# Newbie and need a little help copying custom attribute data over to another
**URL:** https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037
**Category:** PowerShell Help
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037 "2017-02-10T21:46:57Z")
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### Author:  [@kelly-farrell](https://forums.powershell.org/u/kelly-farrell)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037/1 "2017-02-10T21:46:57Z")
I have 2 custom attributes called saConcurID and another saSkillportid and I want saConcurID = saSkillportid and this is what I have but it doesn’t like it. Set-ADUser : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name ‘Idenity’.
Import-Module ActiveDirectory - ErrorAction stop
$users = Get-ADUser -SearchBase “OU=blah,OU=blah,OU=blah,DC=blah,DC=blah,DC=com” -filter \* -properties cn, saconcurid, saskillportid| Select-Object cn, saconcurid, saskillportid
foreach ($user in $users) {
```
Set-ADUser -Idenity $user -Replace @{saconcurid = "$($_.saskillportid)"}
```
}
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### Author:  [@daniel-krebs](https://forums.powershell.org/u/daniel-krebs)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037/2 "2017-02-11T02:04:38Z")
Typo! Idenity should be Identity. You can also us the pipeline to pass in the user.
$user | Set-ADUser -Replace @{saconcurid = $user.saskillportid}
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### Author:  [@kelly-farrell](https://forums.powershell.org/u/kelly-farrell)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037/3 "2017-02-11T08:53:36Z")
it was only a typo here I typed it correct in my script but I will try your suggestion, thanks
I just tried that and get set-ADUser : Object reference not set to an instance of an object
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### Author:  [@aapeli-hietikko](https://forums.powershell.org/u/aapeli-hietikko)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037/4 "2017-02-12T15:26:36Z")
Hi,
I’m not verifying your script more than fix the $users statement.
$users = Get-ADUser -SearchBase “OU=blah,OU=blah,OU=blah,DC=blah,DC=blah,DC=com” -filter \* -properties cn, saconcurid, saskillportid| Select-Object cn, saconcurid, saskillportid
to
$users = Get-ADUser -SearchBase “OU=blah,OU=blah,OU=blah,DC=blah,DC=blah,DC=com” -filter \* -properties cn, saconcurid, saskillportid
Your select-object kills the ad-object object type. Old school mistake which I run from time to time when getting only the output I want, just to see that it kills the script.
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### Author:  [@poshcodebear](https://forums.powershell.org/u/poshcodebear)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037/5 "2017-02-12T22:11:52Z")
If there’s a performance concern (one reason to trim output, if you’re dealing with a large number of users), you could leave the select statement, but add “samaccountname”. Then, specify the samaccountname property for your identity:
```
$users = Get-ADUser -SearchBase "OU=blah,OU=blah,OU=blah,DC=blah,DC=blah,DC=com" -filter * -properties cn, saconcurid, saskillportid| Select-Object cn, saconcurid, saskillportid, samaccountname
foreach ($user in $users) {
Set-ADUser -Idenity $user.samaccountname -Replace @{saconcurid = "$($_.saskillportid)"}
}
```
Either way works; if there isn’t a performance issue you’re trying to overcome, though, I’d just leave Select-Object out. Get-ADUser already returns a limited set of properties by default.
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### Author:  [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/newbie-and-need-a-little-help-copying-custom-attribute-data-over-to-another/8037/6 "2024-05-16T20:39:15Z")