How to set one manager for multiple users in AD using a csv file?

Chad Eyo 21

Here is the script

"Import-Csv C:\temp\Manager.csv | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}"

This is the error messages I receive after running above script

"Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser

Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
At line:1 char:43

... v | foreach {Set-ADUser -Identity $user.user -Manager $User.Manager}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem
ent.Commands.SetADUser"

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Answer accepted by question author

Rich Matheisen 48,116 Reputation points

2021-06-15T02:17:09.03+00:00
Your script is incorrect. There's no "$user" variable.

Try this instead:
```
Import-Csv C:\temp\Manager.csv | ForEach-Object {Set-ADUser -Identity $_.user -Manager $_.Manager}
```
Also, your script uses the "user" property but the error messages you posted show that it's really the "SamAccountName" that was used when you ran the script.

And the error implies that there's more data in the Set-ADUser cmdlet following (or preceding) your named parameters. There's only one positional parameter accepted by the Set-ADUser cmdlet: Identity.

"Set-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ''.
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Chad Eyo 21 Reputation points

2021-06-15T16:24:52.777+00:00

Your script worked. Thank you!
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Anonymous

2021-06-15T01:42:22.593+00:00

Hi,

Please check if there are any non-printable characters in your script.

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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