Export-Csv not generating expected results

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  I have the following code:

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  What I am doing wrong?  The CSV file, creating, is sprayed upward for the name of a company is like 'Test Company, Inc.'

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  I think the first thing we do is to read the docs.  And if you may have read 'em a little closer... ;-)

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  How around two parameters go?

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• not displaying recordset is not the expected results

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• % ROWCOUNT SQL does not return the expected result

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  The function called several times as part of a job. Basically, the main function (Say M), call a few functions (for example A1... A9). Each of these functions is to do something and updated the application using the above function. Therefore, each of the nine functions will call the above function with different parameters.

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  First run, invoke only first of all for the above function will return the positive result ($sql rowcount > 0). When I run M the second time, only first and second calls for the above function will be to return positive results and so on.

  How odd, it's that if I change the values again and run a function M, it will start from the beginning. And what strange more, the dynamic update statement is executed correctly and data are updated successfully. It's just sql rowcount % do not return is not the expected results.

  I tried to run execute immediately without (begin, end). I also tried to run it without HELP ON. It's always the same. I'm really confused, what Miss me here.

  I don't know if this is relevant. But for what it's worth, invoking the function above updates the SAME lines in the table appery_jti_deleted_users that the columns are different. So for all the work, the same lines need to be updated. Each function (A1... A9) will call the above function to update a different column of these lines.

  If you REALLY want to help you having US SHOW, not tell us:

  1. WHAT you do

  2. HOW to

  3. WHAT results you get

  4. WHAT results you expect to get

  First run, invoke only first of all for the above function will return the positive result ($sql rowcount > 0). When I run M the second time, only first and second calls for the above function will be to return positive results and so on.

  How odd, it's that if I change the values again and run a function M, it will start from the beginning. And what strange more, the dynamic update statement is executed correctly and data are updated successfully. It's just sql rowcount % do not return is not the expected results.

  Perhaps that the foregoing is true and maybe he's not. We have NO WAY of knowing because you don't SHOW US anything.

  I tried to run execute immediately without (begin, end). I also tried to run it without HELP ON. It's always the same.

  Yet once you showed us NOTHING >

  You do NOT FOLLOW best practices when you use dynamic sql statements: the sql statement real so that you can print:

  1 SEE what's running - make sure there are no syntax errors, and it seems to be what you wanted

  2 EXECUTE/TEST manually - to see if he really runs without error and see what results it really give.

  3. FIX any syntax or other problems and retest it

  Instrument properly your code and you won't have the problems you are having.

  You should know by now what are the parameters are transmitted when you run the function. So, there are at least three sets of these parameters.

  So you should be able to:

  1 run the instrumented manually function three times

  2. see that all three SQL statements are

  3 manually run these instructions

  4. see that the number of lines is after each execution

  We have no idea of what the output of the function is every time you call it. Apparently, you have, if you save the results of the function somewhere, but you didn't post any of this info.

  We need real details to help you - just listen to your story is not enough.

• result of foreach not getting attached to the export-csv

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  I am trying to learn powercli. I use under commads to get information for VMs. looks like the results not add in the csv file. CSV file shows the result of the latest VM in import-csv file.

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  You're crushed the CSV file with each iteration of the loop.

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• Virtual MACHINE created on date export csv - get - vm testvm works but says testvm get-vmcreationdate is not found.

