PowerShell/docs/open-dashboards.md
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Script: *open-dashboards.ps1*
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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
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```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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