[BUG] - Set-PnPListItem not writing all values for Multiple User fields

[simoncumming]

Reporting an Issue or Missing Feature

When running set-pnplistitem and trying to set the value for a User type field to 3 users, it will add only users #1 and #3. If trying to add 2 users, it will add only user #1

Expected behavior

When adding 3 values for a user field, I expected all 3 values to be populated for the item.

Actual behavior

When adding 3 values, I see values #1 and #3 added to the item, but not value #2

Steps to reproduce behavior

Behaviour can be reproduced with a script similar to this:
set-pnplistitem -List $ListName -Identity $id -Values @{"DocumentAuthor" = "AdeleV@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com","GradyA@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com","diegos@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com"} $item = Get-PnPListItem -List $ListName -Id $id $item.FieldValues.DocumentAuthor

The syntax of this is directly from: https://pnp.github.io/powershell/cmdlets/Set-PnPListItem.html#-values

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

running version 2.3.0

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

• [X ] Windows

[gautamdsheth]

hi @simoncumming , can't reproduce the issue.

Is it possible that one of the users that you specified in the array is not added to User Site Information list ? If that's the case, then you need to "add" them to the site using New-PnPUser cmdlet

[simoncumming]

Hi @gautamdsheth can confirm that I've added all the users via New-PnPUser (should have included that in the sample script sorry).

I've also verified this by swapping the order:

set-pnplistitem -List $ListName -Identity $id -Values @{"DocumentAuthor" = "AdeleV@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com","GradyA@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com","diegos@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com"} $item = Get-PnPListItem -List $ListName -Id $id $item.FieldValues.DocumentAuthor
RETURNS:

` Email : AdeleV@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com
TypeId : {c956ab54-16bd-4c18-89d2-996f57282a6f}
LookupId : 11
LookupValue : Adele Vance

Email : DiegoS@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com
TypeId : {c956ab54-16bd-4c18-89d2-996f57282a6f}
LookupId : 13
LookupValue : Diego Siciliani `

With the user values order changed:

set-pnplistitem -List $ListName -Identity $id -Values @{"DocumentAuthor" = "AdeleV@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com","diegos@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com","GradyA@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com"} $item = Get-PnPListItem -List $ListName -Id $id $item.FieldValues.DocumentAuthor

RETURNS:

` Email : AdeleV@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com
TypeId : {c956ab54-16bd-4c18-89d2-996f57282a6f}
LookupId : 11
LookupValue : Adele Vance

Email : GradyA@v5wpc.onmicrosoft.com
TypeId : {c956ab54-16bd-4c18-89d2-996f57282a6f}
LookupId : 12
LookupValue : Grady Archie `

I am also having this issue across multiple tenants.

The prompt for me to check this was I found this forum post from someone in 2020 that was experiencing a similar issue https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sharepoint-developer/add-pnplistitem-and-set-pnplistitem-multiple-user-field-adding/m-p/1962678/highlight/true#M9770

I searched for an issue for it but couldn't find that they'd ever logged one.

[gautamdsheth]

Nope, still can't repro:

and

@veronicageek - can you maybe try reproducing this issue ?

[veronicageek]

@gautamdsheth @simoncumming

I cannot reproduce either (using 2.3.0)

[simoncumming]

@gautamdsheth @veronicageek thanks for both looking into this, do you have any clues what could potentially cause something like this? Are there any settings or dependencies or something I should be looking at? Just trying to figure out the next troubleshooting steps

[gautamdsheth]

Am not sure about this. But looks like it could be an issue with users itself. Not sure how we can help here, am moving this to a discussion , maybe somebody in the community has some idea.

Don't see this as bug with the module itself.