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# New-XPathQueryGroup

### Description

The `New-XPathQueryGroup` cmdlet create a new group of query objects that can be used to create an XPath expression using [New-XPathExpression](/resource-management-powershell/usage/cmdlet-reference/new-xpathexpression.md), or an element in an XPath query group using [New-XPathQueryGroup](/resource-management-powershell/usage/cmdlet-reference/new-xpathquerygroup.md). The resulting [XPathExpression](/resource-management-powershell/usage/cmdlet-reference/new-xpathexpression.md) can be passed as a parameter to [Search-Resources](/resource-management-powershell/usage/cmdlet-reference/search-resources.md). An XPath query group contains one or more [Xpath query](/resource-management-powershell/usage/cmdlet-reference/new-xpathquery.md) objects or other XPathQueryGroup objects.

### Syntax

```
New-XpathQueryGroup [-Operator] <GroupOperator> {And | Or} [[-Queries] <IXPathQueryObject[]>]  
```

### Parameters

#### Operator

Required. Specifies the logical operator to use when comparing queries within the group. The support values are `And` and `Or`

#### Queries

Required. One or more query objects generated with the [New-XPathQuery](/resource-management-powershell/usage/cmdlet-reference/new-xpathquery.md) or [New-XPathQueryGroup](/resource-management-powershell/usage/cmdlet-reference/new-xpathquerygroup.md) cmdlets

### Examples

#### Viewing the query group string

The `New-XPathQueryGroup` does not return a usable query itself. It returns only a part of the query that is used in an XPath expression. You can view the query component itself as shown in the following example.

```powershell
$query1 = New-XPathQuery -AttributeName "AccountName" -Operator Equals -Value "ryan"
$query2 = New-XPathQuery -AttributeName "AccountName" -Operator Equals -Value "bob"
$queryGroup = New-XPathQueryGroup -Operator Or -Queries @($query1, $query2)
$queryGroup .ToString()
```

This returns an string representing the query component

```
((AccountName = 'ryan') or (AccountName = 'bob'))
```

#### Building a simple query

In order to use the query, it must be rendered by an XPath expression created with the \[\[New-XPathExpression]] cmdlet

```powershell
$query1 = New-XPathQuery -AttributeName "AccountName" -Operator Equals -Value "ryan"
$query2 = New-XPathQuery -AttributeName "AccountName" -Operator Equals -Value "bob"
$queryGroup = New-XPathQueryGroup -Operator Or -Queries ($query1, $query2)
$expression = New-XPathExpression -ObjectType "Person" -QueryObject $queryGroup 
$expression.ToString()
```

This returns an expression containing the query

```
/Person[((AccountName = 'ryan') or (AccountName = 'bob'))]
```

#### Building a nested query

A query group can contain other groups as well as standard queries.

```powershell
$query1 = New-XPathQuery -AttributeName "DisplayName" -Operator StartsWith -Value "ryan"
$query2 = New-XPathQuery -AttributeName "DisplayName" -Operator Equals -Value "bob"
# Create the child group
$queryGroup1 = New-XPathQueryGroup -Operator Or -Queries @($query1, $query2)
$query3 = New-XPathQuery -AttributeName "Email" -Operator IsPresent
# Create the parent group using the child group and another query
$queryGroup2 = New-XPathQueryGroup -Operator And -Queries @($query3, $queryGroup1)
$expression = New-XPathExpression -ObjectType "Person" -QueryObject $queryGroup2
$expression.ToString()
```

The expression generated is as follows

```
/Person[((starts-with(Email, '%')) and ((starts-with(DisplayName, 'ryan')) or (DisplayName = 'bob')))]
```


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