Azure DevOps - Setting and Using Variables in PowerShell Scripts

Question

I have an Azure DevOps build pipeline that has two separate PowerShell scripts. In the first script, I am getting a value from an XML file and setting that value in an environme

Answer 1

To set environmental variables you need to set it using

$env:departmentId = $myXml.Department.Id

When using variables within strings you still need the $ sign in front of variables. As in

Write-Host "Using Department: $($env:DepartmentId)"

The reason environmental variables look different for get-childItem is that you are actually listing a psprovider, not the accessing the variable.

Get-ChildItem Env:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_environment_variables?view=powershell-6