How to query a Collection for Collection rules (Powershell only)

Question

I have :
 $Collection = gwmi -computer MyServer -namespace "root\sms\Site_XXX" -class "SMS_Collection"
 $MyCollection = $collection | where { $_.Name -eq "TEST" }
$MyCollection have a property named CollectionRules
I could'nt manage to read this property,
nor $MyCollection.CollectionRules
nor  $MyCollection.CollectionRules | % { $_ }
is Working.
Any help on this ?

Answer 1

Hi, 
the above code works, but if you have a large environment then it may take a long time to run as you are querying for every collection before looking for the 'TEST' collection.
The following code only looks (filters) for the specific collection so should execute much faster.
$Collection = gwmi -computer MyServer -namespace "root\sms\Site_XXX" -class "SMS_Collection" -filter "Name='TEST'"
$Collection.Get()
$Collection.CollectionRules | % { $_ }
Another method of doing the same would be this:
$Collection = Get-WMIObject -computer MyServer -namespace "root\sms\Site_XXX" -query "Select * FROM SMS_Collection WHERE Name = 'TEST'"
$Collection.Get()
$Collection.CollectionRules | % { $_ }
Hope you or someone else may find this useful :)