Function only diplays properties once - powershell

I have a function that for some reason, just seems to only display $Properties once, no matter how many users are passed to the script. Tried to throw in just the $user passed into the script to display but, that too only displays once. Not too sure why it's doing this as I have exhausted ideas on what it may be:
Function Set-DRAUserProperty {
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
ValueFromPipeline=$true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
[string[]]$UserName,
$Company,
$Department,
$Name,
$O,
$PhysicalDeliveryOfficeName,
$TelephoneNumber,
$Title
)
DynamicParam
{
if ($UserName.Split(',').Count -le 1) {
$displayNameAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
$displayNameAttribute.Mandatory = $false
$attributeCollection = new-object System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
$attributeCollection.Add($displayNameAttribute)
$displayNameParam = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter('DisplayName', [string], $attributeCollection)
$paramDictionary = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
$paramDictionary.Add('DisplayName', $displayNameParam)
$paramDictionary
}
}
Begin
{
$OrgBoxOu = "*OU=xxxxxxxxx"
$Parameters = $PSBoundParameters
$Properties = #{}
}
Process
{
foreach ($User in $UserName)
{
try {
$SelectedUser = Get-ADUser -Identity $User -Properties DisplayName
if ($SelectedUser) {
$Parameters.GetEnumerator() | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_.Key -ne 'UserName'} |
ForEach-Object -Process `
{
if ($_.Key -eq 'DisplayName' -and $SelectedUser.DistinguishedName -like $OrgBoxOu) {
if ('FirstNamePreferred' -in $Properties.Keys) {
Continue
}
else {
$Properties.Add($_.Key, $_.Value)
$Properties.Add('FirstNamePreferred', $_.Value)
}
}
else {
if ($_.Key -in $Properties.Keys) {
Continue
}
else {
$Properties.Add($_.Key, $_.Value)
}
}
}
$Properties.GetEnumerator()
#Set-DRAUser -Identifier $SelectedUser.DistinguishedName -Properties $Properties #DRA_Server_Splat -ErrorAction Stop
}
else {
Write-Host -Object "No valid member selected!"
}
}
catch {
Write-Host -Object "ERROR: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor Black
continue
}
}
}
End { }
}
When running the function,
Set-DRAUserProperty -UserName Abe,Abe -Company ssc
. . . the output is only displayed once:
Name Value
---- -----
Company ssc
What i'm tring to achieve is having the values be splatted onto another cmdlet, but it won't work as long as my $Properties hashtable only displays once. So expected output would be it display the hashtable for each user that's been passed to the function:
Name Value
---- -----
Company ssc
Name Value
---- -----
Company ssc
Just looking for some fresh eyes that can point me in the right direction and/or, shed some light on what might be happening (wrong). Not sure what could be causing the issue so can't pin-point it to a specific code section.
Please edumecate me:)

Solution was to define the hashtable inside the foreach loop instead of inside the begin { ... } block:
foreach ($User in $UserName)
{
$Properties = #{}
....
....
}
But if you want to understand why it was not working before?, this is your hint:
if ($_.Key -in $Properties.Keys) {
'{0} is in $Properties.Keys :)' -f $_.Key
Continue
}
Which yields:
Name Value
---- -----
Company ssc
Company is in $Properties.Keys :)
Company is in $Properties.Keys :)
And this only happens because $Properties is the same on each iteration (because it was defined in the begin { ... } block).

