How would I export a JSON file to excel CSV properly? - json

JSON FILE:
"jwick": {
"VPN1": {
"username": "jwick",
"2FA_STATUS": "2FA Registered and Active",
"ad_account_status": "AD Account Enabled",
"ADMIN_BOUNDARY": "United States"
},
"VPN2": {
"username": "jwick",
"2FA_STATUS": "2FA Registered and Active",
"ad_account_status": "AD Account Enabled",
"role_rdp_hosts": {
"wts-jwick#noneyobusiness.com": {
"computerhostname12": "ipaddress 192.168.0.1"
}
},
"ADMIN_BOUNDARY": "United States"
}
},
"jbond": {
"VPN1": {
"username": "jbond",
"2FA_STATUS": "2FA Registered and Active",
"ad_account_status": "AD Account Enabled",
"ADMIN_BOUNDARY": "England"
},
"VPN2": {
"username": "jbond",
"2FA_STATUS": "2FA Registered and Active",
"ad_account_status": "AD Account Enabled",
"role_rdp_hosts": {
"wts-jbond#MI6.com": {
"hostname23": "ipaddress 10.0.0.1"
}
},
"ADMIN_BOUNDARY": "England"
}
},
"JIJOE": {
"VPN1": {
"username": "JIJOE",
"2FA_STATUS": "2FA Locked",
"attempted_login": "358 days, 20 hours, 3 min",
"last_login": "489 days, 18 hours, 12 min",
"created": null,
"ad_account_status": "AD Account Enabled",
"ADMIN_BOUNDARY": "United States"
},
"VPN2": {
"username": "JIJOE",
"2FA_STATUS": "2FA Locked",
"ad_account_status": "AD Account Enabled",
"role_rdp_hosts": {
"wts-JIJOE#joes.com": {
"computername34": "ipaddress 172.1.0.1"
}
},
"ADMIN_BOUNDARY": "United States"
}
}
How would I export this JSON file to reflect the user at the root, and the role_rdp_hosts key under each user, if they are within the "United States" Admin_Boundary, into a CSV or some kind of list?
POWERSHELL SCRIPT
$json = (Get-Content "C:\Users\Tofu\Downloads\VPNUsers.json" -raw | ConvertFrom-Json)
$Output = #()
$Output = ($json.psobject.Properties.
Where({ $_.Value.VPN2.ADMIN_BOUNDARY -eq "United States." }).
ForEach({ [pscustomobject] #{ $_.Name = $_.Value.VPN2.role_rdp_hosts } }) |
ConvertTo-Json)
$Output | Export-Csv -path "C:\Users\Tofu\Desktop\List.csv" -NoTypeInformation
Trying this PowerShell script returns "Length 29666" in excel.
If I take away the $Output variable and just pipe out ConvertToJson, I can view it in the terminal fine.

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Create a json document based on existing document with powershell 5.1

