PowerGadgets is a revolutionary new data visualization product that utilizes Windows PowerShell, Microsoft’s new scripting shell, to allow the creation of Gadgets in Windows. PowerGadgets requires no complex development environments, servers or browsers to run real-time Gadget components such as charts, gauges and maps on your desktop or in the Windows Sidebar. With just two lines of code you can present the outcome of your VMware PowerShell scripts into a PowerGadget. The image shows all my virtual machines presented in a chart by using the following code.
$vc = Get-VIServer -Server "VCServer" -User Eric -Password Sloof
Get-VM |out-chart -View3D_Enabled true
Out-chart: PowerGadgets provides a powerful charting engine providing over 60 chart types and a wealth of aesthetical and functional features. A chart plots data in the form of series and points with each series containing one or more points. Out-gauge: In addition to charts, PowerGadgets provides an out-gauge cmdlet to display single variable graphical objects. Single variable analysis is very powerful when combined with PowerGadgets’ flexible real-time capabilities.
