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title: "Get-CUAvailableActions - Retrieve all Actions in Your ControlUp Environment"
slug: "get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment"
updated: 2025-07-03T11:49:05Z
published: 2025-07-03T11:49:05Z
canonical: "support.controlup.com/get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment"
---

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# Get-CUAvailableActions: Retrieve all Actions in Your ControlUp Environment

The **Get-CUAvailableActions** cmdlet provides an overview of all available actions in your ControlUp Environment. This includes built-in actions as well as script actions. You can run this cmdlet without any parameter to retrieve a full list of available actions or you can filter actions, as shown in the examples below

## Prerequisites

- (Remote) access to one of your ControlUp Monitors
- Administrative privileges in a PowerShell session

## How To Run

1. Import the **ControlUp.PowerShell.User** module into your PowerShell session

```powershell
$pathtomodule = (Get-ChildItem "C:\Program Files\Smart-X\ControlUpMonitor\*ControlUp.PowerShell.User.dll" -Recurse | Sort-Object LastWriteTime -Descending)[0]
Import-Module $pathtomodule
```

1. Run the cmdlet without any parameter to retrieve a full list of available actions

```powershell
Get-CUAvailableActions
```

Each action has a set of properties which we explain in the [Output](/tim-reorg/docs/get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment#output) section

![Powershell window displaying Get-CUAvailableActions cmdlet output results](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-7SKGCH00.png)

## Output

| Property | Description | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Id | Internal action ID (GUID) | String |
| Title | Action Name | String |
| Description | Action description | String |
| Category | Category in the web UI under which the action is available | String |
| IsSBA | Indicates if this is a script action (true) or a built-in action | Boolean |
| [Views](/tim-reorg/docs/get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment#views) | Shows under which view the action is available | Object[] Views=System.Object[] |
| Table | The monitor table in which the action can be executed. Relevant for the web UI. | String |
| HasActionHandler | Internal | Boolean |
| HasEventHandler | Internal | Boolean |
| HasSignature | Shows "true" when input parameters or credentials for this action exist. False, if either credentials are not configured for this action, or no input parameters are available | Boolean |
| HasUIComponent | Internal | Boolean |
| [Signature](/tim-reorg/docs/get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment#signature) | Represent an object that define with which parameters to call the action | System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject |
| AtomicEntity | Internal | Integer |
| [AllowedEntities](/tim-reorg/docs/get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment#allowedentities) | Shows all ententies the action can run on. Find more information [here](/tim-reorg/docs/get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment#allowedentities). | Integer |
| [ExecutionContext](/tim-reorg/docs/get-cuavailableactions-retrieve-all-actions-in-your-controlup-environment#executioncontext) | Shows the execution context | Integer |

### Signature

The signature entity holds relevant user input details such as placeholders, input parameters, and output parameters. Let's take the signature of the **Save multiple screenshots to file** action which allows to capture screenshots of a user session and to save on the local disk. ![Powershell window displaying the Save multiple screenshots to file action output results](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-YQ6W5FQ3.png)

#### InParam

The '“InParam” property defines the structure for input parameters. The **Save multiple screenshots to file** actions has 4 input parameters. ![Save multiple screenshots to file window](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-QDWC9GLL.png)

Each input parameter has additional properties and methods, such as name, caption, or parameterType. ![Powershell window displaying each input parameter with additional properties and methods](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-JH8UA0WF.png)

- **Name**. The position of the input parameter
- **Caption**. The caption shown

### Views

The Views property shows from which view the action can be selected. For example, the **Analyze drive contens with WinDirStat** action is available for entities in the **Machines (= Computers)**, **Sessions**, and **Logical Disks** view ![Powershell window displaying Analyze drive contens with WinDirStat output results](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-0G7SP6L6.png)

In the console, the views represent the tab view as illustrated here ![Machines, Sessions, and storage views displaying the Analyze drive contens with WinDirStat action](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-8FW8FQF9.png)

### AllowedEntities

| Type | Value |
| --- | --- |
| None | 0 |
| RDPCnnection | 1 |
| Hosts | 2 |
| HFolder | 4 |
| Hypervisor | 8 |
| Folder | 16 |
| MachineExtention | 32 |
| HRFolder | 64 |
| Organization | 128 |
| Machine | 256 |
| ManagedHost | 512 |
| XDFolder | 1024 |
| XDSite | 2048 |
| Session | 4096 |
| XDRFolder | 8192 |
| XDVDA | 16384 |
| XDSession | 32768 |
| Process | 65536 |
| XDBroker | 131072 |
| AWSFolder | 262144 |
| AWSConnection | 524288 |
| Account | 1048576 |
| Datastore | 2097152 |
| DSHA | 4194304 |
| VDisk | 8388608 |
| ProcessGroup | 16777216 |
| LogicalDisk | 33554432 |
| EventLogEntry | 67108864 |
| CitrixLicensing | 134217728 |
| AWSComputer | 268435456 |
| BrowserURL | 536870912 |
| XDUser | 1073741824 |
| XDApplicationInstance | 2147483648 |
| XDPublishedApplications | 4294967296 |
| XDSiteUser | 8589934592 |
| NetScaler | 17179869184 |
| LoadBalancer | 34359738368 |
| LBServiceGroup | 68719476736 |
| LBService | 137438953472 |
| HDXSession | 274877906944 |
| Gateway | 549755813888 |
| STA | 1099511627776 |
| NIC | 2199023255552 |
| NetScalerFolder | 4398046511104 |

### ExecutionContext

This value represents the **Execution Context** as shown in the script properties: ![Script properties window displaying Execution Context dropdown](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-HQDDRJ4L.png)

| Execution Context | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Target Machine | 0 |
| ControlUp Console / Monitor | 1 |
| User Session | 2 |
| Other Machine | 3 |

## Examples

### Example 1 - Export all actions to a text file

```powershell
$actions = Get-CUAvailableActions 
$actions | Out-File -FilePath .\actions.txt
```

### Example 2 - Show all actions that can run on a Session

```powershell
$actions = Get-CUAvailableActions 
$actions | Where-Object {$_.AllowedEntities -eq '4096'}
```

### Example 3 - Show title, category and allowed entities of all actions

```powershell
$actions = Get-CUAvailableActions 
$actions | Select-Object Title, Category, AllowedEntities | Sort-Object -Property AllowedEntities
```

![Powershell window displaying Get-CUAvailableActions cmdlet output results](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-D2DSB95I.png)

### Example 4 - Show on which entities the Flush DNS action is available

```powershell
$actions = Get-CUAvailableActions 
$actions | Where-Object {$_.Title -eq 'Flush DNS'} | select-object -Property AllowedEntities
```

In this example, 272 indicates that the **Flus DNS** is available in the Folders (16) and Machines (256) view. 16 + 256 = 272 ![Powershell window displaying Flus DNS output results](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-24DJWNF6.png)

### Example 5 - Show all actions that run on a user session

```powershell
$actions = Get-CUAvailableActions 
$actions | Where-Object {$_.ExecutionContext -eq '2'} | Select-Object Title, ExecutionContext
```

![Powershell window displaying Get-CUAvailableActions cmdlet output results](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/image-0ZOT5OGQ.png)

### Example 6 - Show all input parameters of a specific action

```powershell
$actions = Get-CUAvailableActions 
$actionSignatures = $actions | Where-Object {$_.ExecutionContext -eq '2'} | Select-Object Signature
$inParamScreenshotAction = $actionSignatures.Signature | Where-Object {$_.id -eq '15c99346-e3d1-4dde-a9a7-eb2cbed3bf55'} | select-object -property inParam
$inParamScreenshotAction.inParam
```