---
title: "Get-FileReferences"
slug: "scripting-get-filereferences"
tags: ["Enterprise Only"]
updated: 2026-01-21T14:30:12Z
published: 2026-01-21T14:30:12Z
canonical: "help.agilityblue.com/scripting-get-filereferences"
---

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# Get-FileReferences

## Summary

Retrieves a collection of file reference objects.

```powershell
Get-FileReferences
    -Top
    -Skip
    -Filter
    -OrderBy
```

Returns a collection object with the following properties:

| Property | Type | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Collection | Collection of [file reference](https://apidocs.agilityblue.com/#519118e1-1937-4172-9f19-b582ada8d9aa) objects | The collection of entries retrieved after `top`, `skip`, `filter`, and `order by` parameters were applied. |
| Top | Int32 | The `top` parameter value that was used. Useful while paging data. |
| Skip | Int32 | The `skip` parameter value that was used. Useful while paging data. |
| TotalCount | Int32 | The total count of records available after any filtering was applied. Useful while paging data. |

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required? | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Top | Int32 | No, Defaults to `40` | Total number of entries to retrieve. Max is `1000`. |
| Skip | Int32 | No, Defaults to `0` | How many entries should be skipped within the collection. Used for paging the results. |
| Filter | String | No | An OData 4 string that can be used for filtering the collection. |
| OrderBy | String | No | An OData 4 string that can be used for sorting the collection by specific fields. |

## Examples

### Get a collection of file references

```powershell
# Retrieve one record from the collection, since we're only interested in the total count.
$collectionWrapper = Get-FileReferences -Top 1

Write-Output "There are $($collectionWrapper.TotalCount) file(s) in the workspace"
```

```ExecutionResults
There are 131 file(s) in the workspace
```