Help with output to 2 CSV files

Question

I created a script to parse through AD and output a list of computers that have certain info in the description field and it is working (wouldn't mind some critique if things could be done a better/faster way).  Now, what I am trying to do is split
the output into 2 CSV files based on what is in the $descwho variable.  But I am not sure where to start (not looking for someone to rewrite the script but point me in the right direction).  I have tried a couple things but so far I have not gotten
anywhere.
Function Get-ScriptDirectory {
if($hostinvocation -ne $null) {
Split-Path $hostinvocation.MyCommand.path
} else {
Split-Path $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
#Variable that provides the location of the script
[string]$ScriptDirectory = Get-ScriptDirectory
Function Clean-OU {
#clean OU removes FQDN/RootOU from the start and $computername from the end of the OU string
Param (
$OriginalOU,
$computer
$ouArray = $OriginalOU.split("/")
$newOU = $null
Foreach ($OU in $ouArray) {
If (($ou -ne "FQDN") -and ($ou -ne "RootOU") -and ($ou -ne $computer)){
If (!$newOu) {
$newOU = ".../$ou"
} Else {
$newOU += "/$ou"
return $newOU
$path = "$ScriptDirectory\ad_report_2.csv" #path to where report is saved
Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties Description,Enabled,MemberOf,CanonicalName | % {
$computer = $_.Name #name of computer
$desc = $_.Description #description field associated with computer
$DistinguishedName = Clean-OU -OriginalOU $_.CanonicalName -Computer $computer #FQDN/RootOU/PROD/WIN7/64bit/LT/PF-123456
# is PC in the SpecialGroup security group?
If ($_.memberof -match "SpecialGroup"){[string]$memberOf = "SpecialGroup"}else{$memberOf = "N/A"}
If ($desc){#if Desc = true
If (($desc.StartsWith("AEHT")) -or ($desc.StartsWith("VF-")) -or ($desc.StartsWith("Disabeled:"))) {
$descArr = $desc.Split(":").Trim()
$descWho = $descArr[0]
$description = $descArr[1]
$dwTemp = $descArr[2]
If ($dwTemp -match "\[IT Support\]"){$dwPrefix = "IT Support"}
elseif($dwTemp -match "\[App Dev\]"){$dwPrefix = "App Dev"}
elseIf($dwTemp -match "\[Business\]"){$dwPrefix = "Business"}
$dwTemp = $dwTemp -replace "\[IT Support\]" -replace "\[App Dev\]" -replace"\[Business\]"
$descWhen = "$dwPrefix - $dwTemp"
Write-Host $Computer -NoNewline
#Write-Host - $memberOf -NoNewline
#Write-Host - $enabled -NoNewline
Write-Host - $descWho -NoNewline
Write-Host - $description -NoNewline
Write-Host - $descWhen -NoNewline
Write-Host
$Record = @{"Computer" = $Computer}
$record.add("DescByWho",$descWho)
$record.add("Description",$description)
$record.add("DescWhen",$descWhen)
$record.add("OU",$DistinguishedName)
$record.add("MemberOf",$memberof)
New-Object PSObject -Property $record |Sort-Object -Property DescByWho | Select Computer, DescByWho, Description, DescWhen, MemberOf, OU
} | export-csv -path $path -NoTypeInformation

Answer 1

Hi Mike,
If you want to divide the output to two csv files based on the variable $descWho, please refer to this script, please also note I havn't tested:
#modify
$path1 = "$ScriptDirectory\ad_report_1.csv" #path to where report is saved
$path2 = "$ScriptDirectory\ad_report_2.csv" #path to where report is saved
$output1=@()
$output2=@()
#modify
Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties Description,Enabled,MemberOf,CanonicalName | % {
$computer = $_.Name #name of computer
$desc = $_.Description #description field associated with computer
$DistinguishedName = Clean-OU -OriginalOU $_.CanonicalName -Computer $computer #FQDN/RootOU/PROD/WIN7/64bit/LT/PF-123456
# is PC in the SpecialGroup security group?
If ($_.memberof -match "SpecialGroup"){[string]$memberOf = "SpecialGroup"}else{$memberOf = "N/A"}
If ($desc){#if Desc = true
If (($desc.StartsWith("AEHT")) -or ($desc.StartsWith("VF-")) -or ($desc.StartsWith("Disabeled:"))) {
$descArr = $desc.Split(":").Trim()
$descWho = $descArr[0]
$description = $descArr[1]
$dwTemp = $descArr[2]
If ($dwTemp -match "\[IT Support\]"){$dwPrefix = "IT Support"}
elseif($dwTemp -match "\[App Dev\]"){$dwPrefix = "App Dev"}
elseIf($dwTemp -match "\[Business\]"){$dwPrefix = "Business"}
$dwTemp = $dwTemp -replace "\[IT Support\]" -replace "\[App Dev\]" -replace"\[Business\]"
$descWhen = "$dwPrefix - $dwTemp"
Write-Host $Computer -NoNewline
#Write-Host - $memberOf -NoNewline
#Write-Host - $enabled -NoNewline
Write-Host - $descWho -NoNewline
Write-Host - $description -NoNewline
Write-Host - $descWhen -NoNewline
Write-Host
$Record = @{"Computer" = $Computer}
$record.add("DescByWho",$descWho)
$record.add("Description",$description)
$record.add("DescWhen",$descWhen)
$record.add("OU",$DistinguishedName)
$record.add("MemberOf",$memberof)
#modify
New-Object PSObject -Property $record
if($descWho -like "a*"){ #use if statement to filter the $descwho begin with "a" character
$output1+=New-Object PSObject -Property $record}
else{
$output2+=New-Object PSObject -Property $record}
$output1|Sort-Object -Property DescByWho | Select Computer, DescByWho, Description, DescWhen, MemberOf, OU|export-csv -path $path1 -NoTypeInformation
$output2|Sort-Object -Property DescByWho | Select Computer, DescByWho, Description, DescWhen, MemberOf, OU|export-csv -path $path2 -NoTypeInformation
Best Regards,
Anna Wang