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    Hello

    I've been asked to update the title for users at our organization from a CSV file.  The CSV file contains theforst name, last name, and the updated title for each user.

    I have no trouble importing the file - all headers are correct.

    Where I'm having an issue is using a ForEach loop and trying to look up the ad accounts via first and last name

    My code looks like this:

    foreach($userin$users) {

    $FirstName=$user.GivenName

    $lastname=$user.Surname

       

    $ADUser=Get-ADUser-Filter{Surname-eq'($lastname)'-andGivenName-eq'($firstname)'} -Properties*

    }

    However, this returns no values to the array $ADUser - if I plug a string (such as the user first name and last name) I get results back, but never when I try to pass the names through the l;oop using the variable.

    I'm sure I'm missing something - any ideas?

    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:45 PM

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    YOu can also do it this way:

    import-csv users.csv |
	ForEach-Object{
		Get-Aduser -Filter "surname -eq '$($_.surname)' -and givenname -eq '$($_.givenname)'"
	}

    \_(ツ)_/

    • Proposed as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:20 PM
    • Marked as answer by jpaulson61 Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:39 AM
    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:09 PM

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    Use -LDAPFilter instead.

    Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(&(givenName=$firstname)(sn=$lastname))"

    -- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]


    • Edited by Bill_Stewart Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:52 PM
    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:52 PM
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    Proper use of filter:

    $ADUser = Get-ADUser-Filter {Surname-eq '$lastname' -and GivenName-eq '$firstname'} -Properties*

    Assuming header of "Surname,Givenname"

    \_(ツ)_/

    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:53 PM
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    If you're referring to removing the () from the variables, the results are still null

    And, yes, the headers are Surname and GivenName

    • Edited by jpaulson61 Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:03 PM
    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:02 PM
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    Your CSV file is not correct.

    \_(ツ)_/

    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:04 PM
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    Then your header line must be incorrect. Is it comma delimited?

    Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)

    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:06 PM
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    Yes, it's comma delimited

    header looks like so:

    Surname,GivenName,Title

    Information in the rest looks like:

    SMITH,JOHN,SYSTEMS ENGINEER
    JONES,SAM,SR SYSTEMS ENGINEER

    There are no spaces or whitespace in the first two rows - only in the title.

     - after import, I get the information correctly - just happens when I use the loop for each array member




    • Edited by jpaulson61 Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:19 PM
    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:09 PM
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    YOu can also do it this way:

    import-csv users.csv |
	ForEach-Object{
		Get-Aduser -Filter "surname -eq '$($_.surname)' -and givenname -eq '$($_.givenname)'"
	}

    \_(ツ)_/

    • Proposed as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:20 PM
    • Marked as answer by jpaulson61 Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:39 AM
    Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:09 PM
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    Throws an error -

    Get-Aduser : The search filter cannot be recognized
    At C:\scripts\in progress\UpdateTitle.ps1:17 char:3
    +         Get-Aduser -Filter "surname -eq '$($_.surname)' -and givenname -eq '$($_.given ...
    +    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:32 AM
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    You have a typo in your version.  We can't see your code so we cannot tell you where.

    \_(ツ)_/

    Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:34 AM
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    My mistake - this works!

     - so, to change the title on each, would I pipe this to the following?

    Set-Aduser -Replace @{title='$($_.Title)'}

    • Edited by jpaulson61 Thursday, October 27, 2016 12:10 PM
    Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:39 AM