Export and update a specific custome attribute using vbs

Hi johnnyjonathan,

I recently wrote a script that modifies two custom attributes on multiple users accounts in AD, so I think I can help you out with this one:

First, let the file be CSV and call it "input.csv".
Second, your input file should have UserID as a first parameter, and the value of the attribute it wants to change to as a second parameter.
Also to confirm the attribute you want to read and write to is "#1\#2\#3$" without qoutes of course?

Let me know.

You could just use AdFind from Joeware.com. It's a very good utility which does exactly this. You can export user attributes to a CSV, edit, then import them back into AD again.
It' basically a better alternative to the built in CSVDE (which will export but not edit). Have a look here: http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/admod/index.htm
 

Hubasan, the attribute i want to write could be anything, what i ment in #1\#2\#3 is the custome attribute's numbers.
so if you have something like that it could be grate.

Hi johnyjonathan,

Ok here is the script below that will READ and read only at this time, any custom attribute from ALL users in your Active Directory and log it to a CSV log file in the same directory where the script is executed from.

Format of the log is this:
Users Real Name,User ID,Custom attribute value

It will log ONLY those users that have that attribute populated. Please change the variable sCAttribName to what ever the name of your custom attribute is. My example was "comment" attribute that we have populated on all of our users PC.

Once you try this there is only a small modification that we can do so that it can take a CSV input file with the information that you want to put to this attribute of yours, but try this first.

Let me know how it goes.

On Error Resume Next
 
'Define constants
Const For_Reading = 1
Const For_Writing = 2
Const For_Appending = 8
Const cTitle = "Read and Log custom Attribute value"
 
'Put your custom attribute name in quotes here:
sCAttribName = "comment"
 
'Create Shell, Network and FileSystem Objects
Set oWS = CreateObject("wscript.shell")
Set oNet = CreateObject("wscript.network")
Set oFS = CreateObject("scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
'Connect to RootDSE and get the domain ADsPath
Set oRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://rootDSE")
sADsPath = "LDAP://" & oRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
Set oDomain = GetObject(sADsPath)
 
'Create ADODB connection to look for and map to user container
Set oConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
oConnection.Open "Provider=ADsDSOObject;"
 
Set oCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
oCommand.ActiveConnection = oConnection
 
 
'Setup a logfile
sScriptName = WScript.ScriptName
sScriptPath = WScript.ScriptFullName
sLog = Replace(sScriptName, ".vbs",".log")
sLogFile = Replace(sScriptPath, sScriptName, sLog)
Set oLogFile = oFS.CreateTextFile(sLogFile,True)
 
'Write starting point of the log
ologfile.WriteLine "User Name,User's ID," & sCAttribName & " value"
 
'Search ALL Active Directory Users
oCommand.CommandText = _
"SELECT ADsPath,Name,sAMAccountName FROM '" & sADsPath & "' WHERE " _
  	& "objectCategory='User'"
Set oRecordSet = oCommand.Execute
 
oRecordSet.MoveFirst	
 
 
Do Until oRecordSet.EOF
	sUserADPath = Empty
	sUser = Empty
	sCAttribValue = Empty
	sUser = oRecordSet.Fields("Name").Value
	sUserID = oRecordSet.Fields("sAMAccountName").Value
	sUserADPath = oRecordSet.Fields("AdsPath").Value
	Set oUser = GetObject(sUserADPath)	
	sCAttribValue = oUser.Get(sCAttribName)
	
	If IsEmpty(sCAttribValue) Then
		
	Else
		oLogFile.WriteLine sUser & "," & sUserID & "," & sCAttribValue
	End If
oRecordSet.MoveNext
Loop
	
 
 
'Close the log file
oLogFile.Close
 
'Display the message when the script is done executing.
oWS.Popup "Script Execution Finished!" & vbCrLf &_
"Please check the log file: " & vbCrLf & sLogFile, ,cTitle, vbInformation
 
Function CurrentDateTime()
	CurrentDateTime = FormatDateTime(now, vbLongDate) & " @ " & FormatDateTime(now, vbLongTime)
End Function

Select allOpen in new window

Small correction:

Users PC's above should read "Users AD Accounts"

Hubasan,


Thank you but I think we didn't understand each other correctly, the export I need, is not of a particular attribute inside a Custom Attribute.

But all the users (from a CSV\TXT list not all AD) that have anything written inside
Custom Attribute say #10.

Then, another script to input something different in the same attribute. so if a user had the word "desktop" on his Custom Attribute #10, the export file would list it, and the 2nd script would change the content of Custom Attribute #10 to "laptop" for example

any option to change the source of the script i added from an OU to a csv\txt file?

Hi johnnyjonathan,

I'm sorry for misunderstanding earlier. I was under the impression you are looking to export the custom attribute value from all users in your AD and then import the changes only for some of them imported from CSV file.
In any case, since you have already found the solution and have already asked for the question to be closed, there will be no points awarded for any expert to help you with this.
If you still need help with this issue, please either re-open this question or open another question and leave it open until you are certain you have a FULL solution to the question you are asking.