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Set-VSTeamApproval

SYNOPSIS

Sets the status of approval to Approved, Rejected, Pending, or ReAssigned.

SYNTAX

Set-VSTeamApproval -Id <Int32[]> -Status <String> [-Approver <String>] [-Comment <String>] [-Force]
-ProjectName <String> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Set-VSTeamApproval sets the status of approval to Approved, Rejected, Pending, or ReAssigned.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

Get-VSTeamApproval | Set-VSTeamApproval

This command sets all pending approvals to approved.

Example 2

Set-VSTeamApproval -Id 1 -Status Rejected

This command rejects approval with Id of 1.

PARAMETERS

-Id

Specifies the approval IDs of the approvals to set.

Type: Int32[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Status

Specifies the status to set for the approval. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

  • Approved
  • Rejected
  • Pending
  • ReAssigned
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: Approved
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Approver

Specifies the user to whom the approval has been re-assigned to Alias of the user chuckreinhart@outlook.com, for example.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Comment

Specifies the comment to be stored with this approval.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProjectName

Specifies the team project for which this function operates.

You can tab complete from a list of available projects.

You can use Set-VSTeamDefaultProject to set a default project so you do not have to pass the ProjectName with each call.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Force

Forces the function without confirmation.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the function runs. The function is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the function.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

NOTES

Prerequisites:

Set the account and version that all calls will use with Set-VSTeamAccount. Default version sets to API version 3.0 (TFS2017) if not manually set.

tips:

  • check called version of the API with Get-VSTeamAPIVersion or Get-VSTeamInfo
  • use Set-VSTeamDefaultProject to set default project for every call
  • use Set-VSTeamDefaultAPITimeout to change the default timeout of 60 seconds for all calls.
  • use Profiles to load an account and the correct version