Permissions list = System.Collections.Hashtable

[zguy28]

Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or have something misconfigured in our environment with Windows Powershell, but when I run the following command to generate permissions required I get the value "System.Collections.Hashtable".

PS C:\Scripts\DSC> Get-M365DSCCompiledPermissionList -ResourceNameList @("DefenderDeviceAuthenticatedScanDefinition","DefenderSubscriptionPlan")

Name Value

---

RequiredRoles {}
Update {System.Collections.Hashtable}
AdministrativeRoles {Read, Update}
RequiredRoleGroups {}
Read {System.Collections.Hashtable}

[FabienTschanz]

@zguy28 It's not a "you" issue, that is because PowerShell doesn't really know how to display "nested elements" without some additional information about the structure. Hashtables are the default type we use to provide you with structured information, but it doesn't really show that too well. You can change the format in the following ways:

# Access the different properties - It will show you the elements more clearly
PS> $permissions = Get-M365DSCCompiledPermissionList -ResourceNameList @("DefenderDeviceAuthenticatedScanDefinition","DefenderSubscriptionPlan")
PS> $permissions.Update

Name                           Value
----                           -----
Permission                     {[Type, Application], [Name, Organization.Read.All]}
API                            Graph

PS> $permissions.AdministrativeRoles

Name                           Value
----                           -----
Update                         {}
Read                           {}

# Another way is to convert it to JSON for a deeper view
PS> $permissions | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5
{
  "RequiredRoles": [],
  "Read": [
    {
      "Permission": {
        "Type": "Application",
        "Name": "Organization.Read.All"
      },
      "API": "Graph"
    }
  ],
  "Update": [
    {
      "Permission": {
        "Type": "Application",
        "Name": "Organization.Read.All"
      },
      "API": "Graph"
    }
  ],
  "RequiredRoleGroups": [],
  "AdministrativeRoles": {
    "Update": [],
    "Read": []
  }
}

One thing I just tried is with using PSCustomObject in our code instead of Hashtables. The output is the following:

PS> Get-M365DSCCompiledPermissionList -ResourceNameList @("DefenderDeviceAuthenticatedScanDefinition","DefenderSubscriptionPlan")

AdministrativeRoles : @{Read=System.Object[]; Update=System.Object[]}
Read                : {@{API=Graph; Permission=}}
Update              : {@{API=Graph; Permission=}}
RequiredRoles       : {}
RequiredRoleGroups  : {}

So a little bit more informational, but still not quite right. You still need to access the different properties or convert it to another display format.

[FabienTschanz]

@zguy28 Do you need some further help on the topic or can we close the issue?