Adding object properties to another object in Powershell

Question

I'm trying to add the properties of the object $mailBox_MBS to the object $mailBox_RP.

I used the following code to define the objects:

$mailBox_MBS = (Get-MailboxStatistics -Identity $identity) | select *
$mailBox_RP = (Get-Recipient -Identity $identity) | select *

Then I used the following ForEach loop to add the properties from mailBox_MBS to mailBox_RP:

Foreach($property in $mailbox_MBS)    
{     
  $mailBox_RP | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $property.Name -Value $property.Value 
}

Seth · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 09:46:48Z

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You can't do it the way you're trying to do. Your foreach will only see a single object and you're only catching the name and value properties. What you want to do is actually iterate the properties of an object. Keep in mind that you might loose object complexity while doing this (implicit conversations to strings). Especially with Exchange this can be a problem.

You could either create a custom PSObject to just contain what you need or you'd need to look into using Get-Member to get the actual object Information. That might look like this.

$object | Get-Member -MemberType Property | %{ $object.$($_.Name); }

answered Feb 26, 2019 at 9:46

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Maurice van Dorst Over a year ago

Thanks for your reply, Seth. Look under the **Edit on my post. Is this what you mean by that? Unfortunately it's not working.

Seth Over a year ago

It was an either though certainly you could use that approach to create a custom object. Spend some time to check out what Get-Member does and check what your current code does. My example only shows a rough guideline and what you can do with Get-Member. It doesn't make sense that way to actually change an object. You'd need to combine it with your current approach. Currently you wouldn't even touch your original objects.

Maurice van Dorst Over a year ago

Thanks for your help Seth.

marsze · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 10:39:31Z

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Let me know if this works for you:

$mailbox_MBS = Get-MailboxStatistics -Identity $identity
$mailbox_RP = Get-Recipient -Identity $identity

Get-Member -InputObject $mailbox_MBS -MemberType "*Property" | foreach {
    Add-Member -InputObject $mailbox_RP -Type "NoteProperty" -Name $_.Name -Value $mailbox_MBS.($_.Name)
}

answered Feb 26, 2019 at 10:39

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Maurice van Dorst Over a year ago

Thanks for this, I managed to solve it. Very nice to see a different way to approach what I was looking for.

Maurice van Dorst · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 11:59:26Z

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I managed to convert the code above into a working function, with the help of Seth's comment and my best friend Google.

Function mailBoxInfo ($identity)
{
    $ExchangeDirectoryObject = New-Object PSObject
    $mailbox_MBS = (Get-MailboxStatistics -Identity $identity) | select *
    $mailbox_RP = (Get-Recipient -Identity $identity) | select *

$mailBox_MBS.psobject.Properties | % {
    $ExchangeDirectoryObject | Add-Member -MemberType $_.MemberType -Name $_.Name -Value $_.Value
}
$mailBox_RP.psobject.Properties | % {
    $ExchangeDirectoryObject | Add-Member -MemberType $_.MemberType -Name $_.Name -Value $_.Value
}

return $ExchangeDirectoryObject
}

answered Feb 26, 2019 at 11:59

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