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Function Change-DRAUserProperty {
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
ValueFromPipeline=$true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
[string[]]$UserName,
$Company,
$Department,
$DisplayName,
$Name,
$O,
$PhysicalDeliveryOfficeName,
$TelephoneNumber,
$Title
)
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{
$OrgBoxOu = "*OU=XX, DC=XX"
$Parameters = $PSBoundParameters
$Properties = #{}
}
Process
{
foreach ($User in $UserName)
{
try {
$SelectedUser = $User
if ($SelectedUser) {
$Parameters.GetEnumerator() | Where-Object Key -ne 'UserName' |
ForEach-Object -Process `
{
if ($_.Key -eq 'DisplayName' -and $SelectedUser.DistinguishedName -notlike $OrgBoxOu) {
$Properties.Add('FirstNamePreferred', $_.Value)
}
$Properties.Add($_.Key, $_.Value)
}
$Properties
#Set-DRAUser -Identifier $SelectedUser.DistinguishedName -Properties $Properties #DRA_Server_Splat -ErrorAction Stop
}
else {
Write-Host -Object "No valid member selected!"
}
}
catch {
Write-Host -Object "$($_.Exception.Messge)" -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor Black
continue
}
}
}
End { }
}
Using the command line arguments: Change-DRAUserProperty -UserName Abe, Abe2, Abe3 -Company SSC -Department USSF
. . .only displays:
Name Value
---- -----
Department USSF
Company SSC
Instead of one per user passed (what the results should be):
Name Value
---- -----
Department USSF
Company SSC
Name Value
---- -----
Department USSF
Company SSC
Name Value
---- -----
Department USSF
Company SSC
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Param(
[string]$Text = 'Put text here'
)
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$numOK = $false
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You're looking for:
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As opposed to:
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another funky mode :
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{
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string[]]$machines
)
begin
{
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
Add-Type -Language CSharp #"
public class BrokenBroker {
qpublic System.String MachineName;
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public BrokenBroker (string MachineName, string MaintenanceMode)
{
this.MachineName = MachineName;
this.MaintenanceMode = IsInMaintenanceMode;
}
}
"#
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process
{
try
{
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PowerShell return collection object as duplicates

Hi apologies if this has been asked before. If so
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[CmdletBinding()]
param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
[string]
$SearchString
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PowerShell Remove the last error

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If I then consult within my script the variable $Error it tells me there's one record, which is correct. But I would like to know if it's possible to only delete the last error within the function in the Catch clause? So I can keep my $Error variable clear for the script errors.
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The function:
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[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$True)]
Param(
[Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true,Position=0)]
[String[]] $OU
)
Begin {
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$CanonicalName = $_.CanonicalName
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$Pieces.Remove($Pieces[-1])
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[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)]
[String] $DistinguishedName,
[parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[ValidateSet('UserProfile','AllowLogon','HomeDirectory','HomeDrive')]
[String]$Property
)
Begin {
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Process {
Try {
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'HomeDirectory' {$User.psbase.InvokeGet('TerminalServicesHomeDirectory')}
'HomeDrive' {$User.psbase.InvokeGet('TerminalServicesHomeDrive')}
'UserProfile' {$User.psbase.InvokeGet('TerminalServicesProfilePath')}
}
}
Catch {
# When we receive an error, it means the field has never been used before and is blank
# this is due to an error in the AD (same problem with the Quest CmdLet), AllowLogon is
# always 'TRUE' but we don't set it because we can't read it sometimes so we write 'blanks'
Write-Output $null
}
}
}
}
Process {
Foreach ($_ in $OU) {
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Write-Verbose "Function Get-HCADusersNoManager > Manager field empty"
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#Get-ADUser -SearchBase $_ -Filter * -Properties * |
Foreach {
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"Creation date" = $_.whenCreated;
"Display name" = $_.displayName;
"CN name" = $_.name;
"Last name" = $_.sn;
"First name" = $_.givenName;
"Logon name" = $_.sAMAccountName;
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"Notes" = $_.info -replace "`n"," ";
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"TS Allow logon" = Get-ADTSProfileHC $_.DistinguishedName 'AllowLogon'
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}
}
}
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Two easy ways to do this:
$error.Remove($error[0])
$Error.RemoveAt(0)
Don't forget to check there is an error first.
$Error.Remove($error[$Error.Count-1])
If errors variable is empty, you will not get any exception
I hope it helps