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PowerShell to create a List View of a SharePoint List
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function Create-ListView() | |
{ | |
param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$url, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][System.Net.NetworkCredential]$credentials, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$listName, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$viewName | |
) | |
begin{ | |
try | |
{ | |
#get Client Object | |
$context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($url) | |
$context.Credentials = $credentials | |
#Retrieve List | |
$list = $context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle($listName) | |
$context.Load($list) | |
$context.ExecuteQuery() | |
} | |
catch | |
{ | |
Write-Host "Error while getting context. Error -->> " + $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red | |
} | |
} | |
process{ | |
try | |
{ | |
$viewQuery = '<GroupBy Collapse="TRUE" GroupLimit="30"><FieldRef Name="Title" /></GroupBy><OrderBy><FieldRef Name="Created" Ascending="FALSE" /></OrderBy><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="YourField" /><Value Type="Boolean">1</Value></Eq></Where>' | |
$viewFields = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection | |
$viewFields.Add("Edit") | |
$viewFields.Add("Title") | |
$viewFields.Add("Created") | |
$ViewInfo = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ViewCreationInformation | |
$ViewInfo.Query = $viewQuery | |
$ViewInfo.RowLimit = 50 | |
$ViewInfo.ViewFields = $viewFields | |
$ViewInfo.Title = $viewName | |
$ViewInfo.SetAsDefaultView = $false | |
$view = $list.Views.Add($ViewInfo) | |
$context.Load($list.Views) | |
$context.ExecuteQuery() | |
Write-Host "View added successfully" -ForegroundColor Green | |
} | |
catch | |
{ | |
Write-Host ("Error while creating view for a List. Error -->> " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red | |
} | |
} | |
end{ | |
$context.Dispose() | |
} | |
} |
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What is $credentials ? You should provide an example of your script execution.