Metadata order and parameter fixes (#942)

Co-authored-by: Anthony Watherston <Anthony.Watherston@microsoft.com>

Author: anwather

Scripts/Helpers/Confirm-ParametersUsageMatches.ps1

@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ function Confirm-ParametersUsageMatches {
 
         $definedParameterValue = $definedParameter
         if (($null -ne $definedParameterValue.value) -and ((-not($uniqueKeys -contains "maintenanceConfigurationResourceId")) -or (-not($uniqueKeys -contains "AzurePatchRingmaintenanceConfigurationResourceId")))) {
-            $definedParameterValue = $definedParameter.value
+            if ($definedParameterValue -isnot [array]) {
+                $definedParameterValue = $definedParameter.value
+            }
         }
 
         if (!(Confirm-ObjectValueEqualityDeep $existingParameterValue $definedParameterValue)) {

Scripts/Helpers/Out-PolicyExemptions.ps1

@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ function Out-PolicyExemptions {
             if ($selectedArray -and $selectedArray.Count -gt 0) {
                 $jsonArray += $selectedArray
             }
+            # Logic to force the order of the Metadata property (DeployedBy first, then epacMetadata)
+            foreach ($array in $jsonArray) {
+                $meta = $array.Metadata
+                $orderedMeta = [ordered]@{
+                    deployedBy   = $meta['deployedBy']
+                    epacMetadata = $meta['epacMetadata']
+                }
+                $array.Metadata = $orderedMeta
+            }
             $jsonFile = "$stem.$FileExtension"
             if (Test-Path $jsonFile) {
                 Remove-Item $jsonFile
@@ -182,6 +191,17 @@ function Out-PolicyExemptions {
             if ($null -ne $selectedArray -and $selectedArray.Count -gt 0) {
                 $excelArray += $selectedArray
             }
+            # Logic to force the order of the Metadata property (DeployedBy first, then epacMetadata)
+            foreach ($array in $excelArray) {
+                $metaString = $array.Metadata
+                $meta = $metaString | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 100
+                $orderedMeta = [ordered]@{
+                    deployedBy   = $meta.deployedBy
+                    epacMetadata = $meta.epacMetadata
+                }
+                $orderedMetadata = (ConvertTo-Json $orderedMeta -Depth 100 -Compress).ToString()
+                $array.Metadata = $orderedMetadata
+            }
             $csvFile = "$stem.csv"
             if (Test-Path $csvFile) {
                 Remove-Item $csvFile
@@ -224,6 +244,15 @@ function Out-PolicyExemptions {
             if ($selectedArray -and $selectedArray.Count -gt 0) {
                 $jsonArray += $selectedArray
             }
+            # Logic to force the order of the Metadata property (DeployedBy first, then epacMetadata)
+            foreach ($array in $jsonArray) {
+                $meta = $array.Metadata
+                $orderedMeta = [ordered]@{
+                    deployedBy   = $meta['deployedBy']
+                    epacMetadata = $meta['epacMetadata']
+                }
+                $array.Metadata = $orderedMeta
+            }
             $jsonFile = "$stem.$FileExtension"
             if (Test-Path $jsonFile) {
                 Remove-Item $jsonFile
@@ -252,6 +281,17 @@ function Out-PolicyExemptions {
             if ($null -ne $selectedArray -and $selectedArray.Count -gt 0) {
                 $excelArray += $selectedArray
             }
+            # Logic to force the order of the Metadata property (DeployedBy first, then epacMetadata)
+            foreach ($array in $excelArray) {
+                $metaString = $array.Metadata
+                $meta = $metaString | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 100
+                $orderedMeta = [ordered]@{
+                    deployedBy   = $meta.deployedBy
+                    epacMetadata = $meta.epacMetadata
+                }
+                $orderedMetadata = (ConvertTo-Json $orderedMeta -Depth 100 -Compress).ToString()
+                $array.Metadata = $orderedMetadata
+            }
             $csvFile = "$stem.csv"
             if (Test-Path $csvFile) {
                 Remove-Item $csvFile