Does write-information and write-host support in the powershell runbook?

[imeya]

do you know write-information and write-host are supported in the powershell runbook? If I used them, no message is output to the test pane. code like:

Write-Information "hello informatin" -InformationAction Continue
write-host "hello host"

run it, and then check in the test pane, no message output.

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• Content: Runbook Output and Messages in Azure Automation
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[georgewallace]

@imeya Write-Host will not work as there is no host to write to .. The article lists the supported streams at the top, you will want to use Write-Output to properly output information to the test pane and to the job streams.

[imeya]

one more question, the Test Pane in runbook is different than something like console, right? thanks very much.

[georgewallace]

@imeya Yes it shows you the output streams of your runbook, but is not considered a host in which write-host functions.

[femsulu]

We will now close this issue. If there are further questions regarding this matter, please reply and we will gladly continue the discussion.

[etaham]

Can Write-Information be supported? It is very useful to print status information - especially when waiting from an Azure SDK command to complete. SO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54191736/does-azure-automation-support-write-information

[cedricbraekevelt]

I Too am awaiting the information stream to be added. As Write-Output always adds stuff to SDOUT stream which is always filled by many functions.