PowerShell/docs/open-dashboards.md

Script: *open-dashboards.ps1*
========================

This PowerShell script launches the Web browser with 20 tabs of popular dashboard websites.

Parameters
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```powershell
PS> ./open-dashboards.ps1 [[-interval] <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

-interval <Int32>
    Specifies the time interval (110ms per default)
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                110
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```

Example
-------
```powershell
PS> ./open-dashboards.ps1
✅ Launching Web browser with 20 tabs showing: Toggl Track, Google Calendar, Google Mail, ...
NOTE: Execute './switch-tabs.ps1' to switch from tab to tab automatically.
...

```

Notes
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Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links
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https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content
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```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Open web dashboards
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script launches the Web browser with 20 tabs of popular dashboard websites.
.PARAMETER interval
	Specifies the time interval (110ms per default)
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./open-dashboards.ps1
	✅ Launching Web browser with 20 tabs showing: Toggl Track, Google Calendar, Google Mail, ...
	NOTE: Execute './switch-tabs.ps1' to switch from tab to tab automatically.
	...
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([int]$interval = 110) # milliseconds

try {
	Write-Progress "Reading Data/popular-dashboards.csv..."
	$table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../data/popular-dashboards.csv"
	$numRows = $table.Length
	Write-Progress -completed "Done."

	Write-Host "✅ Launching Web browser with 20 tabs showing: " -noNewline
	foreach($row in $table) {
		Write-Host "$($row.NAME), " -noNewline
		& "$PSScriptRoot/open-default-browser.ps1" "$($row.URL)"
		Start-Sleep -milliseconds $interval
	}
	Write-Host ""
	Write-Host "NOTE: Execute './switch-tabs.ps1' to switch from tab to tab automatically."
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}
```

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