Hi

I am trying to change a runbook activity status in SCSM to failed using the below command in PowerShell:

Set-SCSMObject -SMObject $Object -Property Status -Value "Failed"

But I get the below error when I run it:

Set-SCSMObject : Unable to cast object of type 'System.String' to type 'Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.EnterpriseManagementObject'.

Does anyone know how to fix it? Or what is wrong in that code block?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Nothing seems wrong with the code block, but can you show the code for how $Object is set? This needs to be an EnterpriseManagementObject not a string.

Example:

$Object = get-scsmobject -class (get-scsmclass -Name System.workitem.incident$) -filter "Id -eq IR42"

I am manually assigning a Runbook ID to $Object to test for now. e.g $Object = RB12345

Then I am trying to test if the Set-SCSMObject changes the status of that activity to failed.

Ok but in that case the Runbook ID is still of type system.string.

There are probably several ways to do this, but one way could be:

$Object = get-scsmobject -Id {ObjectGUID from runbook retrieved}

Where you subscribe to the published data - ObjectGUID of the activity where you are getting the runbook activity.

Hi,

Here's a codesample to set a specific RBA status to Failed:

Import-Module SMLets
$RBAClass = Get-SCSMClass Microsoft.SystemCenter.Orchestrator.RunbookAutomationActivity$
$RBA = Get-SCSMObject -Class $RBAClass -Filter "Id -eq RB13788"
$ActivityStatusFailedEnum = Get-SCSMEnumeration ActivityStatusEnum.Failed$

Set-SCSMObject -SMObject $RBA -Property Status -Value $ActivityStatusFailedEnum

Regards
//Anders

Do you think this should work? I am getting an error: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Class' because it is null. for Get-SCSM Object.

$RBID = "RB21286"
$RBAClass = Get-SCSMClass Microsoft.SystemCemter.Orchestrator.RunbookAutomationActivity$
$RBA = Get-SCSMObject -Class $RBAClass -Filter "Id -eq $RBID"
$ActivityStatusFailedEnum = Get-SCSMEnumeration ActivityStatusEnum.Failed$

I am getting $RBID from initialise data runbook activity in my runbook. And the script will go into a run.net Activity.

Thanks

I think the error means the $RBAClass is null. does that mean, it did not have any $RBAs to filter from?

Okay. Finally got it working now. Thanks Anders :)