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SteveL-MSFT opened this issue May 1, 2025 · 0 comments
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Progress output specific for visualization tools #775

SteveL-MSFT opened this issue May 1, 2025 · 0 comments
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Summary of the new feature / enhancement

To aid use of DSC configurations for non-technical users, it would make sense to build a GUI tool that shows the configuration graphically and also shows progress and status as it is processed.

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dsc engine can emit additional progress (or perhaps other type) of JSON to helps visualization tools represent the configuration and progress:

  • The execution order is currently a debug trace, but it could be emitted as a progress type object
  • It may help with visualization by emitting some context of if the resource affects the system, application, or user (profile), for example. We can't have this as something that's part of a resource itself since a resource could affect all 3 but depending on use during runtime only the scope is defined
  • It may be useful to have the concept of impact level defined at runtime so that a visualization tool can prompt the user to continue if the operation can be destructive, for example
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