Releases
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It's been exactly one year since the last release of SPE. In this version we added some powerful new features, along with improvements to the UI (icons, styles).
Note: This major release dropped support for Sitecore 7. Only install this version if using Sitecore 8 or 9.
No breaking changes
This release has a major focus on stability and overcoming any problems that were reported by our users.
The Packing Manager received a nice facelift as part of issue 923. Better icons and more options.
You'll have to forgive me, I got lazy when this release came out and forgot to update the book. This release major focus was stability and overcoming any problems that were reported by our users.
Perform operations after the Script Runner closes, such as opening an item with issue 903.
Send streams of data through the Web API with issue 899.
Run scripts as a post step to installation of packages with issue 866.
No breaking changes
SPE learned how to merge Shared and Final layouts using
Merge-Layout. [669]SPE learned how to copy fields when using
Set-ItemTemplate. [847]The
UserandRoleobjects now contain a properties for membership. Use eitherRoles,Users, orMemberOf. [842]Scripted datasources now work with multiple roots. [845]
The Toolbox item Background Session Manager and ISE command Rebuild Integration Points are now hidden for users not in the developers group. [850]
The ISE command Rebuild Integration Points is now available as a Toolbox item. [849]
A new report added for custom template usage count. [818]
Improvements for SXA 1.3, security feature updates and remoting fixes!
This release major focus was stability and overcoming any problems that were reported by our users.
no breaking changes
It's now possible to access custom fields on items using the syntax using
._and.PSFields. The properties are returned using the appropriate field type such asImageField. [810]A new command
Invoke-JavaScriptwas added to enable scripts to interact with the browser. [803]Update-ListViewcommand learned to update the banner text in the report viewer. [789]Copy-Itemcommand learned to move blob data between databases. [782]PowerShell previously included the
-Depthparameter to limit the recursive nature of the command. The CMS provider is now able to work that magic. [769]
Security, Security, security! This release major focus was security.
Removed the lingering nVelocity template presentation
ISE and Console now require scripters to be in
Sitecore\Developerrole
All arbitrary script executions, saves, and session elevation events are now logged in the SPE Sitecore logs763
Added ability to specify that an endpoint can only be accessed over a secure connection 759
Executing scripts through Integration points now verify the item templates so no unprotected scripts can be executed. 757
Saving a script in library requires additional authentication (Session elevation) 756
Executing a script in ISE or Console now require additional authentication. 755
Send-File cmdlet dialog no longer uses URL parameters for paths.744
This release major focus was security and making your scripting testable and better functional for users in different roles and languages. We've also improved cmdlets for working with templates and as always improved our remoting module to make it even more functional in your CI scenarios.
Full issue list available on GitHub - 38 issues.
[Breaking Changes]([https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3Aimpact-breaking-change is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2](https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3Aimpact-breaking-change is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2)"\)
You might want to check how your scripts behave for users in other languages as we're now setting the context language on the Job, which e.g. impacts how items are retrieved. [694]
All remotely accessible services are now disabled by default 716 so you need to provide a patch config file if you want to use SPE in your CI environment out-of-the-box.
[Major new Features]([https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3A-release-highlight is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2" ](https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3A-release-highlight is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2" )\)
Read-Variablecmdlet now supports validation on field and form level 728.ISE now allows you to emulate script execution in context of any user or language 726.
Added
Update-ItemReferrercmdlet that allows you to re-link an item to another item or delete references to an item before e.g. deleting it. 726.Introduced Role/User based restriction for user access to endpoints. 715
Full list of improvements can be found [here]([https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3Aimprovement is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2" ](https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3Aimprovement is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2" )\)
Full list of bugs fixed can be found [here]([https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3Abug is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2" ](https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue label%3Abug is%3Acosed milestone%3A"4.2" )\)
Another solid release. Yet again a fairly long wait but we;ve fixed a ton of bugs and did some solid improvements. Happy scripting!
