Iain Brighton has created a free PowerShell module called „PScribo“ that can be used to easily create documents and reports in text, html, or Word format.
To use this module, simply run this command:
Install-Module -Name PScribo -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Today, we are going to generate a document with dynamic table content:
# https://github.com/iainbrighton/PScribo # help about_document # create a folder to store generated documents $OutPath = "c:\temp\out" $exists = Test-Path -Path $OutPath if (!$exists) { $null = New-Item -Path $OutPath -ItemType Directory -Force } # generate document Document 'ServiceReport' { # generate the service information to use # (requires PowerShell 5 because prior to PowerShell 5, Get-Service does not supply # StartType - alternative: use Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service, and adjust # property names) $services = Get-Service | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, Status, StartType Paragraph -Style Heading1 "System Inventory for $env:computername" Paragraph -Style Heading2 "Services ($($services.Count) Services found):" # generate a table with one line per service $services | # select the properties to display, and the header texts to use Table -Columns DisplayName, Status, StartType -Headers 'Service Name','Current State','Startup Type' -Width 0 } | Export-Document -Path $OutPath -Format Word,Html,Text # open the generated documents explorer $OutPath
When you run this code, it yields three files called ServiceReport.docx/html/txt. As you see, the report contains your service list as a table.
