Output Data to CSV

Question

Can someone please tell me how I can output data in a CSV format? I want to have it so that it clearly shows what users belong to what group:

Answer 1

For exporting data to CSV use Export-Csv. Note, however, that Export-Csv exports the properties of objects as the CSV fields, so you have to prepare your data accordingly.

$groups | ForEach-object {
  $grp = $_
  $grp.Users | ForEach-Object {
    New-Object -Type PSObject -Property @{
      'User'  = $_.Name
      'Group' = $grp.Name
    }
  }
} | Export-Csv 'C:\path\to\output.csv' -NoType

If you want one line per group with all the users in a single field, you could do something like this:

$groups | ForEach-Object {
  New-Object -Type PSObject -Property @{
    'Group' = $_.Name
    'Users' = $_.Users -join '/'
  }
} | Export-Csv 'C:\path\to\output.csv' -NoType