1. OG_AD-User

    Article: AN0001776Updated: 19.05.2020

    This function returns a list of users from LDAP (Microsoft Active Directory) according to configuration.

    Main prerequisites for use

    Prerequisite Description

    Module Active Directory PowerShell Microsoft

    In order to read information about users from LDAP it is necessary to install Powershell module for Active Directory.
    Remote Differential Compression In order to read information about users from LDAP it is necessary to enable this function of the Windows system on server executing this functionality.
    AD DS and AD LDS Tools In order to read information about users from LDAP it is necessary to enable this function of the Windows system on server executing this functionality.
    Powershell v3 Microsoft Powershell version 3 or higher.

    Description

    Function creates a text file containing information about users according to configuration. 

     

    Column header Description
    Login User login. E.g. altman
    LoginWithDomain User login including domain. E.g. OBJECTGEARS\altman
    Displayname User displayed name.
    Firstname User first name.
    Lastname User surname.
    Email User email.
    Enabled (Yes/No) Information, wheather the user account is enabled or disabled in Windows system.
    Phone User phone number.
    Fax User fax number.
    SID User SID.
    Description User description.
    Office Placement of the user (office).

    Parameters

    Include hereinafter stated parameters in the file og_configuration.ps1 (generic parameters shared with other functions) or in the file OG_PC-Start.config (specific parameters of this function). Parameter configuration is described in the documentation of the programme Piklo

     

    Parameter Description Example
    [string]$LogFile Path to the file, in which log of the function shall be stored. [string]$LogFile = "\\servername\OGoutput\AD-Users\LogFile.txt"
    [string]$OutFile Path to the file, in which output of the function shall be stored.

    [string]$LogFile = "\\servername\OGoutput\AD-Users\OutFile.txt"

    [string]$OutFileEncoding Coding of the output file. Possible options are "UTF8", "Unicode" and "DEFAULT". The value "DEFAULT" makes the file being created in the ANSI encoding.

    [string]$OutFileEncoding = "UTF8"

    [string]$Delimiter Value separator in the records. Possible values are: "t" - tab, ";" - semicolon a "," - comma.

    [string]$Delimiter = "t"

    [string]$HeaderOutFile

    Defines, wheather the output file shall include header with column names ("1") or not ("0").

    [string]$HeaderOutFile = "1"

    [string]$WorkFilePath Path to a working directory.

    [string]$WorkFilePath = "\\servername\OGtemp"

    [string]$SkipNullEmailorDisplayName Defines, wheather the output file shall include only users that have DisplayName and Email filled in ("True") or all the user records ("False").

    [string]$SkipNullEmailorDisplayName = "True"

    If you want to use the output file for user import into ObjectGears, set parameter SkipNullEmailorDisplayName to the value "True".

    Call

    The function is called by means of the programme Piklo, that is part of ObjectGears package, from ObjectGears script. Result of the call has to be assigned to a variable, with which the script can further work.

    a = OG.Process.RunPiklo('OG_AD-User','-type C')

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