  Hello

  I entered the following two functions in my shell powercli

  Two functions I have installed

  function {Get-VMEvents < #. . Logbook Get events for an entity or query all events. . Description This function returns the events for the entities. It is very similar to cmdlet Get-vievent. Please note that get-VMEvent can handle 1 vm at a time. You can't send picture of vms in this version of the script. . Example of Get-VMEvents 0All-types "VmCreatedEvent", "VmDeployedEvent", "VmClonedEvent". He will receive all events of type "VmCreatedEvent", "VmDeployedEvent" 'VmClonedEvent '. . Example of Get-VMEvents-name 'vm1' - type 'VmCreatedEvent '. Will be out of the events of creation of virtual machine: "vm1. It's faster than the vms piping is of result of Get - vm. There is no need to use get - vm to move names to get-vmevents. Yet, it is OK when you do, it will be just a little more slow < span class = "wp-smiley wp-emoji wp-emoji-blink of eye" title = ';') > ;) </span > . Example of Get-VMEvents-name 'vm1' - category 'WARNING '. Will be out all events for vm: 'vm1. It is is faster than the names of piping of cmdlet Get - vm. Category will get-vmevent to search only the defined category events. . Example of Get - vm "vm1 | Get-VMEvents-types "VmCreatedEvent", "VmMacAssignedEvent". Shows events for vm1 which will be regarding the events of creation,. and events when when / what mac address is assigned . VM parameter This setting is a unique string that represents the name of the vm. He expects this single vm name There in the virtual Center. Now in the first version of the script, it will only load a case where there is 1 instance of vm selected name. In the future it will load multiple as Well. . Types of parameters If none is specified, it will return all the events. If specified will return Only the events with selected types. For example: "VmCreatedEvent." "VmDeployedEvent", "VmMacAssignedEvent" "VmClonedEvent", etc... . Category of a parameter Possible categories are: warning, info, error. Please use this setting if you you want to filter events. . Setting all the If you need to set this parameter, so command queries all events Center Virtual Server virtual machines. . Notes NAME: VMEvents

  AUTHOR: Grzegorz Kulikowski

  LASTEDIT: 09/11/2012

  DOES NOT? #powercli @ irc.freenode.net

  . Link

  http://psvmware.WordPress.com

  # >

  (param

  [Parameter (ValueFromPipeline = $true)]

  [ValidatenotNullOrEmpty()]

  $VM,

  [String []] $variétés.

  [string] $category,

  [switch] $All

  )

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  {if ($Category)}

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  }

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  function get-vmcreationdate {}

  < #.

  . Logbook

  Gets if possible virtual machine created.

  . Description

  This function will return the object with information about the creation time, method, of months,.

  creator of particular virtual machine.

  VMname: SomeVM12

  Createduserid: 10/08/2012 11:48:18

  CreatedMonth: August

  CreationMethod: cloned

  Creator: office\greg

  This function displays NoEvent property in case when your VC do not

  more information on these specific events, or your vm events no longer have

  entries for the subject being created. If your VC data base has more tension date it is no longer possible

  you find this event.

  . Example of

  Get-VMCreationdate - VMnames 'my_vm1', 'My_otherVM '.

  This will return items that contain date information of creating virtual machines with names

  myvm1 and myvm2

  . Example of

  Get-VM-location 'Cluster1 | Get-VMCreationdate

  This will return items that contain information created for virtual machines that are

  Located in Cluster1

  . Example of

  Notice-EEG - viewtype virtualmachine - SearchRoot (get-datacenter "mydc") user.user | Get-VMCreationDate

  This will return items that contain information created for virtual machines that are

  located in the data center "mydc" container If you use this feature in an existing loop where you

  having the cmdlet get-view virtual machines, you can pass them via pipes or as a parameter VMnames.

  . Example of

  $report = get-cluster "cl-01' | Get-VMCreationdate

  $report | Export-csv c:\myreport.csv

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  You can also filter the report before you write in the csv file using select

  $report | Where-Object {$_.} {CreatedMonth - eq "October"} | Select VMName, CreatedMonth

  So that you see only the vms that have been created in October.

  . Example of

  Get-vmcreationdate - VMnames "my_vm1", testvm55

  WARNING: my_vm1 is not found, typo?

  VMname: testvm55

  Createduserid: 05/10/2012 14:24:03

  CreatedMonth: October

  CreationMethod: NewVM

  Creator: home\greg

  In case when you receive virtual machine that is not appropriate in the infrastructure of yor, a warning is displayed.

  You can always store the full text of the report in the $report variable, but it includes all the information on

  dates of creation of the missing vm. A warning always only for your information there is

  probably a typing mistake in the name of the virtual machine.

  . Parameter VMnames

  This parameter must contain objects of virtual machine or strings representing vm

  names. It is possible to supply this function wiith VM objects coming from get - vm or

  get - view.