I'm trying to build a json document which takes it's structure, column names and some values from an already existing base json document, and sets other values to variables assigned via powershell 5.1 in a foreach-object loop.
I tried editing a copy of the base json and creating a new one entirely and I can get close to what I want but not exactly.
A cut down example json document is:
[
{
"name": "Application1",
"tags": ["monitor"],
"description": "Get information about application 1.",
"query":
[
{
"target": {
"version": ["v1","v2","v3","v4","v5"],
"platform": ["Windows","Linux"]
},
"implementation": {
"action": "do something"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "Application2",
"tags": ["monitor"],
"description": "Get information about application 2",
"query":
[
{
"target": {
"version": ["v1","v2","v3"],
"platform": ["Windows"]
},
"implementation": {
"action": "do something for v1, v2 and v3"
}
},
{
"target": {
"version": ["v4","v5"],
"platform": ["Windows"]
},
"implementation": {
"action": "do something for v4 and v5"
}
}
]
}
]
My script currently looks like:
$BaseJson = (Get-Content "$SourcePath\probes.json" | ConvertFrom-Json)
$ClientConfig = #"
{
"targetHost": "$DigitalSymphonyHost",
"targetPort": "$DigitalSymphonyPort",
"source": "$TargetSqlInstance",
"sensor": {}
}
"#
$ClientJson = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $ClientConfig
$BaseJson | Where-Object {$_.tags -contains "monitor"} | ForEach-Object {
# For each sensor in the base-sensors json document
$SensorName = $_.name
$Severity = 2
$Version = $_.query.target.version
$Platform = $_.query.target.platform
$Query = $_.query.implementation.action
$Sensor =#"
{
"severity": "$Severity",
"sensorId": "$SensorId",
"type": "$Type",
"target": {
"version": "$Version",
"platform": "$Platform",
"engineEdition": "$Edition"
},
"implementation": {
"query": "$Query"
}
}
"#
$ClientJson.sensor | Add-Member -Name $SensorName -Value (ConvertFrom-Json $Sensor) -MemberType NoteProperty
}
$ClientJson | ConvertTo-Json | Out-File "$DestinationPath\client-sensors.json"
My desired result is to add the $SensorId as per:
[
{
"targetHost": "servername",
"targetPort": "port",
"source": "servername",
"sensor": [{
"name": "Application1",
"sensorId": "<value_from_$SensorId>",
"tags": [],
"description": "Get information about application 1.",
"query":
[
{
"target": {
"version": ["v1","v2","v3","v4","v5"],
"platform": ["Windows","Linux"]
},
"implementation": {
"action": "do something"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "Application2",
"sensorId": "<value_from_$SensorId>",
"tags": [],
"description": "Get information about application 2",
"query":
[
{
"target": {
"version": ["v1","v2","v3"],
"platform": ["Windows"]
},
"implementation": {
"action": "do something for v1, v2 and v3"
}
},
{
"target": {
"version": ["v4","v5"],
"platform": ["Windows"]
},
"implementation": {
"action": "do something for v4 and v5"
}
}
]
}]
}
]
My current result is
{
"targetHost": "servername",
"targetPort": "port",
"source": "server",
"sensor": {
"applicationname1": {
"tags": ["monitor],
"description": "Get information about application 2",
"sensorId": "420",
"target": "#{version=v1,v2,v3,v4,v5; platform=Windows Windows;}",
"action": "do something for v4 and v5"
}
}
}
I'm not sure where you're getting sensorID, but I'd do this more like the below:
param(
$SourcePath = $PSScriptRoot,
$DestinationPath = $PSScriptRoot,
$DigitalSymphonyHost = 'SomeHost',
$DigitalSymphonyPort = '8765',
$TargetSqlInstance
)
$BaseObj = (Get-Content "$SourcePath\probes.json" | ConvertFrom-Json)
$Client = [PSCustomObject] #{
targetHost = $DigitalSymphonyHost
targetPort = $DigitalSymphonyPort
source = $TargetSqlInstance
sensor = #()
}
$BaseObj | Where-Object {$_.tags -contains "monitor"} | ForEach-Object {
$sensor = $_
# TODO: How are you getting sensorId?
$sensor | Add-Member -Name 'sensorId' -Value 777 -MemberType NoteProperty
$Client.sensor += $sensor
}
ConvertTo-Json #($Client) -Depth 10 | Out-File "$DestinationPath\client-sensors.json" -Force
That will get you the JSON you're looking for.

Need to search a text file for a string and capture a second string located after the first

I'm working with an API call and I need to parse the JSON returned by the API in PowerShell. I'm searching for a particular name and then I need to capture a another item that follows it.
$json = #"
{
"Test": [
{
"association": "(None)",
"description": "",
"displayName": "BusIntel48.png",
"galleryImage": "[PlugIn]Images;Trebuchet.PlugIn.Images.Images.Common.BusIntelligence.BusIntel48.png",
"id": "944f73cc5c1a812eaa2ade43bd9ca0c9a40f963c56",
"links": [],
"localizedScopeName": "Built in",
"name": "BusIntel48.png",
"parentFolder": "ImagesCommonBusIntelligence",
"parentIsScopeFolder": false,
"scope": "FromResource",
"scopeOwner": "",
"standInKey": "DefType:ImageDef#Scope:FromResource#Id:944f73cc5c1a812eaa2ade43bd9ca0c9a40f963c56"
},
{
"association": "(None)",
"description": "",
"displayName": "BusProcActOnEvent16.png",
"galleryImage": "[PlugIn]Images;Trebuchet.PlugIn.Images.Images.Common.BusIntelligence.BusProcActOnEvent16.png",
"id": "944f73cc5cb33339be6db84987baef3f7190c931cf",
"links": [],
"localizedScopeName": "Built in",
"name": "BusProcActOnEvent16.png",
"parentFolder": "ImagesCommonBusIntelligence",
"parentIsScopeFolder": false,
"scope": "FromResource",
"scopeOwner": "",
"standInKey": "DefType:ImageDef#Scope:FromResource#Id:944f73cc5cb33339be6db84987baef3f7190c931cf"
}
]
}
"#
$x = $json | ConvertFrom-Json
$name = $x.Test | where { $_.name -eq "BusIntel48.png" }
I need to search for the name of the image file (ex. "name": "BusIntel48.png") and then capture the string after "standInKey: (ex. DefType:ImageDef#Scope:FromResource#Id:944f73cc5c1a812eaa2ade43bd9ca0c9a40f963c56).
Just need a change in last line.
You can also select one property by using :
$name = $x.Test | where { $_.name -eq "BusIntel48.png" } | Select-Object -Property "standInKey"

