Copy-DbaAgentJob cmd with -Job parameter

Question

while using Copy-DbaAgentJob dbatools cmd, what would need to passed to the parameter Job

• is it an array with the names of the jobs to be copied
• is it an array of actual jobs from the cmd Get-DbaAgentJob

Answer 1

As per Get-Help Copy-DbaAgentJob:

Copy-DbaAgentJob
    [[-Source] <DbaInstanceParameter>]
    [[-SourceSqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [-Destination] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
    [[-DestinationSqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Job] <Object[]>]
    [[-ExcludeJob] <Object[]>]
    [-DisableOnSource]
    [-DisableOnDestination]
    [-Force]
    [[-InputObject] <Job[]>]
    [-EnableException]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

The -Job parameter is an array of objects, but more specifically Get-Help Copy-DbaAgentJob -Detailed says:

-Job [<System.Object[]>]
    The job(s) to process. This list is auto-populated from the server.
    If unspecified, all jobs will be processed.

One of the examples provided by Get-Help Copy-DbaAgentJob -Examples also show that you can provide a list of existing jobs from the source server, filtered or otherwise:

Get-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance sqlserver2014a |
  Where-Object Category -eq "Report Server" |
  Copy-DbaAgentJob -Destination sqlserver2014b