Using Export-FIMConfig to search with multiple filters

I was trying to update a script so it could resolve references to various resource types. I’d seen in the help that you can do this:

Export-FIMConfig -customConfig ("/ConstosoCustomResource", "/Group")

So in my script I spent ages trying to construct a string like “(“/ConstosoCustomResource”, “/Group”)” and then wondering why it wouldn’t work.

The answer was right there in the help all along – the customConfig parameter takes a string array as argument. D’uh!

So here’s my function which returns the ObjectID based on DisplayName, where the object may be any of the types defined in $RefObjectTypes.

$RefObjecTypes = @('Person','Role','CostCentre')

Function ObjectReference
{
  PARAM($DisplayName)
  END
  {
    $filter = @()
    foreach ($ObjectType in $RefObjecTypes)
    {
        $filter = $filter + "/$ObjectType[DisplayName = '$DisplayName']"
    }

    $FIMObject = Export-FIMConfig -customConfig ($filter) -OnlyBaseResources

    if ($FIMObject -eq $null)
    {
        write-host "No match found for referenced object $DisplayName"
    }
    elseif ($FIMObject.Count -eq $null)
    {
        $FIMObject.ResourceManagementObject.ObjectIdentifier
    }
    else
    {
        write-host "Multiple matches found for referenced object $DisplayName"
    }
  }
}