Is there a better or more elegant way of doing this?

[chrischrischris]

Hi all!

Is there a better or more elegant way of doing this?

Get-VM *f00* | ForEach-Object{[PSCustomObject]@{ Name =$_.Name; DataCenter = ($_|Get-Datacenter).Name}} | Format-Table -AutoSize

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Chris

[LucD]

Not sure what you mean by "elegant"?
Faster?

[chrischrischris]

Hi Luc,

I'll take faster, please.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Since the more common cmdlets (like Get-VM and Get-Datacenter) are already improved significantly in the latest PowerCLI releases, there is no real gain to be made by using Get-View.

But by changing the order in the pipeline, you can limit the number of calls to Get-Datacenter.
Which, in my tests, resulted in a faster execution (but your mileage may vary).

  Get-Datacenter -PipelineVariable dc | Get-VM -Name foo* |
  ForEach-Object -Process {
    [PSCustomObject]@{ 
      Name = $_.Name
      DataCenter = $dc.Name
    }
  } | Format-Table -AutoSize