# Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod--unable to extract additional values **URL:** \ **Category:** PowerShell Help\ **Created:** [December 5, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/get-mguserauthenticationmethod-unable-to-extract-additional-values/21090 "2022-12-05T18:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![magellan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@magellan99](https://forums.powershell.org/u/magellan99)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/get-mguserauthenticationmethod-unable-to-extract-additional-values/21090/1 "2022-12-05T18:49:09Z")
Hi All, When using Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod I’m unalbe to extreact additional values…See below for the context… ```auto Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22 | Get-Member -MemberType Properties TypeName: Microsoft.Graph.PowerShell.Models.MicrosoftGraphAuthenticationMethod Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- AdditionalProperties Property System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary[string,System.Object] AdditionalProperties {get;} Id Property string Id {get;set;} ``` ```auto Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22 |select AdditionalProperties ## This Works!!! AdditionalProperties -------------------- {[@odata.type, #microsoft.graph.passwordAuthenticationMethod]} {[@odata.type, #microsoft.graph.microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod], [displayName, iPhone 13], [deviceTag, SoftwareTokenActivated], [phoneAppVersion, 6.6.8]} ``` ```auto ##This works but I want to more finite extractions $(Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties Key Value --- ----- @odata.type #microsoft.graph.passwordAuthenticationMethod @odata.type #microsoft.graph.microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod displayName iPhone 13 deviceTag SoftwareTokenActivated phoneAppVersion 6.6.8 ``` \*_//THIS does not work\*_ ```auto $(Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties | Select DisplayName DisplayName ----------- ``` ///GOAL\\ I want to extract these additional values " DispayName, devicetag & SoftwareTokenActivated). What is the proper snytax to extract this valies in a FL or FT output…? Thanks in Advance ---
**Author:** ![Olaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/olaf/32/992_2.png) [@Olaf](https://forums.powershell.org/u/Olaf)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/get-mguserauthenticationmethod-unable-to-extract-additional-values/21090/2 "2022-12-05T22:39:17Z")
albert, Welcome to the forum. 👋🏽 Without having experiences with this topic or access to an Azure tenant … > [@magellan99](#): > > I want to extract these additional values " DispayName, devicetag & SoftwareTokenActivated). It looks like these properties are provided as hashtable. So you should be able to access the values with their key name. ```auto (Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties.displayName #or (Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties.deviceTag ``` ---
**Author:** ![magellan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@magellan99](https://forums.powershell.org/u/magellan99)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/get-mguserauthenticationmethod-unable-to-extract-additional-values/21090/3 "2022-12-06T01:29:38Z")
Olaf, Excellent, thx for the advice & guidance for a beginner… ```auto (Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties.displayName iPhone 13 (Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties.deviceTag SoftwareTokenActivated (Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties.phoneAppVersion 6.6.8 ``` Is there any optimal way to re-write the above three (3) PS cmdlet into a one-line that prints all three key names via one PS cmdlet…? I tried this below via ExpandProperty , and got NULL results… ```auto Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22 -ExpandProperty $odata.type | Select @{Name = 'DisplayName'; Expression = {$_.$odata.type.AdditionalProperties.displayName}} ## EMPTY DATA!!!! DisplayName ----------- ``` Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![adam-bukowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@adam-bukowski](https://forums.powershell.org/u/adam-bukowski)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/get-mguserauthenticationmethod-unable-to-extract-additional-values/21090/4 "2022-12-06T10:29:22Z")
Hi Powershell is object language. You have to learn what “command | Get-Member” show to you and what expandproperty is doing with your object. Try with some simple commands like get-process etc. Good Luck 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mawazo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mawazo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/mawazo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/get-mguserauthenticationmethod-unable-to-extract-additional-values/21090/5 "2022-12-06T12:26:27Z")
Use getenumerator method to drill through the hashtable then filter the key name with where object. ```auto (Get-MgUserAuthenticationMethod -UserId $user22).AdditionalProperties.GetEnumerator() | Where-Object {$_.key -eq 'displayName' -or $_.key -eq 'deviceTag' -or $_.key -eq 'phoneAppVersion'} ``` i’m not sure how to use select object with hashtable maybe someone can advice? ---
**Author:** ![dotnVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/get-mguserauthenticationmethod-unable-to-extract-additional-values/21090/6 "2024-05-16T20:16:20Z")