Add Single line of text / Multiple lines of text Fields to SharePoint List using PowerShell
How to Add Single Line of Text or Multiple Lines of Text Columns in SharePoint?
- Browse to your list or library in SharePoint >> Click on the List or Library tab from ribbon.
- Click on “Create Column” button under “Manage Views” group.
- In Create Column page, Type the Name for your column.
- Select the type of the column as “Single line of text” or “Multiple lines of text” according to your requirement.
- In the Additional Column Settings section, provide values for fields such as description, Required Field, Unique, validation, etc. Click OK to save.
How to programmatically Add a Single Line of Text field or Multiple Lines of text fields to SharePoint List using PowerShell:
#configuration parameters
$WebURL="https://portal.crescent.com/"
$ListName="Service Requests"
#Get site and List objects
$web = Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$List = $web.Lists.TryGetList($ListName)
#Check if List Exists
if($List)
{
#Setup Field Properties
$FieldName = "Overall Progress"
$FieldType = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldType]::Text
#For Multiple Lines of Text field, use: $FieldType = microsoft.sharepoint.SPFieldType]::Note
$IsRequired = $False
#Add the Field
$NewField=$List.Fields.Add($FieldName,$FieldType,$IsRequired)
}
else
{
write-host "List not found!"
}
PowerShell Scripts to add a single line of text to SharePoint List:
Let’s make it a reusable function.
#Function to Add a Single Line of Text
Function Add-SPSingleLineOfTextField([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList]$List, [string]$DisplayName, [string]$Name, [string]$Required)
{
if(!$List.Fields.ContainsField($DisplayName))
{
$FieldXML = "<Field Type='Text' DisplayName='"+ $DisplayName +"' Required='"+ $Required +"' MaxLength='255' Name='"+ $Name +"' />"
$NewField=$List.Fields.AddFieldAsXml($FieldXML,$True,[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPAddFieldOptions]::AddFieldToDefaultView)
write-host "New Field Added!" -f Green
}
else
{
write-host "Field exists already!" -f RED
}
}
PowerShell to add Multiple lines of text field to SharePoint List
#Function to Add Multiple Lines of Text
Function Add-SPMultipleLinesOfTextField([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList]$List, [string]$DisplayName, [string]$Name, [string]$Required, [string]$NumLines, [string]$RichText, [string]$RichTextMode)
{
if(!$List.Fields.ContainsField($DisplayName))
{
#Frame Field XML
$FieldXML = "<Field Type='Note' DisplayName='"+ $DisplayName +"' Name='"+ $Name +"' Required='"+ $Required +"' NumLines='"+ $NumLines +"' RichText='" + $RichText +"' RichTextMode='"+ $RichTextMode +"' Sortable='FALSE'/>"
#Add Field
$NewField=$List.Fields.AddFieldAsXml($FieldXML,$True,[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPAddFieldOptions]::AddFieldToDefaultView)
write-host "New Multiple Linex of Text Field Added!" -f Green
}
else
{
write-host "Field exists already!" -f RED
}
}
Now, We can call the function to add a single line of text:
#configuration parameters
$WebURL="https://portal.crescent.com/"
$ListName="Service Requests"
#Get site and List objects
$web = Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$List = $web.Lists.TryGetList($ListName)
#Check if List Exists
if($List)
{
#Call the function to add single line of Text
Add-SPSingleLineOfTextField $List "Overall Progress" "Progress" $False
}
else
{
write-host "List not found!"
}
Let’s call the function to add multiple lines of text field:
#configuration parameters
$WebURL="https://portal.crescent.com/"
$ListName="Service Requests"
#Get site and List objects
$web = Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$List = $web.Lists.TryGetList($ListName)
#Check if List Exists
if($List)
{
#Add Plain Text
#Add-SPMultipleLinesOfTextField $List "Stage Comments" "comments" $False 6 $False "Compatible"
#Add Rich Text
Add-SPMultipleLinesOfTextField $List "Stage Comments" "comments" "FALSE" 6 "TRUE" "Compatible"
#Add Enhanced Rich Text
#Add-SPMultipleLinesOfTextField $List "Stage Comments" "comments" "FALSE" "6" "TRUE" "FullHtml"
}
else
{
write-host "List not found!"
}
