Array exporting to csv from powershell stack issue

Question

I am creating a reporting script in powercli for our vSphere. I am trying to make an array that i can export to csv. The problem i am having is i need to have multiple rows to input into the array, not just the same one over and over.

When i run in current format all that happens is the outermost row reports and none of the internal ones

Here is a mockup of what i want the script to do.

$report = @()
foreach($D in $data){
$row = "" | select Datacenter, datacenterInfo
$row.datacenter = "kam1"
$row.datacenterInfo = "12"
$report += $row
foreach($F in $D){
    $row2 = "" | select folder, folderInfo
    $row2.folder = "test"
    $row2.folderInfo = "34"
    $report += $row2
    foreach($VM in $F){
        $row3 = "" | select VM, VMInfo
        $row3.VM = "test"
        $row3.VMInfo = "56"
                    $report += $row3
    }
}
}

$report | export-csv -path c:\temp\testy.csv -NoTypeInformation

Any Help Appreciated

data would hopefully come out as a csv in excel while looking like so

datacenter / datacenterinfo
test       / 12
folder     /  folderinfo
test       / 34
VM         / VMInfo
test       / 56

The real script would be detailing hundreds of VM's and folder though.

Answer 1

I know this problem and have no real Solution for it. But as workaround you could use "$row3.VM \ $row3.VMInfo" | Out-File -append -path "c:\temp\testy.csv" in your inner for each, and write the data manually as csv.