  . Notes

  NAME: Get-VMCreationdate

  AUTHOR: Grzegorz Kulikowski

  LASTEDIT: 27/11/2012

  DOES NOT? #powercli @ irc.freenode.net

  . Link

  http://psvmware.WordPress.com

  # >

  (param

  [Parameter (ValueFromPipeline = $true, mandatory = $true)]

  [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]

  [Object []] $VMnames

  )

  {in process

  {foreach ($vm to $VMnames)

  $ReportedVM = "" | Select VMname Createduserid, CreatedMonth, CreationMethod, creator

  If ($CollectedEvent = $vm |) Get - VMEvents - types "VmBeingDeployedEvent", "VmRegisteredEvent", "VmClonedEvent", "VmBeingCreatedEvent" - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)

  {

  If ($CollectedEvent.GetType ().) IsArray) {$CollectedEvent = $CollectedEvent |?} {{$_-is [vmware.vim.VmRegisteredEvent]}}

  $CollectedEventType = $CollectedEvent.gettype () .name

  $CollectedEventMonth = "{0: MMMM}" $CollectedEvent.CreatedTime f

  $CollectedEventCreationDate = $CollectedEvent.CreatedTime

  $CollectedEventCreator = $CollectedEvent.Username

  Switch ($CollectedEventType)

  {

  "VmClonedEvent" {$CreationMethod = "Cloned"}

  "VmRegisteredEvent" {$CreationMethod = "RegisteredFromVMX"}

  "VmBeingDeployedEvent" {$CreationMethod = "VmFromTemplate"}

  "VmBeingCreatedEvent" {$CreationMethod = "NewVM"}

  default value {$CreationMethod = 'Error'}

  }

  $ReportedVM.VMname = $CollectedEvent.vm.Name

  $ReportedVM.CreatedTime = $CollectedEventCreationDate

  $ReportedVM.CreatedMonth = $CollectedEventMonth

  $ReportedVM.CreationMethod = $CreationMethod

  $ReportedVM.Creator = $CollectedEventCreator

  } else {}

  If ($?) {

  If ($vm - is [VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine]) {$ReportedVM.VMname = $vm.name} else {$ReportedVM.VMname = $vm.} ToString()}

  $ReportedVM.CreatedTime = 'NoEvent.

  $ReportedVM.CreatedMonth = 'NoEvent.

  $ReportedVM.CreationMethod = 'NoEvent.

  $ReportedVM.Creator = 'NoEvent.

  } else {}

  $ReportedVM = $null

  Write-Warning "$VM is not found, typo?

  }

  }

  $ReportedVM

  }

  }

  }

  Now, if I use the first command

  Get - vm testvm

  I get a response of

  Name PowerState Num CPU MemoryGB

  ----                 ---------- -------- --------

  Receiving TestVM 4 4,000

  But if I do

  Get-vmcreationdate testvm

  he responds with

  WARNING: testvm is not found. misspelling?

  I can't understand why he says this?

  What will be the final objective to query the server vcenter set and export a CSV of the creation of each day VM - is their an easier way to do it?

  I was intending to use

  get - vm | Get-VMCreationDate | Export-Csv-path "d:\\reports\vmcreationinventory.csv ".

  But at the present time, each unique virtual machine is indicating "is not found."

  Attached is an example with a virtual machine called gbvls

  Although you may be better communicate with the author of these functions, from what I can tell, it seems to indicate that none of the specified events were found for these virtual machines.

  You can check if there are targeted with the cmdlet Get-VIEvent ordinary events.

  If you can see events, there could be a problem with the Get-VMEvents function.

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  $tgtEvents = "VmBeingDeployedEvent", "VmRegisteredEvent", "VmClonedEvent", "VmBeingCreatedEvent".

  $vm = get-VM-name $vmName

  Get-VIEvent-body $vm - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue) |

  Where {$tgtEvents - contains $_.} GetType(). Name}

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  # Send the info by Mail

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  SmtpServer - mail.sanlam.co.za - from [email protected] '
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  You could use a ForEach loop through all vCenters and combine the results in a $1 report.