Full issue list available on GitHub - over 60 issues.
Get-RoleMember should return Role and User rather than AccountList 637.
Publish-Item publishing behaviour was tuned to handle typical scenarios better 620.
Support for Sitecore 8.2
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A lot of hard work went into this release. Wasn't released as soon as we hoped, but we are certain many of you will be pleased with the results. Happy coding!
Full issue list available on GitHub - 90+ issues.
The
Rebuild-SearchIndexcommand now returns an existing job 558 for an index if currently rebuilding.Request related variables such as
$HttpContextare no longer added to the session 557 but can still be accessed through their static context properties.The
Publish-Itemcommand now supports the additional publishing options 539 introduced in Sitecore 7.1. The default behavior was changed to synchronous and requires theAsJobparameter to run asynchronously.The
Add-ItemLanguageandRemove-ItemLanguagecommands were renamed 532 toAdd-ItemVersionandRemove-ItemVersionsince item versions and languages are managed almost the same.User reported 511 that SPE conflicted with the InSite Commerce product due to the 2.x services location so we went ahead and broke compatibility.
Some users have encountered items with multiple fields of the same name 575 so we changed the behavior by prefixing the name with and underscore recurrently to disambiguate them.
Stop using
$PSScriptRootand$PSCommandPathand start using$SitecoreScriptRootand$SitecoreCommandPath588.
A new Experience Button integration point was added 546.
Method signature in the ISE received a face lift 541. Now you can see the argument data types!
Type names now autocomplete 540.
SPE Remoting now supports uploading large files 528.
Rebuilding the index for single items is now possible 523 with
Rebuild-SearchIndexItemand removing withRemove-SearchIndexItem.Added a report 513 for unpublished items in one or more targets.
Users can now peek the session variable values by way of a tooltip 495.
The ISE now shows when a script is modified or not yet saved 458.
New variable
$SitecoreAuthorityis initialized with the site hostname 591.
Variables are now hidden from the autocomplete 560 unless the token begins with a
$.The
ScriptSessionnow contains a property LastErrors 559 that contains the errors encountered in a script rather than cluttering the log.The
Publish-Itemcommand suggests database names 553 and filesystem is no longer an option.The
Show-ListViewcommand now enumerates collections 544 rather than printing the class name.The
UseDefaultCredentialsparameter is now supported 531 when using theNew-ScriptSessioncommand in SPE Remoting.The
Publish-Itemcommand will not publish to all targets by default 530 without requiring the target to be specified.Some of the UI elements using
Show-ListViewcan be hidden when using the Hide parameter 521.Your favorite commands
Get-ItemandGet-ChildItemnow have 519 tab completion on the-Languageand-Databaseparameters.SPE Remoting supports
$using:[variablename]in the scriptblock 499.Changed the behavior of
Add-ItemLanguageso that it outputs the existing latest version if it exists 578.ScriptSessioncan now load type info without the need forSet-ExecutionPolicychanges 590.The Live Autocomplete feature when typing was so powershell we decided to allow you to enable or disable 584.
Save time with
Get-ChildItemby using the-WithParentparameter 580.Specifying the
ProfileItemIdwhen usingNew-Useris now possible through 573.Downloading a file is a little more secure as the download form displayed by
Send-Filehides the file path by default. You can however still show it with-ShowFullPathswitch 568.
The SPE Remoting commands
Send-RemoteItemandReceive-RemoteItemnow useWrite-Errorwhen an error is encountered 564.The
Show-Resultcommand was not adhering to the font settings 552.The
GetItemWorkflowEventcommand threw exceptions for missing optional parameters 545.Automatic properties no longer require a restart to update 534.
Creating new branch items now respects 577 the specified language.
Adam was going crazy trying to resolve an issue 579 where
Set-Layoutwasn't working. We think he's better now and the doctor released him from the clinic.Users with more restricted access caused an issue with function caching 592.