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Reorder fields in a SharePoint content type using csom PowerShell
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| function Reorder-ContentTypeFields() | |
| { | |
| param( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$url, | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][System.Net.NetworkCredential]$credentials, | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$ContentTypeName | |
| ) | |
| begin{ | |
| try | |
| { | |
| #get Client Object | |
| $Context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($url) | |
| $Context.Credentials = $Credentials | |
| #Load web object | |
| $web = $Context.Web | |
| $Context.Load($web) | |
| $Context.ExecuteQuery() | |
| } | |
| catch | |
| { | |
| Write-Host "Error while getting context. Error -->> " + $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red | |
| } | |
| } | |
| process{ | |
| try | |
| { | |
| $contentTypes = $Context.Site.RootWeb.ContentTypes | |
| $Context.Load($contentTypes) | |
| $Context.ExecuteQuery() | |
| $contentType = $contentTypes | Where {$_.Name -eq $ContentTypeName} | |
| $viewFields = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection | |
| #Col1 = Internal Name of a field | |
| $viewFields.Add("Col1") | |
| $viewFields.Add("Col2") | |
| $viewFields.Add("Col3") | |
| $contentType.FieldLinks.Reorder($viewFields) | |
| $contentType.Update($true) | |
| $Context.Load($contentType) | |
| $Context.ExecuteQuery() | |
| Write-Host "Fields reordered successfully" -ForegroundColor Green | |
| } | |
| catch | |
| { | |
| Write-Host ("Error while reordering fields in contet type. Error -->> " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red | |
| } | |
| } | |
| end{ | |
| $Context.Dispose() | |
| } | |
| } |
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