  Something like that

  $vCenters = "VC01","VC02","VC03"
  
  # Clear old sessionsDisconnect-VIServer $vCenters -Confirm:$false
  
  $report = @()# Check VC VC01 for Disconnects and Maintenance mode and Not Respondingforeach($vc in $vCenters){  Connect-VIServer -Server $vc -User FakeUSer -Password FakePassword
  
    $Report += (Get-VMhost -State Disconnected,Maintenance,NotResponding | Select @{N="VC";E={$vc}},name ,connectionstate)  Disconnect-VIServer $vc -Confirm:$false}
  
  # parse info to be html ,and give it date stamp
  
  $ReportHtml = ($report | ConvertTo-Html | out-String)
  
  # Write out CSV file and give it a Data Stamp
  
  $CurrentDate = Get-Date -Format 'MM-dd-yyyy_hh-mm-ss'$filename = "C:\PS\Output\DisconnectedHosts-$($CurrentDate).csv"
  
  $Report | Export-Csv -Path $filename -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  
  # Send info with Mail
  
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  I added the property vCenter for each line in the report

• Can not get the result of the command output to a text file...

  Hello

  I tried to get a list of my virtual machines (using PowerCLI) with CBT (block change tracking) enabled, and while the following command returns the results, I can't have it at the output to a text file. Any help you can offer would be appreciated.

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  Please notify.

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  Hello, wmilligan2013-

  You can get the information to an output file by removing the Write-Host calls.  How to do:

  Get-VM | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name *ctkEnabled* | Sort-Object Entity,Name |    Select Entity,Name,Value,Type | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture c:\temp\advSettingInfo.csv
  

  Which will be, for any virtual computer that has a * ctkEnabled * advanced configuration, parameter information advanced output for such virtual machine to the CSV file in the appropriate location.  It relies on the ability to Get-AdvancedSetting to accept the VM objects as the value to - entity from the pipeline (so the foreach statement is not necessary) and used the - param Name of this cmdlet, avoiding any disorder Select-String.  I used Export-Csv to the output method so that you can easily consume these data later if you need to act on these data or even manipulate it.

  How does do for you?

• Include the attribute custom report (Export-Csv)

  I am writing a script to report on disk / the use of the capacity for each virtual machine in the environment.

  I try to include a column in the generated report (CSV), which includes the CustomField/CustomAttributes for each virtual computer as well as the news of disk capacity.  The report runs fine, but after you export the report to CSV (Export-Csv using) the newly created column just to the custom attribute field displays the following parameters for each line/entry:

  VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Util.ReadOnlyDictionary'2 (System.String, System.String)

  When I use out-file it works, but formatting is very obscured...

  Here's the function/script that I use, I 'bolded in Red' the part of the script which I believe is the origin of the problem:

  Function Get-VMGuestDiskUsage {}
  (param
  [parameter (valuefrompipeline = $true required = $true, HelpMessage = "enter an entity vm")]
  ([VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachineImpl] $VM)
  {in process
  $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue".
  foreach ($disk in $VM. Guest.Disks) {}
  $objDisk = new-Object System.Object
  $objDisk | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-VM name-value $VM. Name
  $objDisk | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-name of Volume-value $disk. Path
  $objDisk | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-CapacityMB name-value ([math]: round ($disk.) Capacity / 1 MB))
  $objDisk | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-FreeSpaceMB name-value ([math]: round ($disk.) FreeSpace / 1 MB))
  $objDisk | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty - percent use of name-value ('{0:p2}' f (($disk.))) Capacity - $disk. FreeSpace) / $disk. Capacity))
  $objDisk | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-name CustomFields-value ($VM. CustomFields)
  $objDisk
  }
  }
  }

  Get - VM * | Get-VMGuestDiskUsage | Export-Csv - NoTypeInformation c:\scripts\output\test.csv

  Any help is greatly appreciated!  Also please let me know if I did a poor job explaining the scenario and what I'm after here.

  Hello, jSun311-

  Because the property "CustomFields" itself is an object, and you try to get out of the strings to the CSV format, you must manage the object.  You can replace the line in question by something like:

  $objDisk | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name CustomFields -Value (($VM.CustomFields | %{"$($_.Key) = $($_.Value)"}) -join ",")
  

  Which would result in the output for the column that might look like:

  dTestAttrib0 = someValue,dTestAttrib1 = AnotherValue
  

  In other words, there is a list separated by characters of the key/value pairs in the CustomFields property for the virtual machine.

