PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

Setting the Description of a Data Provider

Scenario/Problem: You need to enter a description for a safe provider entry.

Solution: Use the Set-SPVisioSafeDataProvider cmdlet.

The only purpose of the Set-SPVisioSafeDataProvider cmdlet is to add or change the description of a specific safe data provider for a Visio Graphics Service Application. This cmdlet uses both the DataProviderID and the DataProviderType to identify the safe data provider, as shown in Listing 24.6.

Listing 24.6. Setting the Description of a Safe Data Provider

Set-SPVisioSafeDataProvider -VisioServiceApplication "Visio GraphicsService" -DataProviderID "Custom DB" -DataProviderType 6 -Description"Custom DB Provider"

Tip

Use the Get-SPVisioSafeDataProvider to verify the ...