Describe the issue/error/question
This is really weird. I’m progressively chasing through issues with a complex workflow I’m building. The last step of the process is supposed to generate me a nicely formatted powershell script from a number of previously set fields. This was working yesterday, not today. I have updated the N8N version since then but I don’t understand why it’s not working.
The node stopped producing output completely (returning blank binary data). I’ve fiddled with it and it’s now returning a copy of the input - which is of course JSON. I just want the value of the ‘data’ field, and the formatting (ie. line endings) to be honoured.
What is the error message (if any)?
Please share the workflow
Share the output returned by the last node
Returned output -
{"data":"<# This script takes care of creating a new user within xx's environment. It should be run on a Domain Controller in an Administrative Powershell. Please review the support ticket AND the details of the script (where noted) before continuing. This will create the user account and provide access to global wifi systems, along with an SSO account and associated pieces. All other on-site access must be provisioned manually #>\n\n$OU = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter 'Name -eq \"United Kingdom\"' -SearchBase \"OU=xx,OU=xx,DC=xx,DC=xxx\"\n$RegionOU = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter 'Name -eq \"Europe\"' -SearchBase \"OU=Users,OU=aa,DC=ss,DC=sdf\"\n\nif ($OU.DistinguishedName -eq $null) {\n\tif ($RegionOU.DistinguishedName -ne $null) {\n\t\tWrite-Host \"OU NOT FOUND. Going to create a new OU called 'United Kingdom'\"\n\t\tNew-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name \"United Kingdom\" -Path $RegionOU -Confirm\n\t\t$OU = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter 'Name -eq \"United Kingdom\"' -SearchBase \"OU=Users,OU=123,DC=sff,DC=we\"\n\t}\n}\n\nNew-ADUser -samAccountName \"Steve Smith\" -Identity \"Steve Smith\" -DisplayName \"Steve Smith\" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString enkvisCSY5SA -AsPlainText -force) -Enabled $True -GivenName Steve -Surname Smith -UserPrincipalName [email protected] -EmailAddress [email protected] -Manager (Peter Williams) -Office \"Yepey Corporate\" -Department \"Finance Services\" -Title \"Accountant\" -HomePage www.yepey.co -Path $OU -Company \"Yepey Europe\" -Confirm\n\n$user = Get-ADUser -Filter \"userprincipalname -eq '[email protected]'\" -SearchBase \"OU=Users,OU=xx,DC=yy,DC=zz\"\n$group = \"CN=xxs,OU=Groups,OU=LocalResources,DC=xx,DC=xx\"\n\nwhile ($user -eq $null) {\n Write-Host \"User account not yet present in directory. Waiting 5 seconds...\"\n Start-Sleep 5\n}\n\nAdd-ADGroupMember -Identity $group -Members $user"}
Expected output -
<# This script takes care of creating a new user within xx's environment. It should be run on a Domain Controller in an Administrative Powershell. Please review the support ticket AND the details of the script (where noted) before continuing. This will create the user account and provide access to global wifi systems, along with an SSO account and associated pieces. All other on-site access must be provisioned manually #>
$OU = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter 'Name -eq "United Kingdom"' -SearchBase "OU=xx,OU=xx,DC=xx,DC=xxx"
$RegionOU = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter 'Name -eq "Europe"' -SearchBase "OU=Users,OU=aa,DC=ss,DC=sdf"
if ($OU.DistinguishedName -eq $null) {
if ($RegionOU.DistinguishedName -ne $null) {
Write-Host "OU NOT FOUND. Going to create a new OU called 'United Kingdom'"
New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name "United Kingdom" -Path $RegionOU -Confirm
$OU = Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter 'Name -eq "United Kingdom"' -SearchBase "OU=Users,OU=123,DC=sff,DC=we"
}
}
New-ADUser -samAccountName "Steve Smith" -Identity "Steve Smith" -DisplayName "Steve Smith" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString enkvisCSY5SA -AsPlainText -force) -Enabled $True -GivenName Steve -Surname Smith -UserPrincipalName [email protected] -EmailAddress [email protected] -Manager (Peter Williams) -Office "Yepey Corporate" -Department "Finance Services" -Title "Accountant" -HomePage www.yepey.co -Path $OU -Company "Yepey Europe" -Confirm
$user = Get-ADUser -Filter "userprincipalname -eq '[email protected]'" -SearchBase "OU=Users,OU=xx,DC=yy,DC=zz"
$group = "CN=xxs,OU=Groups,OU=LocalResources,DC=xx,DC=xx"
while ($user -eq $null) {
Write-Host "User account not yet present in directory. Waiting 5 seconds..."
Start-Sleep 5
}
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity $group -Members $user
Information on your n8n setup
- n8n version: 0.205.0
- Database you’re using (default: SQLite): SQLite
- Running n8n with the execution process [own(default), main]:
- Running n8n via [Docker, npm, n8n.cloud, desktop app]: Docker