Powershell Code is working well on Powershell.exe and Powershell ISE but not working on VS Code

I'm trying to validate Json against Schema using Powershell and Newtonsoft dlls. My script is working well as expected if I run it on Powershell.exe or Powershell ISE but it isn't working if I run it using VS Code (on same PC).
$Json_file = "D:\Json\file_sample.json"
$Json_file_wrong = "D:\Json\file_sample_wrong.json"
$Json_Schema_file = "D:\Json\schema_sample.json"
$Json = Get-Content $Json_file
$Json_wrong = Get-Content $Json_file_wrong
$SchemaJson = Get-Content $Json_Schema_file
$Json_dll = "D:\Json\Json110r1\Bin\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
$Json_Schema_dll = "D:\Json\JsonSchema30r9\Bin\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.dll"
Add-Type -Path $Json_dll
Add-Type -Path $Json_Schema_dll
$source = #'
public class Validator
{
public static System.Collections.Generic.IList<string> Validate(Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken token, Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.JSchema schema)
{
System.Collections.Generic.IList<string> messages;
Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.SchemaExtensions.IsValid(token, schema, out messages);
return messages;
}
}
'#
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $source -ReferencedAssemblies $Json_dll, $Json_Schema_dll
function Validate_Json_Against_Schema {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] $Json_param,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] $Schema_param
)
$valid = $false
$Token = [Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken]::Parse($Json_param)
$Schema = [Newtonsoft.Json.Schema.JSchema]::Parse($Schema_param)
$result = [Validator]::Validate($Token,$Schema)
if ($result.Count -eq 0)
{
$valid = $true
}
return $valid
}
Validate_Json_Against_Schema $Json $SchemaJson
Validate_Json_Against_Schema $Json_wrong $SchemaJson
If I run it using VS Code (version 1.12.1, Powershell extension version 1.6.0) I have such error:
Cannot convert argument "token", with value: "{
"shipping_address": {
"street_address": "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
"city": "Washington",
"state": "DC"
}
}", for "Validate" to type "Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken": "Cannot convert the "{
"shipping_address": {
"street_address": "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
"city": "Washington",
"state": "DC"
}
}" value of type "Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject" to type "Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken"."
At C:\Users\popovvg\Desktop\123.ps1:39 char:1
+ $result = [Validator]::Validate($Token,$Schema)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodArgumentConversionInvalidCastArgument
My OS is fully updates Windows 10 x64. $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.16299.98
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.16299.98
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Json file:
{
"shipping_address": {
"street_address": "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
"city": "Washington",
"state": "DC",
"type": "business"
}
}
Schema file:
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {
"address": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"street_address": { "type": "string" },
"city": { "type": "string" },
"state": { "type": "string" }
},
"required": ["street_address", "city", "state"]
}
},
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"billing_address": { "$ref": "#/definitions/address" },
"shipping_address": {
"allOf": [
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/address" },
{ "properties":
{ "type": { "enum": [ "residential", "business" ] } },
"required": ["type"]
}
]
}
}
}
I tried to run it on Windows 7 x86 - same result. What am I doing wrong?
There is a bug I recall hearing in VS Code and PowerShell extension around classes, but can't recall what it was. Your script is being executed in VS Code via the Integrated Terminal, which is PowerShell Editor Services in the back end.
The host that your code executes in that integrated terminal is a different host than what you get via PowerShell.exe or the ISE. I would recommend submitting an issue with the VS Code logs to the PS Extension repo: https://github.com/powershell/vscode-powershell/issues

