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Service: code-library · 2025-06-28 · Documentation low

File: code-library/latest/ug/ssm_example_ssm_DescribeAutomationExecutions_section.md

Summary

Added PowerShell V5 examples for DescribeAutomationExecutions API with status filtering

Security assessment

Operational example showing execution monitoring without security implications or feature explanations

Diff

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+**Tools for PowerShell V5**
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+**Example 1: This example describes all active and terminated Automation Executions associated with your account.**
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+    Get-SSMAutomationExecutionList
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+**Output:**
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+    AutomationExecutionId     : 4105a4fc-f944-11e6-9d32-8fb2db27a909
+    AutomationExecutionStatus : Failed
+    DocumentName              : AWS-UpdateLinuxAmi
+    DocumentVersion           : 1
+    ExecutedBy                : admin
+    ExecutionEndTime          : 2/22/2017 9:17:08 PM
+    ExecutionStartTime        : 2/22/2017 9:17:02 PM
+    LogFile                   :
+    Outputs                   : {[createImage.ImageId, Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util.AlwaysSendList`1[System.String]]}
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+**Example 2: This example displays ExecutionID, document, execution start/end timestamp for executions with AutomationExecutionStatus other than 'Success'**
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+    Get-SSMAutomationExecutionList | Where-Object AutomationExecutionStatus -ne "Success" | Select-Object AutomationExecutionId, DocumentName, AutomationExecutionStatus, ExecutionStartTime, ExecutionEndTime | Format-Table -AutoSize
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+**Output:**
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+    AutomationExecutionId                DocumentName                            AutomationExecutionStatus ExecutionStartTime   ExecutionEndTime
+    ---------------------                ------------                            ------------------------- ------------------   ----------------
+    e1d2bad3-4567-8901-ae23-456c7c8901be AWS-UpdateWindowsAmi                    Cancelled                 4/16/2019 5:37:04 AM 4/16/2019 5:47:29 AM
+    61234567-a7f8-90e1-2b34-567b8bf9012c Fixed-UpdateAmi                         Cancelled                 4/16/2019 5:33:04 AM 4/16/2019 5:40:15 AM
+    91234d56-7e89-0ac1-2aee-34ea5d6a7c89 AWS-UpdateWindowsAmi                    Failed                    4/16/2019 5:22:46 AM 4/16/2019 5:27:29 AM
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+  * For API details, see [DescribeAutomationExecutions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_. 
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