Hi Friends,Create List and respective fields programmatically CSOM and PowerShell scripting.
CSOM and PowerShell scripting has become my favorite now days for office 365 projects.
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I will sharing code to create lists and respective fields below.
Ps Script –
cls
$0 = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$dp0 = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($0)
$xmlFilePath = $(“$dp0\Inputs.xml”)
$xmldata = [xml](Get-Content($xmlFilePath));
$username = “samtest@microsoft.com”
$password = Read-Host -Prompt “Please enter your password” -AsSecureString
$url = $xmldata.WebSite.Url
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
$clientContext = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($url)
$credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($username, $securePassword)
$clientContext.Credentials = $credentials
Add-Type -Path “C:\Lib\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll”
Add-Type -Path “C:\Lib\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll”
Add-Type -Path “C:\Lib\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Publishing.dll”
Add-Type -Path “C:\Lib\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Taxonomy.dll”
if (!$clientContext.ServerObjectIsNull.Value)
{
Write-Host “Connected to SharePoint Online site: ‘$Url'” -ForegroundColor Green
$web = $clientContext.Web
$clientContext.Load($web)
$clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
}
function createListFields([Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Web] $web)
{
foreach($list in $xmldata.WebSite.Lists.List)
{
$isActive=$list.Active;
if($isActive -eq “True”)
{
$listName=$list.Name
$listCollection=$web.Lists;
$clientContext.Load($listCollection)
$clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
$spList = $listCollection | where{$_.Title -eq $listName}
if(!$spList)
{
$ListInfo = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ListCreationInformation
$ListInfo.Title = $listName
$ListInfo.Url=$list.Url
$ListInfo.TemplateType = $list.TemplateId
$spList = $web.Lists.Add($ListInfo)
$spList.Description = $ListTitle
$spList.Update()
}
$clientContext.Load($spList)
$clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
$fieldCollection=$spList.Fields;
foreach ($node in $list.Field) {
$fieldCollection.AddFieldAsXml($node.OuterXml,$true,[Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.AddFieldOptions]::AddFieldInternalNameHint);
$clientContext.Load($fieldCollection)
$clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
}
$spList.Update()
}
}
Write-Host “Lists and Fields created”
}
createListFields $web
XML Inputs-
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<WebSite Url=”https://microsft.sharepoint.com/sites/test/” >
<Lists>
<List Name=”Post Idea” TemplateId=”100″ Active=”True” Url=”Lists/PostIdea”>
<Field ID=”{46ECDE55-6BB0-4E57-A7EB-5FE9D0F4FF59}”
Name=”IdeaOwner”
DisplayName=”Idea Owner”
Type=”User” UserSelectionMode=”PeopleOnly”
Required=”False”
StaticName=”IdeaOwner”/>
<Field ID=”{B1B21CD8-2E46-4708-82C2-249ADFAFF566}”
Type=”Text” DisplayName=”Idea Description” Required=”False” MaxLength=”255″ StaticName=”IdeaDescription” Name=”IdeaDescription” />
<Field ID=”{6C78A432-7314-4112-AF38-C4FD80DE44BB}”
Name=”IdeaType”
DisplayName=”Idea Type”
Type=”Choice” StaticName=”IdeaType”
Required=”FALSE” FillInChoice=”TRUE”>
<Default>Lighting-Service</Default>
<CHOICES>
<CHOICE>Lighting-Service</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Light for health and living</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>
</Field>
<Field ID=”{0B02FCE9-0C5F-40C7-AF15-E354BF61021C}”
Name=”IdeaCategory”
DisplayName=”Idea Category”
Type=”Choice”
Required=”FALSE” StaticName=”IdeaCategory”>
<Default>Healthcare</Default>
<CHOICES>
<CHOICE>Healthcare</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Lifestyle</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Lighting</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>
</Field>
<Field ID=”{C819B243-4C0B-4429-B62B-AC98E013FC4F}”
Name=”StrategicFit”
DisplayName=”Strategic Fit”
Type=”Choice”
Required=”FALSE” StaticName=”StrategicFit”>
<Default>Solution</Default>
<CHOICES>
<CHOICE>Solution</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Device</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Health Care</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Product</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>
</Field>
<Field ID=”{871544BB-D045-4F61-AE3C-3084EA2E9045}”
Name=”OriginIdea”
DisplayName=”Origin of idea”
Type=”Choice”
Required=”FALSE” StaticName=”OriginIdea”>
<Default>Employee</Default>
<CHOICES>
<CHOICE>Employee</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Consumers</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Customers</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Suppliers</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Others</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>
</Field>
<Field ID=”{A83AE568-ECAE-463F-A6D9-F53F878BF874}” StaticName=”IdeaDocuments” Name=”IdeaDocuments” DisplayName=”Idea Documents” Type=”HTML” RichText=”TRUE” RichTextMode=”ThemeHtml” Required=”FALSE”/>
</List>
<List Name=”TestEvents” TemplateId=”106″ Active=”True” Url=”Lists/TestEvents”>
</List>
<List Name=”TestAnnouncement” TemplateId=”104″ Active=”True” Url=”Lists/TestAnnouncement”>
</List>
<List Name=”TestList” TemplateId=”100″ Active=”True” Url=”Lists/TestList”>
<Field ID=”{FEBDBFC8-8F74-4C68-8DFD-F34313A3B2629}”
Name=”TestCategory”
DisplayName=”Test Category”
Type=”Choice”
Required=”FALSE” StaticName=”TestCategory”>
<Default>Option1</Default>
<CHOICES>
<CHOICE>Option1</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Option2</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Option3</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>
</Field>
<Field ID=”{5B6F232F-115F-44E8-A191-EE42E63208DC}” RichText=”TRUE”
RichTextMode=”FullHtml” NumLines=”6″ Type=”Note” DisplayName=”Test Description” Required=”False” StaticName=”TestDescription” Name=”TestDescription” />
</List>
<Field ID=”{1A2435AC-7BE1-4511-8299-E7C5B9BF05D0}” StaticName=”Link” Name=”Link” DisplayName=”Link” Type=”URL” Format=”Hyperlink” Required=”TRUE”/>
<Field ID=”{44265EB9-56AA-45C5-BC7C-4EFDBEFEE06D}” StaticName=”Icon” Name=”Icon” DisplayName=”Icon” Type=”URL” Format=”Image” Required=”TRUE”/>
<Field ID=”{4D25B5AC-D377-4E15-BCE2-EADB8ADBB23C}” Name=”Position”
DisplayName=”Position”
Type=”Choice”
Required=”TRUE” StaticName=”Position”>
<Default>Right</Default>
<CHOICES>
<CHOICE>Right</CHOICE>
<CHOICE>Left</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>
</Field>
<Field ID=”{209E5E94-1851-4377-AA99-394351C62C14}” Indexed=”TRUE” EnforceUniqueValues=”TRUE” StaticName=”ToolOrder” Name =”ToolOrder” DisplayName =”ToolOrder” Type=”Number” Required=”TRUE” />
</List>
</Lists>
</WebSite>