ARM Template DSC: configuration does not 'see' protectedSettings.configurationArguments

I need to protect a DSC configuration parameter ([pscredential]RegistrationKey), so I have put it under "settings.protectedSettings.configurationData" thus:
"protectedSettings": {
"configurationArguments": {
"RegistrationKey": {
"UserName": "PLACEHOLDER_DONOTUSE",
"Password": "[parameters('dscAutomationRegistrationKey')]"
}
},
"configurationUrlSasToken": "[parameters('artifactsLocationSasToken')]"
}
I get the error:
"VM has reported a failure when processing extension 'Microsoft.Powershell.DSC'. Error message: \"The DSC Extension failed to execute: Mandatory
parameter RegistrationKey is missing.
If I move RegistrationKey out of "settings.protectedSettings.configurationArguments", into "settings.configurationArguments", it works, therefore, I assume there is nothing wrong with the syntax, so I believe it is to do with PsDscAllowPlainTextPassword = $true that wasn't included in the DSC configuration.
(I tried to include the configuration block in the PS1 file, but this threw an error, suggesting this can't be done)
I have now written a configurationdata .psd1 file, containing the following:
$ConfigData = #{
AllNodes = #(
#{
NodeName = "*"
PsDscAllowPlainTextPassword = $true
}
)
}
and referenced it in settings.configurationdata.url.
This now results in the same error as before: VM has reported a failure...
The ARM template is called from PowerShell:
$oAutomationAccount = Get-AzureRmAutomationAccount -ResourceGroupName $AAresourceGroupName -Name $AutomationAccountName
$RegistrationInfo = $oAutomationAccount | Get-AzureRmAutomationRegistrationInfo
$DscRegKeyString = $RegistrationInfo.PrimaryKey
$ssDscAutomationRegistrationKey = (ConvertTo-SecureString -string $DscRegKeyString -AsPlainText -Force)
#Automation Account EndPoint Uri
$DscRegistrationUrl = $RegistrationInfo.Endpoint
$params = #{
artifactsLocationSasToken = $TemplateSas
vmName = "XYZ"
dscAutomationRegistrationKey = $ssDscAutomationRegistrationKey
dscAutomationRegistrationUrl = $DscRegistrationUrl
dscNodeConfigurationName = "CreateAFolder.localhost"
dscTimeStamp = (Get-Date -f "MM/dd/yyyy H:mm:ss tt") #"MM/dd/yyyy H:mm:ss tt"
dscResourceUrl = $DscResourceUrl
dscConfigurationUrl = $DscConfigurationUrl
dscResourceScript = $DscResourceScriptName
dscResourceFunction = "ConfigureLCMforAAPull"
#sequenceId = $sequenceId
}
New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment #params `
-Name "$TemplateInstance-$branch" `
-ResourceGroupName $DeploymentResourceGroup.ResourceGroupName `
-Mode Incremental `
-DeploymentDebugLogLevel All `
-TemplateUri $TemplateUri `
-Verbose
Where I believe the parameters are being passed as the correct types.
What am I doing wrong?
Reference template: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/blob/master/dsc-extension-azure-automation-pullserver/azuredeploy.json
Updated to use a newer DSC schema:https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2016/02/26/arm-dsc-extension-settings/
this is the template I've been using for node onboarding:
{
"name": "xxx",
"type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
"dependsOn": [
"xxx"
],
"properties": {
"publisher": "Microsoft.Powershell",
"type": "DSC",
"typeHandlerVersion": "2.22",
"autoUpgradeMinorVersion": false,
"protectedSettings": {
"Items": {
"registrationKeyPrivate": "[parameters('registrationData')]"
}
},
"settings": {
"ModulesUrl": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/raw/master/dsc-extension-azure-automation-pullserver/UpdateLCMforAAPull.zip",
"SasToken": "",
"ConfigurationFunction": "UpdateLCMforAAPull.ps1\\ConfigureLCMforAAPull",
"Properties": [
{
"Name": "RegistrationKey",
"Value": {
"UserName": "PLACEHOLDER_DONOTUSE",
"Password": "PrivateSettingsRef:registrationKeyPrivate"
},
"TypeName": "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential"
},
{
"Name": "RegistrationUrl",
"Value": "xxx",
"TypeName": "System.String"
},
{
"Name": "NodeConfigurationName",
"Value": "xxx",
"TypeName": "System.String"
},
{
"Name": "ConfigurationMode",
"Value": "ApplyAndMonitor",
"TypeName": "System.String"
},
{
"Name": "ConfigurationModeFrequencyMins",
"Value": 15,
"TypeName": "System.Int32"
},
{
"Name": "RefreshFrequencyMins",
"Value": 30,
"TypeName": "System.Int32"
},
{
"Name": "RebootNodeIfNeeded",
"Value": true,
"TypeName": "System.Boolean"
},
{
"Name": "ActionAfterReboot",
"Value": "ContinueConfiguration",
"TypeName": "System.String"
},
{
"Name": "AllowModuleOverwrite",
"Value": true,
"TypeName": "System.Boolean"
},
{
"Name": "Timestamp",
"Value": "MM/dd/yyyy H:mm:ss tt",
"TypeName": "System.String"
}
]
}
}
}
I know its using an old format, but that works so, meh.

