. For more information, see Using Activities in Script Workflows. Some cmdlets are excluded and can't be used in a workflow unless you explicitly include them in an InlineScript block. If a cmdlet has no corresponding activity, Windows PowerShell Workflow automatically runs the cmdlet in an InlineScript activity. When you specify one of these cmdlets in your runbook, the corresponding activity is run by Windows Workflow Foundation. Windows PowerShell Workflow automatically converts many of the Windows PowerShell cmdlets to activities when it runs a workflow. ActivitiesĪn activity is a specific task in a workflow that is performed in a sequence. The following sections describe changes that you need to make to a PowerShell script for it to run in a workflow. PowerShell Workflow code looks almost identical to PowerShell script code except for a few significant changes. Learn differences between PowerShell Workflow code and PowerShell script code To add parameters to the workflow, use the Param keyword just as you would in a script. If the runbook is being imported, then the file name must match the workflow name and must end in. The name of the workflow must match the name of the Automation runbook. The name of the workflow follows the Workflow keyword as shown in the following syntax: Workflow Test-Workflow A workflow starts with the Workflow keyword followed by the body of the script enclosed in braces. The first step to converting a PowerShell script to a PowerShell workflow is enclosing it with the Workflow keyword. Therefore, we recommend that you write your runbooks using PowerShell Workflow only if you need to use checkpoints.įor complete details of the topics in this article, see Getting Started with Windows PowerShell Workflow.

If you want to compare two strings (compare characters within two strings), I afraid that there is no direct way to achieve your needs in Microsoft Flow currently.This article is applicable for PowerShell 5.1 PowerShell 7.1 (preview) does not support workflows.Ī PowerShell Workflow script is very similar to a Windows PowerShell script but has some significant differences that can be confusing to a new user. More details about using expression in flow actions, please check the following article:

Under 'Apply to each' action, add a 'Compose' action, Inputs field set to UniqueEmails variable.Within 'If/no' branch of Condition, add a 'Append to array variable' action, Name set to UniqueEmails variable, Value set to following formula: item() Within 'Apply to each' action, add a Condition, click 'Edit in advanced mode', type the following item()) Add a 'Apply to each' action, input parameter set to Array2 variable.Add a Variables-> 'Initialize variable' action, Name set to Array1, Type set to Array and Value set to following Add a Variables-> 'Initialize variable 2' action, Name set to Array2, Type set to Array and Value set to following Add a Variables-> 'Initialize variable 3' action, Name set to UniqueEmails, Type set to Array and Value set to empty.Add a proper trigger, here I use Flow Button trigger.I have made a test on my side and please take a try with the following workaround:

Hi you want to compare two array objects and find the unique elements within the second array?