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SharePoint custom list view to show items inside a folder
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| function Create-ListViewInner() | |
| { | |
| 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() | |
| $contentTypes = $context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle($listName).ContentTypes | |
| $context.Load($contentTypes) | |
| $context.ExecuteQuery() | |
| $ct = $contentTypes | Where {$_.Name -eq "Folder"} | |
| } | |
| catch | |
| { | |
| Write-Host "Error while getting context. Error -->> " + $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red | |
| } | |
| } | |
| process{ | |
| try | |
| { | |
| $viewQuery = '<OrderBy><FieldRef Name="Created" Ascending="FALSE" /></OrderBy>' | |
| $viewFields = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection | |
| $viewFields.Add("Title") | |
| $viewFields.Add("Field1") | |
| $viewFields.Add("Field2") | |
| $viewFields.Add("Field3") | |
| $ViewInfo = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ViewCreationInformation | |
| $ViewInfo.Query = $viewQuery | |
| $ViewInfo.RowLimit = 30 | |
| $ViewInfo.ViewFields = $viewFields | |
| $ViewInfo.Title = $viewName | |
| $ViewInfo.SetAsDefaultView = $false | |
| $view = $list.Views.Add($ViewInfo) | |
| $context.Load($view) | |
| $context.ExecuteQuery() | |
| $view.DefaultViewForContentType = $true | |
| $view.ContentTypeId = $ct.Id | |
| $view.Update() | |
| $context.Load($view) | |
| $context.ExecuteQuery() | |
| Write-Host "View " $viewName " in list " $listName " 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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