Need to convert nested Json response to csv in powershell

I have below sample nested json response and I need to convert this response with specific values into CSV file. Below is the sample nested Json response:
{
"transaction": {
"id": "TestTransID",
"testCode": "NEW",
"TestStatus": "SUCCESS",
"client": {
"TestNumber": "112112111"
},
"subject": {
"individual": {
"additionalAttributes": {
"extraid": "787877878"
},
"addressList": [
{
"city": "New York",
"country": {
"name": "United States"
},
"postalCode": "123456789",
"stateOrProvince": {
"codeValue": "NY"
}
}
],
"gender": "F",
"identificationDocumentList": [
{
"number": "1214558520",
"type": "TestId"
}
],
"name": {
"firstName": "Qusay TestFull",
"lastName": "TestLast",
"middleName": "Middle 3"
}
}
},
"PROCESSConfiguration": {
"id": 1
},
"testProductList": [
{
"product": {
"id": 00,
"name": "Test PROCESS",
"productCode": "EFG",
"disclaimer": "TestDisclaimer"
},
"testSourceResponseList": [
{
"testSource": {
"id": 1,
"name": "TEST"
},
"testSourceRecordList": [
{
"type": "TestRecord",
"alertReasonCode": "TESTS",
"alertReasonDescription": "ACTION LIST HIT - TEST",
"testSource": "TEST",
"varListNameFull": "TEST FULL NAME",
"varListNameShort": "TEST SHORT",
"varProgList": [
"SHORT"
],
"varListId": "3421",
"subject": {
"individual": {
"TestScore": {
"TestScore": 100,
"triggeredRule": "TestRule"
},
"aNameList": [
{
"fullName": " TestNameA",
"lastName": "TestNameA"
},
{
"firstName": "TestFirst",
"fullName": "TestFirst HUSAYN",
"lastName": "TestLast"
},
{
"firstName": "TestFirst",
"fullName": "TestFull",
"lastName": "TestLast"
},
{
"firstName": "TestFirst",
"fullName": "TestFull",
"lastName": "TestLast"
}
],
"birthList": [
{
"dateOfBirth": "12 Apr 1910",
"dateOfBirthVerified": "true"
}
],
"name": {
"firstName": "TestFirst",
"fullName": "TestFull",
"lastName": "TestLast"
},
"varNationality": [
{
"verified": "true"
}
],
"remarks": "remark1"
}
}
},
{
"testSource": "TEST",
"varListNameFull": "TEST FULL",
"varListNameShort": "TEST SHORT",
"varProgList": [
"XYZ"
],
"varListId": "1234",
"subject": {
"individual": {
"overallScore": {
"TestScore": 100,
"triggeredRule": "Testing"
},
"birthList": [
{
"dateOfBirth": "1965",
},
{
"dateOfBirth": "1966",
}
],
"name": {
"firstName": "TestFirst",
"fullName": "TestFull",
"lastName": "TestLast",
},
"varNationality": [
{
"verified": "true"
}
],
"remarks": "REMARK2"
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
],
}
}
I need to take response from ""PROCESSConfiguration": {
"id": 1"
from row # 40. If u'll take above code in notepad ++.
Also I need the response with respect to var value like first name, last name full name, DOB etc.
I am still unsure what is being asked for. Let me assume that you want a fully qualified path for each of the elements in the JSON file.
I started by making some small adjustments to the JSON based on http://jsonlint.com/.
Based on that, I did a proof of concept that works for ONE OBJECT like the JSON you posted. It works for THIS CASE. I wrapped the logic to deal with multiple objects making assumptions about when one object started and the next began. Also, logic would should be added to deal with nested series/array containing multiple properties (i.e. Threads in Get-Process) to handle a generic case. A single element with an array of values (like .transaction.varProgList in this case) is handled by putting a ‘;’ between them.
CSV files assume that all the objects are symmetric (have the same properties). There is no check to see that the properties for each object align with the properties of the other objects. Note the handling of nested series is related to this. You may see an example of this by uncommenting the [System.Collections.ICollection] section and trying something like (Get-Process r*) | Select-Object Name,Threads | Expand-NestedProperty | Out-File .\t.csv -Width 100000
