Convert-PWUserToFederated example not working

Question

from the help: Get-PWUserByMatch -Email '*bentley.com' | Convert-PWUserToFederated I figured out that: Get-PWUserByMatch is the correct cmdlet. 
 the Convert-PWUserToFederate does not like to be Piped. 
 Any suggestions greatly appreciated!! Get-PWUser -Email '*testing.com' | Convert-PWUserToFederated
Convert-PWUserToFederated : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of 
the parameters that take pipeline input.
At line:1 char:36
+ Get-PWUser -Email '*testing.com' | Convert-PWUserToFederated
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Bentley.Project...ell.Common.User:PSObject) [Convert-PWUserToFederated], ParameterBindingException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,PWPS_DAB.ConvertPWUserToFederated
 
Convert-PWUserToFederated : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of 
the parameters that take pipeline input.
At line:1 char:36
+ Get-PWUser -Email '*testing.com' | Convert-PWUserToFederated
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Bentley.Project...ell.Common.User:PSObject) [Convert-PWUserToFederated], ParameterBindingException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,PWPS_DAB.ConvertPWUserToFederated
 
Convert-PWUserToFederated : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of 
the parameters that take pipeline input.
At line:1 char:36
+ Get-PWUser -Email '*testing.com' | Convert-PWUserToFederated
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Bentley.Project...ell.Common.User:PSObject) [Convert-PWUserToFederated], ParameterBindingException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,PWPS_DAB.ConvertPWUserToFederated
 
Convert-PWUserToFederated : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of 
the parameters that take pipeline input.
At line:1 char:36
+ Get-PWUser -Email '*testing.com' | Convert-PWUserToFederated
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Bentley.Project...ell.Common.User:PSObject) [Convert-PWUserToFederated], ParameterBindingException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,PWPS_DAB.ConvertPWUserToFederated

Matt Kovach · Accepted Answer

Hello Mike, 
 
 I've not used this cmdlet before. However, it seems like this should work (based on the Help information): 
 
 # Get ProjectWise Users.
$ProjectWiseUsers = Get-PWUserByMatch -Email '*bentley.com'

# Loop through each ProjectWise User in ProjectWise Users Array.
ForEach ($ProjectWiseUser in $ProjectWiseUsers)
 {
 # Convert ProjectWise User to Federated Type.
 Convert-PWUserToFederated -InputUser $ProjectWiseUser
 }

Hope this helps.

Kevin van Haaren · Answer

Not sure it would matter but Get-PWUser is from the PWPS module that comes with ProjectWise Administrator and Convert-PWUserToFederated is from the PWPS_DAB module. Using Get-PWUsersByMatch from PWPS_DAB instead of Get-PWUser may fix this. 
 Both commands return objects with the same TypeName, however they differ in Properties and Methods the type has. 
 For users returned by Get-PWUser the object is (this is from Administrator 299): 
 TypeName: Bentley.ProjectWise.PowerShell.Common.User

Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Equals Method bool Equals(Bentley.ProjectWise.PowerShell.Common.User other), bool Equals(System.Object obj), bool Equals(Bentley.Projec...
GetAllSettings Method System.Collections.Generic.List[Bentley.ProjectWise.PowerShell.Common.User+UsrStng] GetAllSettings()
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
ToString Method string ToString()
CreationDate Property System.Nullable[datetime] CreationDate {get;}
Description Property string Description {get;set;}
Email Property string Email {get;set;}
ID Property int ID {get;}
Identity Property string Identity {get;set;}
IdentityProvider Property string IdentityProvider {get;}
IsConnected Property System.Nullable[bool] IsConnected {get;}
IsDisabled Property System.Nullable[bool] IsDisabled {get;set;}
LastLogin Property System.Nullable[datetime] LastLogin {get;}
Name Property string Name {get;set;}
SecProvider Property string SecProvider {get;set;}
Settings Property Bentley.ProjectWise.PowerShell.Common.User+UserSettings2 Settings {get;set;}
Type Property Bentley.ProjectWise.PowerShell.Common.UserType Type {get;set;}
UserId Property int UserId {get;}
UserName Property string UserName {get;set;} 
 For users returned by Get-PWUsersByMatch the object is (from pwps_dab 2.1.7.0): 
 TypeName: Bentley.ProjectWise.PowerShell.Common.User

Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetLastLogin Method System.Nullable[datetime] GetLastLogin()
GetType Method type GetType()
GroupsMemberOf Method System.Collections.Generic.SortedList[int,string] GroupsMemberOf()
ToString Method string ToString()
UserListsMemberOf Method System.Collections.Generic.SortedList[int,string] UserListsMemberOf()
CreationDate Property System.Nullable[datetime] CreationDate {get;}
Description Property string Description {get;set;}
Disabled Property bool Disabled {get;set;}
Email Property string Email {get;set;}
ID Property int ID {get;}
Identity Property string Identity {get;set;}
IdentityProvider Property string IdentityProvider {get;set;}
IsConnected Property bool IsConnected {get;}
IsDisabled Property bool IsDisabled {get;set;}
LastLogin Property System.Nullable[datetime] LastLogin {get;}
Name Property string Name {get;}
SecProvider Property string SecProvider {get;set;}
Type Property Bentley.ProjectWise.PowerShell.Common.UserType Type {get;set;}
UserID Property int UserID {get;}
UserName Property string UserName {get;}

Convert-PWUserToFederated example not working

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