Export Termset and Terms

Here is a script to export the termsets and terms from SharePoint.

I found this script on this site on internet.

function Export-SPTermSet {
  param (
  [Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.TermCollection]$terms,
  [int]$level = 1,
  [string]$previousTerms = ""
)

if ($level -ge 1 -or $level -le 7) 
{
   if ($terms.Count -gt 0 ) 
   {
      $termSetName = ""
      if ($level -eq 1) 
      {
         $termSetName =  """" + $terms[0].TermSet.Name.Replace([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($amp), "&") + """"
      }
      $terms | ForEach-Object {
      $currentTerms = $previousTerms + ",""" + $_.Name.Replace([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($amp), "&") + """";

      $file.Writeline($termSetName + ",""" + $_.TermSet.Description + """" + ",," + $_.IsAvailableForTagging +"," + $_.GetDescription() + $currentTerms);

      if ($level -lt 7) 
      {
         Export-SPTermSet $_.Terms ($level + 1) ($previousTerms + $currentTerms)
      }
   }
}
}
}


function Export-SPTerms {
param (
[string]$siteUrl = $(Read-Host -prompt "Please provide the site collection URL"),
[string]$termGroupName = $(Read-Host -prompt "Please provide the term group name to export"),
[string]$saveLocation = $(Read-Host -prompt "Please provide the path of the folder to save the CSV file to")
)

if ([IO.Directory]::Exists($saveLocation) -eq $false)
{
New-Item ($saveLocation) -Type Directory | Out-Null
}

$taxonomySession = Get-SPTaxonomySession -site $siteUrl
$taxonomyTermStore =  $taxonomySession.TermStores | Select Name
$termStore = $taxonomySession.TermStores[$taxonomyTermStore.Name]

# Ampersands are stored as fullwidth ampersands (see http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/ff06/index.htm)
[Byte[]] $amp = 0xEF,0xBC,0x86

foreach ($group in $termStore.Groups) {
if ($group.Name -eq $termGroupName) {
foreach ($termSet in $group.TermSets) {
# Remove unsafe file system characters from filename
$parsedFilename =  [regex]::replace($termSet.Name, "[^a-zA-Z0-9\\-]", "_")
$file = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($saveLocation + "\termset_" + $parsedFilename + ".csv")

# Write out the headers
$file.Writeline("Term Set Name,Term Set Description,LCID,Available for Tagging,Term Description,Level 1 Term, Level 2 Term,Level 3 Term,Level 4 Term,Level 5 Term,Level 6 Term,Level 7 Term")

try {
Export-SPTermSet $termSet.Terms
}
finally {
$file.Flush()
$file.Close()
}
}
}
}
}

Get all recycle bins filled with content.

To know in which sitecollection the recycle bin is filled.

Function GetallFilledRecyclebins($LogFile, $SiteUrl)

{
     Start-Transcript -Path $LogFile


     $sitecollection = SPSite($SiteUrl)

     foreach ($web in $sitecollection.AllWebs)

     {
        
Write-Host $web.Url + "->" +  $web.RecycleBin.Count

     }

     Stop-Transcript

}

GetallFilledRecyclebins c:\temp\log.log http://www.url.com

Get all version enabled lists

To search on all site collections manually to version enabled lists takes a lot of time.

So because of that i wrote a ps script.

Function GetAllVersionEnabledLists($LogFile, $SiteUrl)
{

if((Get-PSSnapin | Where {$_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"}) -eq $null) {
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell;
}

Start-Transcript -Path $LogFile

$sitecollection = SPSite($SiteUrl)
foreach ($web in $sitecollection.AllWebs)
{
foreach($list in $web.lists)
{
if ($list.EnableVersioning -eq $true)
{
Write-Host ($site.Url +"-" +  $web.Title +"-"+ $list.Title + "->" + $list.EnableVersioning)
}
}
}

Stop-Transcript
}

Example : GetAllVersionEnabledLists c:\temp\log.log http://url 

Read ULS log with powrshell

When solving issues on a SharePoint environment. You need a lot of times take a look at the ULS logs of SharePoint. Instead of logging in on a remote desktop connection (RDC) you can create a file share of the log files folder of SharePoint.

With the next PowerShell script you can read the uls logs via the file share based on your Correlation ID.

Function Get-ULSLog ($correlationid, $timelimit = 30) {
                @("Server 1","Server 2","Server 3") |
                % {gci "\\$_\Name of the file share\*.log"} |
                ? { $_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddMinutes(-$timelimit)} | 
                import-csv -delim "`t" | ? {$_.Correlation -match $correlationid}
}


Get-ULSLog "Correlation ID" 30

Have fun, it will save a lot of time.

Powershell & SharePoint

Yesterday i received an interesting blog item from my colleage which i wanted to share with you.

Hi All,

If you are thinking about creating a SharePoint environment with the help of our friend PowerShell, you will discover that almost everything is possible.

So let's create a  'User' (person/group) column :

### Add custom site column ###

$fieldXML = ' Name="myUser"
Description="name it"
Type=”User”
DisplayName="Add me to your list ..."
Group="Custom Columns"
Required="true"
ShowInDisplayForm="true"
ShowInEditForm="true"
ShowInListSettings="true"
ShowInNewForm="true"
List="UserInfo"
ShowField="ImnName"
UserSelectionMode = "PeopleOnly"
UserSelectionScope = "0">'
$spWeb.Fields.AddFieldAsXml($fieldXML)

$spWeb.Update()

The column will appear in the 'Custom Columns'


Next thing, we will add this column to a content type :

### Add column to CT ###

$spColumn = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldLink ($spWeb.Fields["Name"])

$Ct = $spWeb.ContentTypes["ContentType"]

$Ct.FieldLinks.Add($spColumn)

$Ct.Update()

Your site column was added to your content type ...


Enjoy PowerShell :-)

Adding site actions to SharePoint 2010

Add the following code to the Element.xml of you solution.

How to : Encrypt / Decrypt sharepoint web.config file

When using security information in your config file. It's recommended to encrypt that part of the config file. Below you will find the steps how to configure sharepoint to use the encrypted web.config.


1) Add the next config part just under the config section of the web.config.



2) Encrypt the certain part of the config file.

aspnet_regIIS -pef "Section" "path"

3) Create an leycontainer.

aspnet_regIIS -pc "KeyContainerName" -exp

4) Add Application Pool user to the security of the key container.

aspnet_regiis -pa "KeyContainerName" "Application Pool User"


See also : Walkthrough: Creating and Exporting an RSA Key Container

Installing sharepoint 2010 prerequisites without an internet connection

Installing prerequisites

Most of the time developers need to install a developement environment on VMWare or with Hyper V. Most of the time there is no connection with the internet available. Because the normal installation of SharePoint 2010 needs to have an internet connection to install the prerequisites it's inpossible to install the prerequisites.

Below you will find a list with the prerequisites to install.

SQLClient

SyncFramework

MSChart

Powershell

Geneva Framework

Microsoft ADOMD.Net