Use the -d switch to specify the root or "base" of the search:

-d "ou=MyOU,dc=MyDomain,dc=co,dc=uk"

You can get syntax (with a few examples) at a command line on a DC
with:

csvde -?

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Richard Mueller
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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"PK" <PK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C5BD4C5F-DB7B-4726-9DFD-1E3A2DDFC39E@microsoft.com...
> Hi Richard,
>
> Yes have amended as your recomendation and it works fine.
>
> csvde -f C:\Get-Group\report.csv -r
> "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(whenC reated>=20071008000000.0Z))"
> -l userPrincipalName,sAMAccountName -s saturn.lcbt.co.uk
>
> However i only need Accounts created in a specific OU how would i
> configure
> this..?
> Because when i insert "OU=myOU,DC=MyDomain,dc=co,dc=uk" it all stops
> working
> again...!
>
> Thanks for all you ,
> Paul
>
> "Richard Mueller [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Paul wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Been working on this a whole and im hitting a dead end and need a
>> > little
>> > .
>> >
>> > I need to either export Group Membersip, (including several LDAP
>> > attributes
>> > as below)
>> >
>> > CSVDE -f e:\adusers.csv -r objectCategory=person -d
>> > "OU=myOU,DC=MyDomain,dc=co,dc=uk" -l
>> > "userPrincipalName,sAMAccountName,WhenCreated"
>> >
>> > This CSVDE script runs through and returns the specified attributes for
>> > the
>> > entire OU (myOU), i need to output the same information in the same
>> > format
>> > but by Group.
>> >
>> > Ideally however id like to output all users within the OU which created
>> > in
>> > the last 7 days (but i dont know if this is possible).
>>
>> You can export all groups in the OU and their memberships. That may be
>> the
>> same thing as your request. Use "-r (objectCategory=group)" and "-l
>> sAMAccountName,member"
>>
>> This will output sAMAccountName of all groups in the OU, and
>> Distinguished
>> Names of all members. You cannot retrieve any other attributes of the
>> members without a more complicated command (if at all).
>>
>> To output all users created since 20070928000000.0Z (Sept. 28, 2007, at
>> 00:00:00 UTC) use:
>>
>> -r
>> "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(whenC reated>=20070928000000.0Z))"
>>
>> --
>> Richard Mueller
>> Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
>> Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
>> --
>>
>>
>>