Exporting each variable value in loop - powershell

Question

I am trying to capture the changing variable '$server' everytime the parameters go through a foreach loop. To summarize, the $sever value is always changing, and I want to capture it and add it into a collective csv file
Thank you!
Here is the code main part of the code that I have.
function Convert-QueryToObjects
{
[CmdletBinding()]
[Alias('QueryToObject')]
[OutputType([PSCustomObject])]
param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
Position = 0)]
[Alias('ComputerName', 'Computer')]
[string]
$Name = $env:COMPUTERNAME
)
Process
{
Write-Verbose "Running query.exe against $Name."
$Users = query user /server:$Name 2>&1
if ($Users -like "*No User exists*")
{
# Handle no user's found returned from query.
# Returned: 'No User exists for *'
Write-Error "There were no users found on $Name : $Users"
Write-Verbose "There were no users found on $Name."
}
elseif ($Users -like "*Error*")
{
# Handle errored returned by query.
# Returned: 'Error ...<message>...'
Write-Error "There was an error running query against $Name : $Users"
Write-Verbose "There was an error running query against $Name."
}
elseif ($Users -eq $null -and $ErrorActionPreference -eq 'SilentlyContinue')
{
# Handdle null output called by -ErrorAction.
Write-Verbose "Error action has supressed output from query.exe. Results were null."
}
else
{
Write-Verbose "Users found on $Name. Converting output from text."
# Conversion logic. Handles the fact that the sessionname column may be populated or not.
$Users = $Users | ForEach-Object {
(($_.trim() -replace ">" -replace "(?m)^([A-Za-z0-9]{3,})\s+(\d{1,2}\s+\w+)", '$1 none $2' -replace "\s{2,}", "," -replace "none", $null))
} | ConvertFrom-Csv
Write-Verbose "Generating output for $($Users.Count) users connected to $Name."
# Output objects.
foreach ($User in $Users)
{
Write-Verbose $User
if ($VerbosePreference -eq 'Continue')
{
# Add '| Out-Host' if -Verbose is tripped.
[PSCustomObject]#{
ComputerName = $Name
Username = $User.USERNAME
SessionState = $User.STATE.Replace("Disc", "Disconnected")
SessionType = $($User.SESSIONNAME -Replace '#', '' -Replace "[0-9]+", "")
} | Out-Host
}
else
{
# Standard output.
[PSCustomObject]#{
ComputerName = $Name
Username = $User.USERNAME
SessionState = $User.STATE.Replace("Disc", "Disconnected")
SessionType = $($User.SESSIONNAME -Replace '#', '' -Replace "[0-9]+", "")
}
}
}
}
}
}
$Servers = Get-Content 'H:\demo\computernames.txt'
foreach ($Server in $Servers)
{
if (-not( Test-Connection $Server -Count 1 -Quiet )) { continue }
if (-not( Convert-QueryToObjects $Server -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
$server | Out-File 'H:\demo\session\run1.csv' -Append
}
else
{
Convert-QueryToObjects -Name $Server | select ComputerName, Username, Sessionstate, IdleTime, ID | Export-Csv 'H:\demo\session\run.csv' -NoTypeInformation
}
}

Answer 1

Create an array outside of your foreach loop and add the $server variable value to the array during your foreach. At the end export the array to a csv.

Answer 2

Not tested, but are you wanting to do something like this?
Get-Content "H:\demo\computernames.txt" | ForEach-Object {
$computerName = $_
if ( Test-Connection $computerName -Count 1 -Quiet ) {
Convert-QueryToObjects $computerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
else {
"$_ not pingable" | Out-File "H:\demo\session\notpingable.log" -Append
}
} | Export-Csv "H:\demo\session\run.csv" -NoTypeInformation