Whend creating and updating user via scrpt can we change this to find the manager via employeeID or SAMAccountName?

Question

This script description says it can find the manager via FullName Distinguished name or Display name. Wondering if we can change it to use employeeID or SamAccountName.

Comments

Hello,

Sorry for the confusion, but we are not sure what script you mean. Please, post it here or send to us at support@adaxes.com.

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https://www.adaxes.com/script-repository/import-new-and-updated-users-from-csv-file-s246.htm This script from your repository. Yes I have modified it slightly but the section regarding the manager has not been changed and it can find the manager based on full name however what happens when I have two managers with the same name. So trying SamAccount or EmployeeID.

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for clarifying. yes, it is possible. You will need to update the value of the -Filter parameter in the following line of the script:

$aDObject = Get-AdmObject -Filter {(Name -eq $value) -or (DisplayName -eq $value) -or (distinguishedName -eq $value)} `
                -AdaxesService localhost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Server $domainName

For example, in case you want to use the Employee ID to find Managers, the line should be as follows:

$aDObject = Get-AdmObject -Filter {(employeeId -eq $value)} `
                -AdaxesService localhost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Server $domainName

Comments

Awesome thank you! It works perfectly.