Listing SQL Server Jobs

This recipe illustrates how to list SQL Server Jobs using PowerShell.

Getting ready

Do a visual check of your SQL Server Jobs in your instance. You should see the following jobs after you run the script in this recipe:

How to do it...

These are the steps to list SQL Server Jobs:

1. Open PowerShell ISE as administrator.

2. Import the SQLPS module and create a new SMO Server object:

   #import SQL Server module
   Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking
   
   #replace this with your instance name
   $instanceName = "localhost"
   $server = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName

   Add the following script and run:

   $jobs=$server.JobServer.Jobs
   $jobs |
   Select-Object Name, OwnerLoginName,
   LastRunDate, LastRunOutcome |
   Sort-Object -Property Name |
   Format-Table -AutoSize

How it works...

Listing SQL Server Jobs is a short, simple task in PowerShell. To list the jobs, you first need to get a handle to the JobServer.Jobs object:

$jobs=$server.JobServer.Jobs

Once...