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How to pass hash table to azure child runbook using Start-AzureRmAutomationRunbook powershell cmdlet?

I have two runbooks, test1 and test2:

workflow test1
    {
    $Conn = Get-AutomationConnection -Name AzureRunAsConnection
    Add-AzureRMAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant $Conn.TenantID -ApplicationId $Conn.ApplicationID -CertificateThumbprint $Conn.CertificateThumbprint 

    $Hash = @{"ping"="pong"}
    $parameterHash = @{"Hash"="$Hash"}

    Start-AzureRmAutomationRunbook `
        -ResourceGroupName "rg1" `
        -AutomationAccountName "ac1" `
        -Name "test2" `
        -Parameters $parameterHash 
    }

workflow test2
    {
    Param
        (  
        [Object]$Hash
        )     
        "Result1:"
        $Hash

        InlineScript {
            $Hash = $using:Hash

            "Result2:"
            $Hash

            "Result3:"
            foreach ($h in $Hash.GetEnumerator()) {
            Write-Host "$($h.Name): $($h.Value)"

            "Result4:"
            $HashType = $Hash.GetType()
            $HashType
            }
    }
}

When I run runbook test1, the result of runbook test2 is:

Result1:

System.Collections.Hashtable

Result2:

System.Collections.Hashtable

Result3:

Result4:

IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
PSComputerName
-------- -------- ---- -------- -------------- True True String System.Object localhost

Result4:

True True String
System.Object localhost

Result4:

True True String
System.Object localhost

What is going wrong here? How do I properly pass a hash table to a azure child runbook using Start-AzureRmAutomationRunbook cmdlet?

Thanx in advance!

Regards, Chris

sajas
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Remove the quotations from "$hash". By adding quotes it turned your hashtable into a string. try this:

$parameterHash = @{"Hash"=$Hash}

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