Output Powershell Domain Search on separate excel sheets - powershell

Question

I'm executing a Get-ADComputer and trying to iterate through a loop that pulls computer names from individual rooms. I'm trying to output each room to a different Excel sheet.
I'm running PowerShell Version 5:
$results = for($room=102; $room -le 110; $room++) {
Get-ADComputer -SearchBase $oubase -Properties Name, Description -Filter * |
Where-Object {$_.description -clike "*RM $Room"}
}
$results |
Select-Object Name, Description |
Export-CSV '\\Desktop\Room_Hosts.csv' -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8 -Append
What do I need to do to fix the Excel sheet output?

Answer 1

Your post says you want an Excel sheet, but your code is outputting to a CSV. You cannot add a second sheet to a CSV. You can export different CSV files per computer object.
$results = for($room=102; $room -le 110; $room++) {
Get-ADComputer -SearchBase $oubase -Properties Name, Description -Filter * |
Where-Object {$_.description -clike "*RM $Room"}
}
$results |
Select-Object Name, Description | Foreach-Object {
$_ | Export-CSV -Path ("\\Desktop\{0}.csv" -f $_.Name) -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8 -Append
If the problem is getting the domain name, you can add some code to your Select-Object command.
$results = for($room=102; $room -le 110; $room++) {
Get-ADComputer -SearchBase $oubase -Properties Name,Description,DNSHostName -Filter * |
Where-Object {$_.description -clike "*RM $Room"}
}
$results |
Select-Object Name,Description,#{n='Domain';e={$_.DNSHostName -Replace $("{0}." -f $_.Name}} |
Export-CSV '\\Desktop\Room_Hosts.csv' -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8 -Append
Explanation For Retrieving Computer Object's Domain:
The DNSHostName property contains the FQDN of the computer object. So you only need to remove the host name part of that string. Here, we simply replace the hostname and the following . character with nothing. Hostname is retrieved from the Name property of the computer object. The -f operator is used to simply append the . character to the name. The Select-Object uses a hash table to calculate the domain value and store it in a property called Domain.
Alternatively, you can apply the same concepts from above for getting the domain name but use the CanonicalName of the computer object with the -Split operator.
$results = for($room=102; $room -le 110; $room++) {
Get-ADComputer -SearchBase $oubase -Properties Name,CanonicalName,Description -Filter * |
Where-Object {$_.description -clike "*RM $Room"}
}
$results |
Select-Object Name,Description,#{n='Domain';e={($_.CanonicalName -Split "/")[0]}} |
Export-CSV '\\Desktop\Room_Hosts.csv' -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8 -Append