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Add Column to View in SharePoint using PowerShell

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How to add a column to view in SharePoint?

You can add columns to your view in just a few easy steps. To add a column in SharePoint view, follow these steps:

  • Browse to your list or library in SharePoint >> Click on the List or Library tab from ribbon.
  • Select the appropriate view from the “Current View” drop-down. Default View gets listed in the current view usually. Click on the “Modify View” button under the “Manage Views” group. 
  • On the Edit View page, Select the Columns you wish to appear in the particular View. 
    sharepoint powershell add column to default view
  • Click OK to save. This adds column to list view.

PowerShell to Add a Field to View:

How to add a column to SharePoint list view using PowerShell? Let’s programmatically add a custom column to view using PowerShell.

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

#configuration parameters
$WebURL="https://portal.crescent.com/projects"
$ListName="Project Milestones"
$ViewName="All Items"
$FieldInternalName="ProjectDescription"

Function Add-FieldToView([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList]$List, [String]$ViewName, [string]$FieldInternalName)
{
    #Get the view
    $View = $List.Views[$ViewName]
    #To Get the Default View: List.DefaultView
    
    if($view -eq $Null) {write-host "View doesn't exists!" -f Red; return}
    
    #Check if view has the specific field already!
    if(!$view.ViewFields.ToStringCollection().Contains($FieldInternalName))
    {
        $View.ViewFields.Add($FieldInternalName)
        #To Delete a field from view: $View.ViewFields.delete($FieldInternalName)
        $View.Update()
        write-host "Field added to View!" -f Green
    }
    else
    {
        write-host "Field Already Exists in the view!" -f Red
    }
}

#Get the Web and List
$Web= Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$List = $web.Lists.TryGetList($ListName)

#If List Exists
if ($List )
{
    #Call the function
    Add-FieldToView $List $ViewName $FieldInternalName
}

SharePoint PowerShell to add a column to default view:

To add column to default view, in the above script, instead of: 

$View = $List.Views[$ViewName]

Use: 

$View = $List.DefaultView

All Column to All Views in the List using PowerShell: 

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Function Add-FieldToAllViews([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList]$List, [string]$FieldInternalName)
{
    #Iterate through each view from the list
    For($i = $List.Views.Count-1; $i -ge 0; $i--)
    {
        $View = $List.Views[$i]
        #Check if view has the specific field already!
        if(!$view.ViewFields.ToStringCollection().Contains($FieldInternalName))
        {
            $View.ViewFields.Add($FieldInternalName)
            $View.Update()
            write-host "Field added to View:"$View.Title  -f Green
        }
        else
        {
            write-host "Field Already Exists in the view:"$View.Title  -f Yellow
        }
    }
}

#Parameters
$WebURL="https://intranet.crescent.com/"
$ListName="Documents"
$FieldInternalName="OverallProgress"

#Get the Web and List
$Web= Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$List = $web.Lists.TryGetList($ListName)

#If List Exists
if ($List )
{
    #Call the function to add field to all list views
    Add-FieldToAllViews $List $FieldInternalName
}

Salaudeen Rajack

Salaudeen Rajack is a SharePoint Architect with Two decades of SharePoint Experience. He loves sharing his knowledge and experiences with the SharePoint community, through his real-world articles!

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