PowerShell 7.3 - implementing Background Jobs Not Returning Expected Output
I'm working with an scenario with PowerShell 7.3 where I'm using background jobs to process a large dataset, but the results aren't what I expect. I have a script that runs a function to filter user data from a CSV file and then writes the output to another CSV file. However, the job seems to be returning an empty array even when I can see data in the original CSV. Here's the relevant part of my code: ```powershell function Filter-UserData { param ( [string]$InputFile, [string]$OutputFile ) $data = Import-Csv -Path $InputFile | Where-Object { $_.Active -eq 'True' } $data | Export-Csv -Path $OutputFile -NoTypeInformation } $job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Filter-UserData -InputFile 'C:\Data\users.csv' -OutputFile 'C:\Data\active_users.csv' } # Wait for job to complete and get the result $job | Wait-Job $results = Receive-Job -Job $job Remove-Job -Job $job ``` When I run this, `active_users.csv` gets created, but it’s empty. I checked the original `users.csv`, and it does contain active users. I suspect it might be related to how variables are handled in the script block or the path resolution of the files. I've tried using the full path for both input and output files, but that didn't help either. I also verified that there are indeed users with `Active` set to `True`. Has anyone else encountered this scenario? What could be going wrong here?