JSON convert to csv

PowerShell Help
1

hi,
I have a json file which i converted to using convertfrom-json and i want selected fields from it. I tried to pipeline the output to select-object but i was able to get the name and not other details. Below is my output of convertfrom-json and my script.

display_name   : TEL05
name           : TEL05
is_muted       : False
meta           : @{agent_checks=System.Object[]; timezones=System.Object[]; winV=System.Object[]; machine=AMD64; platform=win32; 
                 gohai={"cpu":{"cpu_cores":"12","cpu_logical_processors":"24","family":"6","mhz":"2497","model":"63","model_name":"Intel(R) 
                 Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz","stepping":"2","vendor_id":"GenuineIntel"},"filesystem":[{"kb_size":"358396","mounted_on":
                 "","name":"\\\\?\\Volume{00241358-f193-11e7-80b3-806e6f6e6963}\\"},{"kb_size":"104499196","mounted_on":"C:\\","name":"\\\\?\
                 \Volume{00241359-f193-11e7-80b3-806e6f6e6963}\\"},{"kb_size":"Unknown","mounted_on":"D:\\","name":"\\\\?\\Volume{0024135d-f1
                 93-11e7-80b3-806e6f6e6963}\\"}],"gohai":{"build_date":"Mon Jun  5 18:30:34 GMT 
                 2017","git_branch":"last-stable","git_hash":"7de20ed","go_version":"go version go1.6.4 windows/amd64"},"memory":{"total":"34
                 261516288"},"network":{"ipaddress":"10.13.52.15","ipaddressv6":"fe80::dcf6:212:7ce0:8feb%16","macaddress":"44-A8-42-3A-9D-E9
                 "},"platform":{"GOOARCH":"amd64","GOOS":"windows","goV":"1.6.4","hostname":"TELXCVOIP04","kernel_name":"Windows","kernel_rel
                 ease":"6.3.9600","machine":"x86_64","os":"Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard","pythonV":"2.7.12"}}; host_id=363974563; 
                 pythonV=2.7.12; processor=Intel64 Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel; agent_version=5.14.0}
host_name      : TEL05
has_metrics    : True

I want host name and agent_version(inside meta tag). how do i achieve this?

i tried below but did not worked.

$jsonstring = (Get-Content ‘servers.JSON’) | ConvertFrom-Json
$jsonstring.rows| select name, meta.agent_version

2

Maybe someone have a better answer.
But most likely it’s due to the list not being a list of objects and/or part of it is not an object.
E.g. “Meta” is a nested hashtable and not an object.

To get around it you could e.g. run it through a foreach loop and pull the information
You need to replace $rows with e.g. $jsonstring.rows if you want to use that instead.

foreach($r in $rows)
{
    $info = @{Name = $r.name; 
              Agent_version = $r.meta.agent_version
             }
    
    $info
}