Hello, I'm a beginner in FIM and in PowerShell. I have a FIM portal, where I have of course some users created via Graphic interface. I would like to do the same but with a powershell script. I have already seen the Markus Vilcinskas tutorial on how to create user in FIM portal and it's running. Indeed when I write this : PS C:\Users\CA000016\Desktop> .\creationUtilisateur.ps1 "DisplayName:Britta Simon|FirstName:Britta|LastName:Simon|AerMatricule:0" It runs But when I want to write Date and time field, I have this error : PS C:\Users\CA000016\Desktop> .\creationUtilisateur.ps1 "DisplayName:Britta Simon|FirstName:Britta|LastName:Simon|AerMatricule:0|AerBirthdate:2010-12-20T08" SourceObjectIdentifier : 9a1c797c-fd3f-4807-90a6-df38cb57539c TargetObjectIdentifier : ObjectType : Person State : Create Changes : {DisplayName, FirstName, LastName, AerBirthdate} AnchorPairs : Import-FIMConfig : Failure when making web service call. SourceObjectID = 9a1c797c-fd3f-4807-90a6-df38cb57539c Error = System.InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.Attribute.FormatFragmentValue(AttributeDefinition attributeDefini tion, LocaleAwareClientHelper localePreferences, Object value) at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.SelectableAttribute.ToFragment(LocaleAwareClientHelper localePref erences, Object value) at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.ResourceTemplate.CreateResource(Guid identifier, String synchroni zationSequenceIdentifier) at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.ResourceManager.CreateResource() at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Automation.ImportConfig.Create(String objectType, List`1 changeList) at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Automation.ImportConfig.EndProcessing() At C:\Users\CA000016\Desktop\creationUtilisateur.ps1:70 char:29 + $newUser | Import-FIMConfig <<<< -uri $URI + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Import-FIMConfig], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ImportConfig,Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Automation.ImportConfig I have already tried with different type of date such as [Datetime]"1/1/1950 12:00:00 AM" beacause when I write directly in graphic interface of FIM portal this date for this user it runs. I have seen these links : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ilm2/thread/60159f17-b308-495a-a0c1-95d7e14be33a/ http://www.identitychaos.com/2010/01/fim-2010-contributing-datetime-values.html http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ilm2/thread/c9d0caa4-64d0-49b5-bdb1-aab3112c66e1 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/imex/archive/2008/12/14/sample-scenario-get-ilm-schema.aspx http://www.identitychaos.com/2010/03/fim-2010-registering-fimautomation.html Could you help me to solve my problem. thanks in advance. Faithfully

Hi, I have the same issue. In my case, I use Technet FIM migration scripts. I have a production platform and a test platform. The goal is to export production users and import them into test FIM Portal. For users without EmployeeStartDate and EmployeeEndDate, FIM import works fine, but, for other users,I have an issue. When I export Users in a XML File, Date Attributes look like "DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS" I already seen on forums that FIM portal want another type of Date : "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000" I tried to write directly in XML file this type of date but I still have an issue during import. I tested several type of date in xml with no success. Thanks Victor

Hi, I have the same issue too. I've seen this link : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee652239.aspx For me my problem is with the birthdate attribute. When I create users in FIM portal,I have an error about the datetime. But I don't know if I have to create an xml file with the same things than on the link (but here I don't know both how to create this file, where have I to put it (in which directoty)) or perhaps there is a method to write this attribute correctly. I tried this but it doesn't run : $da=Get-Date -UFormat '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S' SetAttribute -object $newUser -attributeName $attName -attributeValue $da Have you a solution ? thanks

Hi, I have the same issue too. I've seen this link : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee652239.aspx For me my problem is with the birthdate attribute. When I create users in FIM portal,I have an error about the datetime. But I don't know if I have to create an xml file with the same things than on the link (but here I don't know both how to create this file, where have I to put it (in which directoty)) or perhaps there is a method to write this attribute correctly. I tried this but it doesn't run : $da=Get-Date -UFormat '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S' SetAttribute -object $newUser -attributeName $attName -attributeValue $da Have you a solution ? thanks

Hi Jean, There is a bug with importing DateTimes using RTM bits. This issue was fixed in CTP. Billy

Hello, from what I saw, CTP is an update of FIM, (isn't it ? I make perhaps a mistake), but when is it out? Is it possible to have it now in beta version? Thank you for your answers. Jean-Michel

Hi, I summarize and answer to the problem. The FIM PowerShell Add-in can not write a date format dateTime "FIM" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee652239.aspx ) using webServices portal. This problem will be corrected when the release of FP1 wil be out. Thus the only remaining possible solution is as follows and is given on the Microsoft forum (link below). http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ilm2/thread/c9d0caa4-64d0-49b5-bdb1-aab3112c66e1 Methods Get-and Set-FIMResource FIMResource are present in the add-in Quest (http://fimpscmdlets.codeplex.com/ ) that must be installed via the following procedure: http://social.technet.microsoft. com/Forums/en-US/ilm2/thread/23232d61-67f9-43c9-885c-e0a37e9f9d8a Be careful, use the "Run As Administrator"to open PowerShell. And from there everything goes as expected. Sincerely, Jean-Michel Thanks Again.