PowerShell Display Table In HTML Email

Question

Ok, this may have been answered, but I\'m new and trying to learn, so I guess I\'m not \"getting\" it. I have a variable that contains a table of information (I got it from

Answer 1

Here's how I'd do it:

# Create a DataTable
$table = New-Object system.Data.DataTable "TestTable"
$col1 = New-Object system.Data.DataColumn Name,([string])
$col2 = New-Object system.Data.DataColumn Dept,([string])
$table.columns.add($col1)
$table.columns.add($col2)

# Add content to the DataTable
$row = $table.NewRow()
$row.Name = "John"
$row.Dept = "Physics"
$table.Rows.Add($row)
$row = $table.NewRow()
$row.Name = "Susan"
$row.Dept = "English"
$table.Rows.Add($row)

# Create an HTML version of the DataTable
$html = "<table><tr><td>Name</td><td>Dept</td></tr>"
foreach ($row in $table.Rows)
{ 
    $html += "<tr><td>" + $row[0] + "</td><td>" + $row[1] + "</td></tr>"
}
$html += "</table>"

# Send the email
$smtpserver = "smtpserver.domain.com"
$from = "user@domain.com"
$to = "user@domain.com"
$subject = "test"
$body = "Hi there,<br />Here is a table:<br /><br />" + $html
Send-MailMessage -smtpserver $smtpserver -from $from -to $to -subject $subject -body $body -bodyashtml

Answer 2

To build on user1491315 answer.

$html = "<table border='1'><tr>"
$tableCol = $table.Columns | select Caption
foreach($col in $tableCol){
    $html += "<td>" + $col.Caption + "</td>"
}
    $html += "</tr>"
$tableColCount = $table.Columns.Count
foreach ($row in $table.Rows)
{
    $html += "<tr>"
    For ($i=0; $i -le $tableColCount; $i++) {
        $html += "<td>" + $row[$i] + "</td>"
    }
    $html += "</tr>"
}
$html += "</table>"

This does the same thing but will automatically set column names.

Answer 3

I use like this:

Import-Module C:\dbatools\dbatools.psd1

$HostName = Get-WMIObject Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty name
$DiskResult = Get-DbaDiskSpace -ComputerName $HostName | Sort-Object $_.FreeInGB | Out-DbaDataTable

# Create column headers of Table1
$HtmlTable1 = "<table border='1' align='Left' cellpadding='2' cellspacing='0' style='color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;'>
<tr style ='font-size:13px;font-weight: normal;background: #FFFFFF'>
<th align=left><b>ComputerName</b></th>
<th align=left><b>Name</b></th>
<th align=left><b>Label</b></th>
<th align=left><b>SizeInGB</b></th>
<th align=left><b>FreeInGB</b></th>
<th align=left><b>PercentFree</b></th>
</tr>"

# Insert data into Table1
foreach ($row in $DiskResult)
{ 
    $HtmlTable1 += "<tr style='font-size:13px;background-color:#FFFFFF'>
    <td>" + $row.ComputerName + "</td>
    <td>" + $row.Name + "</td>
    <td>" + $row.Label + "</td>
    <td>" + $row.SizeInGB + "</td>
    <td>" + $row.FreeInGB + "</td>
    <td>" + $row.PercentFree + "</td>
    </tr>"
}
$HtmlTable1 += "</table>"

# Send Mail Inputs
$smtpserver = "smtp.domain.com"
$from = "Powershell Mail <" + $HostName + "@domain.com>"
$to = "<mail1@domain.com>", "<mail2@domain.com>"
$cc = "<mail3@domain.com>" , "<mail4@domain.com>"
$subject = "Disk Check for SQL Server"
$body = "Disk info for SQL Server like below:<br/><br/>" + $HtmlTable1

Send-MailMessage -smtpserver $smtpserver -from $from -to $to -cc $cc -subject $subject -body $body -bodyashtml

Answer 4

You can try (not tested):

$message.Body = $message.Body + ($DataSet.Tables | format-Table -auto |  convertto-html)

Answer 5

generalized answer:

$body+=($variable|Select-Object property1,property2|ConvertTo-Html)

just use you own variables and properties. When other people search for solutions, this is what we want to see.

Answer 6

For someone looking for a simple table,here is what i have found

add below variable first

$Header = @"
<style>
TABLE {border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; border-collapse: collapse;}
TH {border-width: 1px; padding: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; background-color: #6495ED;}
TD {border-width: 1px; padding: 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: black;}
</style>
"@

You can add like below then

Get-PSDrive | ConvertTo-Html -Property Name,Used,Provider,Root,
CurrentLocation 
-Head $Header | Out-File -FilePath PSDrives.html

While reading the file,ensure you use -raw as a parameter like bellow

Get-ChildItem Cert:\LocalMachine\My  | Where-Object {$_.NotAfter -ge (get-date -DisplayHint Date) } |ConvertTo-Html -Property Issuer,Thumbprint,Notafter -Head $Header | Out-File C:\Iris\Cert.html
$body=Get-Content -Path C:\Iris\cert.html -Raw

then while sending mail, you can do

send-emailmessage -body $body -bodyashtml #other values

References:
https://4sysops.com/archives/building-html-reports-in-powershell-with-convertto-html/