PowerShell/docs/open-dashboards.md
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The *open-dashboards.ps1* Script
===========================
This PowerShell script launches the Web browser with 24 tabs of popular dashboard websites.
Parameters
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```powershell
/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/open-dashboards.ps1 [[-timeInterval] <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
-timeInterval <Int32>
Specifies the time interval between each tab (110ms per default)
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value 120
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
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 24 tabs: Toggl TrackGoogle CalendarGoogle 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
-------------
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 24 tabs of popular dashboard websites.
.PARAMETER timeInterval
Specifies the time interval between each tab (110ms per default)
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./open-dashboards.ps1
✅ Launching Web browser with 24 tabs: 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]$timeInterval = 120) # milliseconds
try {
Write-Progress "Reading Data/popular-dashboards.csv..."
$table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../data/popular-dashboards.csv"
Write-Progress -completed "Done."
Write-Host "✅ Launching Web browser with $($table.Count) tabs: " -noNewline
foreach($row in $table) {
Write-Host "$($row.NAME)•" -noNewline
& "$PSScriptRoot/open-default-browser.ps1" "$($row.URL)"
Start-Sleep -milliseconds $timeInterval
}
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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