Azure Automation RunBook from Another RunBook - azure

Question

I have a runbook name "RB_ConnectSQL"
workflow RB_ConnectSQL
{
[OutputType([string])]
param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $SqlServer,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [int] $SqlServerPort = 1433,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $Database,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $Procedure,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $SqlCredentialName
)
$SqlCredential = Get-AutomationPSCredential -Name $SqlCredentialName
$SqlUsername = $SqlCredential.UserName
$SqlPass = $SqlCredential.GetNetworkCredential().Password
inlinescript
{
$haveError = 0
$DatabaseConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("Server=tcp:$using:SqlServer,$using:SqlServerPort; Database=$using:Database; User ID=$using:SqlUsername;Password=$using:SqlPass; Trusted_Connection=False; Encrypt=True; Connect Timeout=7200;")
$outputDataTable = New-Object System.Data.DataTable
[string[]] $ColumnNames
try
{
$DatabaseConnection.Open()
$Cmd=new-object system.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
$Cmd.Connection = $DatabaseConnection
$Cmd.CommandText = 'EXEC ' + $using:Procedure + ';'
$Cmd.CommandTimeout = 7200
$sqlDataAdapter = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter $Cmd
$dataSet = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
Write-Output($Cmd.CommandText)
$sqlDataAdapter.Fill($dataSet) | out-null
if ($dataSet.Tables[0].Rows.Count -gt 0)
{
$outputDataTable = $dataSet.Tables[0]
}
else
{
$outputDataTable = "SQL Stroc Proc Executed”
}
}
catch
{
#write your own error handling code here.
#if required send error message in email.
}
finally
{
if ($Cmd -ne $null)
{
$Cmd.Dispose
}
$DatabaseConnection.Close()
$DatabaseConnection.Dispose()
}
}
}
And another runnbook name "RB_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record"
workflow RB_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record
{
$dataTable = RB_ConnectSQL -SqlServer 'blahblah.database.windows.net' -Database 'blahDev' -Procedure 'sp_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record' -SqlCredentialName 'blahCredential'
Write-Output($dataTable)
}
The runbook "RB_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record" suppose to call "RB_ConnectSQL" and pass in the required parameter so that will execute the Store Procedure in Azure SQL Server.
However I get the error
At line:78 char:17
+ -SqlServer 'blahblah.database.windows.net'
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cannot find the '-SqlServer' command. If this command is defined as a workflow, ensure it is defined before the workflow that calls it. If it is a command intended to run directly within Windows PowerShell (or is not available on this system), place it in an InlineScript: 'InlineScript { -SqlServer }'
May I know is there any mistake I make on the runbook?

Answer 1

When you want to separate a command into many lines, please add white-space and backquote at the end of each line, except for the last line.
In your case, it should work using the following format:
workflow RB_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record
{
$dataTable = RB_ConnectSQL
-SqlServer 'blahblah.database.windows.net' `
-Database 'blahDev' `
-Procedure 'sp_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record' `
-SqlCredentialName 'blahCredential'
Write-Output($dataTable)
}

Answer 2

I found out that the issue was I separate my code for readability become
workflow RB_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record
{
$dataTable = RB_ConnectSQL
-SqlServer 'blahblah.database.windows.net'
-Database 'blahDev'
-Procedure 'sp_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record'
-SqlCredentialName 'blahCredential'
Write-Output($dataTable)
}
But the new line seem like break the code.
I rewrite it as:
workflow RB_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record
{
$dataTable = RB_ConnectSQL -SqlServer 'blahblah.database.windows.net' -Database 'blahDev' -Procedure 'sp_Daily_Transaction_Summary_Record' -SqlCredentialName 'blahCredential'
Write-Output($dataTable)
}
Then the error gone and it work well!