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    Hello,

    Am testing using the PowerShell Start-Job commend, I have been successful in what I need but have run into an issue.

    $id = '58*'
$jobScript = { Get-ADUser -Properties employeeID, mail -Filter {employeeID -like $args} | Out-String }

        try
	{
		$job = Start-Job -Name "Pro" -InitializationScript {Import-Module ActiveDirectory} -ArgumentList $id -ScriptBlock $jobScript
	}
	catch [Exception]
	{
		Write-Debug $_
	}

$jobdata = Receive-Job -Name "Pro"

    But I get this error;

    Invalid type 'System.Object[]'.
    Parameter name: employeeID    
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ADUser], ArgumentException    
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryCmdlet:System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser    
    + PSComputerName        : localhost

    Am I able to pass the string $id into the Start-Job?!?

    Thanks for any help.

    Karl

    Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:30 AM

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    Hello,

    I tried this and it didn't work.

    I ended up creating a scriptblock as below and that worked.

    Thanks for looking.

    $userLookup = $txtLookupUser
						$ADUserLookupjobScript = [scriptblock]::create("Get-ADUser -Properties employeeID, mail -Filter {employeeID -like ""$userLookup""} | Out-String")

try{
								
									$ADUserLookupjob = Start-Job -Name "ADUserLookup" -InitializationScript {Import-Module ActiveDirectory} -ScriptBlock $ADUserLookupjobScript
								
								}
								catch [Exception]{
									Write-Debug $_
								
								}


    • Marked as answer by karl_009 Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:36 PM
    Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:36 PM

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    $args[0] instead of $args

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    • Proposed as answer by jrv Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:22 PM
    Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:34 PM
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    Hello,

    I tried this and it didn't work.

    I ended up creating a scriptblock as below and that worked.

    Thanks for looking.

    $userLookup = $txtLookupUser
						$ADUserLookupjobScript = [scriptblock]::create("Get-ADUser -Properties employeeID, mail -Filter {employeeID -like ""$userLookup""} | Out-String")

try{
								
									$ADUserLookupjob = Start-Job -Name "ADUserLookup" -InitializationScript {Import-Module ActiveDirectory} -ScriptBlock $ADUserLookupjobScript
								
								}
								catch [Exception]{
									Write-Debug $_
								
								}


    • Marked as answer by karl_009 Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:36 PM
    Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:36 PM