Write-Progress based on another cmdlet progress status

Question

I have a Powershell script using the Get-QADUser cmdlet several times. This cmdlet is reporting progress with a progress bar.

So, let's consider this script,

$user = Get-QADUser "User1"
$user = Get-QADUser "User2"
$user = Get-QADUser "User3"
$user = Get-QADUser "User4"

If we consider that each statement represents 25% of my total script execution time (no need to be exact), I'd like to Write-progress based on these cmdlets' progress. In other words, this would represent a global progress bar for the script.

So, if $user = Get-QADUser "User1" is at 50% progress, I'd like to report ~13% (50% of 25%). My problem is, I don't if it's possible to have access to the Get-QADUser progress in live time.

Is their a way to call Write-Progress -PercentComplete based on a third party cmdlet in Powershell ?

Rudy2015 · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-27 19:24:56Z

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$users_added = @()
$users = @('User1', 'User2', 'User3', 'User4')

Write-Progress -Activity 'Create User' -ID 1 -PercentComplete 0

for ($i = 0; $i -lt $users.count; $i++ ) {
    Write-Progress -Activity 'Create User' -ID 1 -PercentComplete $($i / $users.count * 100)
    $users_added += Get-QADUser $users[$i]
}

answered Jun 27, 2018 at 19:24

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scharette Over a year ago

The problem I see with this approach is that Get-QADUser $users[$i] can return more than one user. In this case my progress won't be representative. This is why I wanna based my Write-Progress on the actual progress status of the cmdlet if possible.

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