Help with figuring out the AlertInfos parameter for the Acknowledge verb of Orion.AlertStatus

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Hello,

I am trying to create a PowerShell script that will leverage the Orion SDK to Acknowledge an alert. I have it all (or at least mostly) figured out, except for one line. The line in question is:

Invoke-SwisVerb $swis "Orion.AlertStatus" Acknowledge

I have no idea what to supply for the AlertInfo parameter, which is the sole (and required) parameter for the Acknowledge verb of Orion.AlertStatus. I can see in the XmlSchemas portion of the Metadata.VerbArgument for that verb that there appears to be some clues:

However, I have no idea in what format I need to pass those four values. In my testing, I've tried setting up an array named Alert:

($Alert = @("1a336459-2225-4bdf-ab0b-d53153b1ab4d", "APM: Application", 230, "Acked")

Then ran the following command:

Invoke-SwisVerb $swis "Orion.AlertStatus" Acknowledge $Alert

However, I just get an error of:

Invoke-SwisVerb : Verb Orion.AlertStatus.Acknowledge cannot unpackage parameter 0

Any ideas? It seems like I need to pass an array or a hashtable of values and am just structuring it incorrectly.

ouberlord · Accepted Answer

After digging through Thwack, trying a handful of different ways, and generally lamenting my inability to figure it all out tdanner was able to show me the light.  Ultimately it would seem the best way to structure the array is via this method that he provided .

Help with figuring out the AlertInfos parameter for the Acknowledge verb of Orion.AlertStatus

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