  In addition, if you are interested, you might be able to clean up your code a bit by using the '-property ' New-Object parameter.  As:

  ...foreach ($disk in $VM.Guest.disks) {    New-Object PSObject -Property @{        VM = $VM.Name        Volume = $disk.Path        CapacityMB = [math]::Round($disk.Capacity / 1MB)        FreeSpaceMB = [math]::Round($disk.FreeSpace/1MB)        "Usage%" = "{0:p2}" -f (($disk.Capacity - $disk.FreeSpace) / $disk.Capacity)        CustomFields = ($VM.CustomFields | %{"$($_.Key) = $($_.Value)"}) -join ","    } ## end new-object} ## end foreach...
  

  In this way, you shouldn't bother with calls Add-Member and repetitive cases here.  Enjoy.

• Strange output from Get - VM... A cruise ship Export-CSV

  If I type this in PowerCLI I get expected results

  Get-Datacenter -name "name of my datacenter" | Get-VM | Where { ($_ | Get-CDDrive).ISOPath } | FT -auto Name, @{Label="OS"; Expression = { $_.Guest.OSFullName }}, @{Label="ISO file"; Expression = { ($_ | Get-CDDrive).ISOPath }}

  But if I try to export to a CSV file

  Get-Datacenter -name "name of my datacenter" | Get-VM | Where { ($_ | Get-CDDrive).ISOPath } | FT -auto Name, @{Label="OS"; Expression = { $_.Guest.OSFullName }}, @{Label="ISO file"; Expression = { ($_ | Get-CDDrive).ISOPath }} | Export-CSV virtual_machines_mounted_ISO.csv

  I get output like this:

  #TYPE Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData
  "ClassId2e4f51ef21dd47e99d3c952918aff9cd","pageHeaderEntry","pageFooterEntry","autosizeInfo","shapeInfo","groupingEntry"
  "033ecb2bc07a4d43b5ef94ed5a35d280",,,"Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.AutosizeInfo","Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.TableHeaderInfo",
  "9e210fe47d09416682b841769c78b8a3",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  "27c87ef9bbda4f709f6b4002fa4af63c",,,,,
  

  What Miss me?

  Try to replace the 'FT-auto' by 'Select-Object.

• Understanding Export-CSV

  Hello world

  I am writing (try it, I should say) to write a script that retrieves from vCenter all ESX hosts and for each host retrieves the guests (by selecting the name, powerstate, host, it feeds and memory) AND Gets the data store for each host) by selecting the name of DS, freespace and tot capacity).

  I don't get the release scheduled in my CSV file I was hoping. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? I assumed that my data through the variable - $esxHost and so O which must pass the export.

  
  

  Variable #Initialize

  $Hosts = 0

  $esxHost = 0

  $Hosts = get-vmHost

  {foreach ($esxHost in $Hosts)

  Get - VM | Select name powerstate, host, memoryMB

  Get-Datastore. Select name, freespacemb, capacitymb}

  $esxHost | Export-Csv "C:\LUN_Report.csv" - noTypeInformation

  JindiJee,

  It should be able to do what you are looking for. Although this operation generates two CSVs because it's really two separate reports you're looking for.

  Unless you try to print the data store for the virtual machine on the same line as the virtual machine, it would be a little different.

  This script creates a hash table which is a nice way to push around then he in a CSV file.

  You could cut this one place to make it more "One-liner", but it should help convey the image.

  Let me know if you get this job or if it does not have what you think.

  The first creates two hash tables and slapping in two CSVs. If you want to see your separate your VMS data warehouses.

  The second script will add the data to the first hash store and list with the virtual machine. It is not configured to manage virtual machines with disks on more than 1 data store. This can be done with a few adjustments.

  Guess I was bored... I added the 3rd which will add a line in your CSV for each data store associated with a virtual machine... This means that your VM can be included more than once, but it lists every DS.

  This should give you a good idea on how you can play with the export to CSVs I like installation of hash table.