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Interfaces

Here we'll discuss the Console, ISE, and other dialogs made available through SPE.

The Sitecore PowerShell Console is a command line interface that many power users find great for quickly running commands.

The Sitecore PowerShell ISE is a scripting interface for running commands and authoring scripts.

Providers

You can interact with the providers typically available in the standard Windows PowerShell Console. Below are some of the important providers. Run the command Get-PSProvider to see the complete list.

  • FileSystem - Supports interacting with files and folders.
  • CmsItemProvider - Supports interacting with the Sitecore content items.

The console prompt typically begins with PS master:\>. The present working directory is using the CmsItemProvider and set to the master database.

Example: Change directories between providers.

PS master:\> cd core:
PS core:\> cd C:
PS C:\windows\system32\inetsrv> Set-Location -Path master:
PS master:\>

Note: Include the backslash in the path (i.e. C:\) to get the root of the drive when interacting with the FileSystem provider; the behavior seen is different than you might expeect because of w3wp.exe. See issue #[314][1].

Variables

SPE provides some convenient variables out of the box for use in running commands and scripts. The variables prefixed with Sitecore derive from the Web.config settings. Run the command Get-Variable to see the complete list.

Variable Example
AppPath C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Website\
HostSettings ...
FontSize : 12
FontFamily : Wingdings
...
me sitecore\admin
PWD master:\
ScriptSession ...
ID : e9fedd64-cad0-4c43-b950-9cd361b151fd
...
SitecoreAuthority https://console
SitecoreDataFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Data
SitecoreDebugFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Data\debug
SitecoreIndexFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Data\indexes
SitecoreLayoutFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Website\layouts
SitecoreLogFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Data\logs
SitecoreMediaFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Website\upload
SitecorePackageFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Data\packages
SitecoreScriptRoot master:\system\Modules\PowerShell\Script Library\Task Management\Toolbox
SitecoreCommandPath master:\system\Modules\PowerShell\Script Library\Task Management\Toolbox\Task Manager
SitecoreSerializationFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Data\serialization
SitecoreTempFolder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Console\Website\temp
SitecoreVersion 8.2.160729

Note: Any new variables created are stored within the session of console instance; when the session ends the variables are removed. You'll also need to be careful not to overwrite the built-in variables.