The repro goes as follows where $a is the adjusted JSON content and the function is saved as Expand-NestedProperty.ps1.
# Load the function
. .\Expand-NestedProperty.ps1
# Create PowerShell object(s) based on the JSON
$b = $a | ConvertFrom-Json
# Create a file with the CSV contents.
$b | Expand-NestedProperty | Out-File -FilePath .\my.csv -Width 100000
Save this as Expand-NestedProperty.ps1
function Expand-NestedProperty {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter( Position=0,
Mandatory=$true,
ValueFromPipeline=$true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
ValueFromRemainingArguments=$false,
HelpMessage='Object required...' )]
$InputObject
)
begin {
function ExpandNestedProperty {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter( Position=0,
Mandatory=$true,
ValueFromPipeline=$true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
ValueFromRemainingArguments=$false,
HelpMessage='Object required...' )]
$InputObject,
[Parameter( Position=1,
Mandatory=$false,
ValueFromPipeline=$false,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
ValueFromRemainingArguments=$false,
HelpMessage='String required...' )]
[string]
$FullyQualifiedName = ""
)
begin {
$localResults =#()
$FQN = $FullyQualifiedName
$nestedProperties = $null
}
process {
foreach ($obj in $InputObject.psobject.Properties) {
if ($(try {$obj.Value[0] -is [PSCustomObject]} catch {$false})) { # Catch 'Cannot index into a null array' for null values
# Nested properties
$FQN = "$($FullyQualifiedName).$($obj.Name)"
$nestedProperties = $obj.value | ExpandNestedProperty -FullyQualifiedName $FQN
}
elseif ($obj.Value -is [array]) {
# Array property
$FQN = "$($FullyQualifiedName).$($obj.Name)"
[psobject]$nestedProperties = #{
$FQN = ($obj.Value -join ';')
}
}
# Example of how to deal with generic case.
# This needed for the Get-Process values ([System.Collections.ReadOnlyCollectionBase] and [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]) that are not [array] collection type.
<#
elseif ($obj.Value -is [System.Collections.ICollection]) {
# Nested properties
$FQN = "$($FullyQualifiedName).$($obj.Name)"
$nestedProperties = $obj.value | ExpandNestedProperty -FullyQualifiedName $FQN
}
#>
else { # ($obj -is [PSNoteProperty]) for this case, but could be any type
$FQN = "$($FullyQualifiedName).$($obj.Name)"
[psobject]$nestedProperties = #{
$FQN = $obj.Value
}
}
$localResults += $nestedProperties
} #foreach $obj
}
end {
[pscustomobject]$localResults
}
} # function ExpandNestedProperty
$objectNumber = 0
$firstObject = #()
$otherObjects = #()
}
process {
if ($objectNumber -eq 0) {
$objectNumber++
$firstObject = $InputObject[0] | ExpandNestedProperty
}
else {
if ($InputObject -is [array]) {
foreach ($nextInputObject in $InputObject[1..-1]) {
$objectNumber++
$otherObjects += ,($nextInputObject | ExpandNestedProperty)
}
}
else {
$objectNumber++
$otherObjects += ,($InputObject | ExpandNestedProperty)
}
}
}
end {
# Output CSV header and a line for each object which was the specific requirement here.
# Could create an array of objects using $firstObject + $otherObjects that is then piped to Export-CSV if we want a generic case.
Write-Output "`"$($firstObject.Keys -join '","')`""
Write-Output "`"$($firstObject.Values -join '","')`""
foreach ($otherObject in $otherObjects) {
Write-Output "`"$($otherObject.Values -join '","')`""
}
}
} # function Expand-NestedProperty