Powershell Expression Hashtables to CSV - powershell

Question

I am attempting to ouput some data Im pulling from ActiveDirectory into a CSV but the output is not what I am expecting. How do I export these hashtables value into a CSV? I have no doubt there is a simple answer to this but my google fu seems to be failing me today.
foreach ($user in $user_data)
{
#{ name = 'DisplayName'; expression = { $user.DisplayName } },
#{ name = 'Email'; expression = { $user.EmailAddress } },
#{ name = 'AccountName'; expression = { $user.SamAccountName } },
#{ name = 'Description'; expression = { $user.Description } },
#{ name = "PasswordLastSet"; expression = { [datetime]::FromFileTime($user.pwdLastSet) } },
#{ name = 'Staff Number'; expression = { $user.pager } },
#{ name = 'LastBadPasswordAttempt'; expression = { $user.LastBadPasswordAttempt } },
#{ name = 'LastLogonDate'; expression = { $user.LastLogonDate } },
#{ name = 'logonCount'; expression = { $user.logonCount } },
#{ name = 'Enabled'; expression = { $user.Enabled } } |
Export-Csv $path2 -Append -NoTypeInformation
}

Answer 1

Since you are using calculated properties syntax, you can simply just use Select-Object rather than looping:
$user_data | Select-Object #{ name = 'DisplayName'; expression = { $_.DisplayName } },
#{ name = 'Email'; expression = { $_.EmailAddress } },
#{ name = 'AccountName'; expression = { $_.SamAccountName } },
#{ name = 'Description'; expression = { $_.Description } },
#{ name = "PasswordLastSet"; expression = { [datetime]::FromFileTime($_.pwdLastSet) } },
#{ name = 'Staff Number'; expression = { $_.pager } },
#{ name = 'LastBadPasswordAttempt'; expression = { $_.LastBadPasswordAttempt } },
#{ name = 'LastLogonDate'; expression = { $_.LastLogonDate } },
#{ name = 'logonCount'; expression = { $_.logonCount } },
#{ name = 'Enabled'; expression = { $_.Enabled } } |
Export-Csv $path2 -NoTypeInformation

Answer 2

For the output you want, I guess it would be better to use an array of custom objects.
$users = #()
ForEach($user in $user_data)
{
$users += New-Object PSObject -Property #{
DisplayName = [String]$user.DisplayName;
Email = [String]$user.EmailAddress;
AccountName = [String]$user.SamAccountName;
Description = [String]$user.Description;
PasswordLastSet = [datetime]::FromFileTime($user.pwdLastSet);
StaffNumber = [String]$user.pager;
LastBadPasswordAttempt = [datetime]::FromFileTime($user.LastBadPasswordAttempt);
LastLogonDate = [datetime]::FromFileTime($user.LastLogonDate);
logonCount = [Int]$user.logonCount;
Enabled = [Bool]$user.Enabled;
}
}
$users | Export-Csv -Path $path2 -NoTypeInformation