powershell scheduled task caller

Question

I have several hundred scheduled tasks. Im looking for a way to get the name of the task that called a powershell script when the script has been executed by the task scheduler. So for instance I could include that name in an alert I am sending so we know not only which server but which specific task

Answer 1

You can use the get-scheduledtask cmdlet. You find this cmdlet in the ScheduledTasks module.

Each returned task has an Actions Property.

E.g.

(Get-ScheduledTask)[0].Actions

Answer 2

To add on to Peter Schneider helpful answer which will give you details on the first task in the list. So, more specifically, to get them all, try this...

(((Get-ScheduledTask).Actions) | Select-Object *) -match 'powershell' | Select-Object -Property Id,Execute,Arguments | Format-Table -Wrap

Id                 Execute        Arguments
--                 -------        ---------
StartPowerShellJob powershell.exe -NoLogo -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Import-Module PSScheduledJob; …

Note, the '*' gest all properties and you may not want to do that, so, just explicitly select the ones you'd want

(((Get-ScheduledTask).Actions) | Select-Object -Property Id,Execute,Arguments) -match 'powershell' | Format-Table -Wrap