How to add text qualifiers to a PowerShell CSV export? - powershell

Question

Is there a way to include text qualifiers i.e. "Column 1"|"Column 2" when using PowerShell to export to a csv file?
In the script below I remove the text qualifiers that were already transferred in the file because the first column didn't have any for some odd reason.
Get-MsolUser -all |
Where-Object {($_.IsLicensed -eq "True") -and ($_.Title -notlike "Volunteer") } |
Select-Object Firstname, LastName, Department, Title |
ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter "|"|
% { $_ -replace '","', "|"} | % { $_ -replace '"', ""} | out-file "$path\$file_name" -fo -en ascii

Answer 1

I think the output may be as you expect but you may be viewing the output file in Excel rather than with a text editor (I used Notepad++). When I tried to reproduce this I used the following code and viewed the output file in a text editor and each column and row of the output has text qualifiers as expected. However, when viewing the same file in Excel the first column is displayed by Excel as if it does not have text qualifiers. Here's the code I ran to test:
"[a known UPN from my tenant]","[a known UPN from my tenant]"|
foreach-object {Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName $_} |
Where-Object {($_.IsLicensed -eq "True") -and ($_.Title -notlike "Volunteer")} |
Select-Object Firstname, LastName, Department, Title |
ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter "|" |
out-file $path\$file_name" -fo -en ascii

Answer 2

The issue with text qualifiers missing in the first column first occurred 'before' I specified the -delimiter parameter, my code above is a bit of a fix and mashup of two methods of fixing that issue, and a bit redundant.
I'm able to generate the intended results with the script below:
$MyData = import-csv \\TestPath\licenses_v2.csv -delimiter '|' |
select-object FirstName,LastName,Department,Title,#{expression={'Office 365 AD'}};
Write-DbaDataTable -sqlinstance $server -database $database -table $table -inputobject $MyData -KeepNulls;