Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

Parameter sets

One parameter may belong to several parameter sets. That means that you can use several methods of executing a cmdlet. Take Get-Process, for example; it allows for six different ways of execution.

A parameter can be mandatory in one parameter set, and optional in another. See the following code sample for one way of declaring your parameters:

function parametersets{    param    (        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Set1')]        $InSet1,        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Set2')]        $InSet2,        $InAllSetsByDefault    )}

Once a parameter of either set is specified, the other cannot be tab-completed or seen in IntelliSense any longer. Using all parameters yields a parameter binding exception.