Format-Table not taking effect (Exchange - powershell) - powershell

Question

first of all sorry if my english is not the best. but ill try to explain my issue with as much detail as i can
Im having an issue where i cant get Format-Table to effect the output i give it.
below is the part im having issues with atm.
cls
$TotalSize = $($mailboxes. #{name = ”TotalItemSize (GB)”; expression = { [math]::Round((($_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToString()).Split(“(“)[1].Split(” “)[0].Replace(“,”, ””) / 1GB), 2) } });
$UserN = $($mailboxes.DisplayName)
$itemCount = $($mailboxes.ItemCount)
$LastLogonTime = $($mailboxes.ItemCount)
$allMailboxinfo = #(
#lager dataen som skal inn i et objekt
#{Username= $UserN; ItemCount = $itemCount; LastLogonTime = $($mailboxes.ItemCount); Size = $TotalSize}) | % { New-Object object | Add-Member -NotePropertyMembers $_ -PassThru }
$Table = $allMailboxinfo | Format-Table | Out-String
$Table
the output of this gives me what almost looks like json syntax below each title of the table.
Username LastLogonTime ItemCount Size
-------- ------------- --------- ----
{username1, username2,username3,userna...} {$null, $null, $null, $null...} {$null, $null, $null, $null...} {$null, $null, $null, $null...}
running the commands by themselves seem to work tho. like $mailboxes.DisplayName gives the exact data i want for displayname. even in table-format.
the reason im making the table this way instead of just using select-object, is because im going to merge a few tables later. using the logic from the script below.
cls
$someData = #(
#{Name = "Bill"; email = "email#domain.com"; phone = "12345678"; id = "043546" }) | % { New-Object object | Add-Member -NotePropertyMembers $_ -PassThru }
$moreData = #(
#{Name = "Bill"; company = "company 04"}) | % { New-Object object | Add-Member -NotePropertyMembers $_ -PassThru }
$Merge = #(
#plots the data into a new table
#{Name = $($someData.Name); e_mail = $($someData.email); phone = $($someData.phone); id = $($someData.id); merged = $($moreData.company) }) | % { New-Object object | Add-Member -NotePropertyMembers $_ -PassThru }
#formatting table
$Table = $Merge | Format-Table | Out-String
#print table
$Table
if you are wondering what im doing with this.
My goal, all in all. is a table with using the info from Exchange;
DisplayName, TotalItemSize(GB), ItemCount, LastLogonTime, E-mail adress, archive + Maxquoata, Quoata for mailbox.

Answer 1

You're creating a single object where each property holds an array of property values from the original array of mailbox objects.
Instead, create 1 new object per mailbox:
# construct output objects with Select-Object
$allMailBoxInfo = $mailboxes |Select #{Name='Username';Expression='DisplayName'},ItemCount,#{Name='LastLogonTime';Expression='ItemCount'},#{Name='Size';Expression={[math]::Round((($_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToString()).Split("(")[1].Split(" ")[0].Replace(",", "") / 1GB), 2) }}
# format table
$Table = $allMailBoxInfo | Format-Table | Out-String
# print table
$Table