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PowerShell error Question

I'm running the following PS:

$errors = (get-msoluser -userprincipalName "username@contoso.com").Error

$errors | foreach-object {"`nService: "+ $_.ErrorDetail.Name.split("/")[0]; "Error Message: "+ $_.ErrorDetail.ObjectErrors.ErrorRecord.ErrorDescription}

I get the following error:

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ValidationStatusError.ps1:3 char:27
+ $errors | foreach-object {"`nService: "+ $_.ErrorDetail.Name.split("/")[0]; "Err ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is my source material: (What am I doing wrong?)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2741233

Qlemo

do you run this on PS3 or PS4, or is it still PS2? If you don't know, $PsVersionTable in PoweShell will tell you.

Anthony K O365

ASKER

It is 4.0

Anthony K O365

ASKER

Any thoughts from anyone on this Powershell error? Where is the null-value expression?

Thanks!

Qlemo

Oh, a simple typo! Your first line is missing the plural "s":

$errors = (get-msoluser -userprincipalName "username@contoso.com").Errors

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Anthony K O365

ASKER

As before and even after adding the 'S' , it is complaining about something in this expression {"`nService:

Error says: "You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression."

Anthony K O365

ASKER

This is the exact error message:

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\findErrors.ps1:2 char:27

+ $errors | foreach-object {"`nService: "+ $_.ErrorDetail.Name.split("/")[0]; "Err ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Qlemo

I'm sorry, but since I cannot try myself, I cannot be that much helpful. We'll have to do some troubleshooting, so try this please, and post the results:

$errors = get-msoluser -userprincipalName "username@contoso.com" | Select Errors
Write-Host "errors count: $($errors.Count)"
Write-Host "----------------"
$errors | select -First 1 | fl *
Write-Host "----------------"
$errors | select -First 1 ErrorDetail | select Name
Write-Host "----------------"

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Anthony K O365

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Here is what I got back:

PS C:\Users\O 365 items> .\ErrorDetail.ps1
errors count:
----------------

Errors : {Microsoft.Online.Administration.ValidationError}

----------------

Name
----

----------------

Qlemo

IIUC, there is no error for that user object, and that is causing that error message. Are you certain there should be an error message for that user? Check with

Get-MsolUser | Where {$_.Errors –ne $null} | Select ObjectID, DisplayName

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Anthony K O365

ASKER

While using my online account, next to Errors, I see nothing, but this user shows this:

Errors : {Microsoft.Online.Administration.ValidationError}

Qlemo

And the user you test with is displayed by the last query I posted, too?

Anthony K O365

ASKER

Here is another user from query:

PS C:\Users\O 365 items> .\ErrorDetail.ps1

errors count:
----------------

Errors : {Microsoft.Online.Administration.ValidationError, Microsoft.Online.Administration.ValidationError,
Microsoft.Online.Administration.ValidationError}

----------------

Name
----

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Anthony K O365

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This is better! Excellent. Now I need to figure out the 'ServiceInstance' error.

PS C:\Users\O 365 items> .\ErrorDetail.ps1
errors count: 1
----------------

ExtensionData : System.Runtime.Serialization.ExtensionDataObject
ErrorDetail : ServiceInstance
Resolved : False
ServiceInstance : MicrosoftCommunicationsOnline/NOAM-0B-A
Timestamp : 7/2/2015 2:34:07 PM

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Name
----

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Anthony K O365

ASKER

Excellent help! Thanks!!