DMT Powershell Help

Epicor ERP 10
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So I am trying to create a powershell script to import data into the Product Group table. I use the following script:

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $DMTPath -ArgumentList "-User $User -Pass $Pass -Delete -Import “Product Group” -Source $Source "

I get this message:
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So my Import variable is not accepting spaces. How do I get it to except spaces.

It works fine with “Part”, because no spaces.

Thanks!

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Have you tried single quotes?

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I ended up doing it like this:

$ImportName = ‘“Part Warehouse”’
Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $DMTPath -ArgumentList “-SSO -Add -Import $ImportName -Source $Source1”

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Been there done that… it’s a pain.
You need to use the PowerShell escape character, the ‘backtick’ AKA, ‘grave accent.’ This is usually the key to the left of the 1 key.

-Import `"Product Group`"

At Insights last year I did a session on DMT PowerShell and I covered this struggle, examples and such are on my blog:

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Thanks! That worked. I did find something about backticks. I didnt know how to lay them out.

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Is there a way to run it without the DMT interface popping up?

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Yes just include the -NoUI argument:

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $DMTPath -ArgumentList "-User $User -Pass $Pass -Update -Import `"Sales Order Header`" -NoUI -Source $Source "

I did not include the -NoUI in some of my examples since the Task Scheduler was calling the PowerShell script and so it’s not really needed.

-Rick Bird
www.getaligned.solutions

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Where can i find a list of arguments?

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Mostly on Facebook.

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DMT /? will give them to you if run at the command line.

Mark W.

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So I am trying to get a powershell script to run a simple DMT load (trying to learn something today). I am not having any success, and I can’t really tell what I am doing wrong. Can someone take a quick look at tell my why this wouldn’t work? We run this is DMT all of the time.

$DMTPath = "C:\Epicor\ERP10.2Client\Client\DMT.exe"
$User = "user"
$Pass = "password"
$source = "C:\Users\banderson\Desktop\A1 MasterComment.csv"

Start-Procss -Wait -FilePath $DMTPath -ArgumentList "-User $User -Pass $Pass -Update -Import `"Bill Of Operations`" -Source $Source "
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never mind. Typo, “Process” :man_facepalming:

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Try

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $DMTPath -ArgumentList "-User $User -Pass $Pass -Update -Import `Bill Of Operations` -Source $Source "

I don’t think you want the double quotes are the Bill of Material, going from memory here.

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it worked when I fixed the typo.

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You didn’t need to go from memory, you just had to scroll up! :laughing: Thanks @Rick_Bird for the examples.

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ok new problem. I had a inkling that it was spaces in the file location that was giving my a problems, so I copied a sample file and removed spaces. It still didn’t work, so I kept going and found the typo.

Now when I put it back to the actual file name, it bombs out at the space. Is there a way to handle spaces in file name/locations in powershell?

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Is it not possible to force the input files to use underscores (or no spaces at all)?

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It’s possible. It’s just already set up, so changing it is extra work that I don’t want to do if I don’t have to.

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I figured as much. If it was me, I’d spend the time figuring out how to pass arguments with quotes in them. Just because I’d refuse to be beat!

How about:

$argList =  "User $User -Pass $Pass -Update -Import `"Bill Of Operations`" -Source `"$Source`" "

In case it’s not obvious, I added the grave and quote, before and after the var $Source, keeping the close quote

EDIT: THIS DON’T WORK!!!

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That doesn’t work at all…