Sample for storing a transcript of a PowerShell script execution to a file. The path for the transcript file is a mandatory parameter in the script.

TranscriptSample.ps1

param (
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$TranscriptPath
)

$scriptName = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name.Substring(0, $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name.IndexOf("."))

$transcriptExtension = Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd-HHmmss
$transcriptFile = "$TranscriptPath\$scriptName" + "_Transcript_$transcriptExtension.txt"

Start-Transcript -Path $transcriptFile

Write-Host "Output of the script execution"

Stop-Transcript