[FIXED] Jenkins Powershell write to console

Issue

I have a jenkins job that calls a powershell file. When I use it from a freestyle project it shows the powershell execution in the console output. Having switched it to a pipeline job I no longer see the output.

Currently my pipeline looks like this:

 pipeline 
 {
    stages
    {
        stage ('Deploy To Dev')
         {
            steps
             {
                powershell '"%WORKSPACE%\\SpearsLoad\\Scripts\\CIDeployToDev.Ps1"'
             }
        }
    }
}

but I get no logging of the powershell steps.

Following the documentation I tried changing the stage to:

pipeline 
{
    stages
    {
        stage ('Deploy To Dev')
            {
            steps
            {
                node('Deploy the SSIS load')
                {
                    //Deploy the SSIS load
                    def msg = powershell(returnStdout: true, script: '"%WORKSPACE%\\SpearsLoad\\Scripts\\CIDeployToDev.Ps1"')
                    println msg
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

but that gives:

Expected a step @ line 123, column 6. def msg = powershell(returnStdout: true, script: '"%WORKSPACE%\SpearsLoad\Scripts\CIDeployToDev.Ps1"')

I feel like I am missing something quite fundamental. What am I doing wrong ?

Solution

You need to wrap your pipeline execution into script section, because you're trying to use scripted syntax in declarative pipeline:

script {
    //Deploy the SSIS load
    def msg = powershell(returnStdout: true, script: '"%WORKSPACE%\\SpearsLoad\\Scripts\\CIDeployToDev.Ps1"')
    println msg
}

Answered By - biruk1230
Answer Checked By - Pedro (JavaFixing Volunteer)