Create Content Type Using PowerShell

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Automating the process of creating Content Types can help speed up a deployment, and reduce the risk of human-error. Here in this blog specify how to create content type using PowerShell.

There are common steps to start with a PowerShell script as following.

Step 1: As always, start by adding the SharePoint module.

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

Step 2: We use Start-SPAssignment to ensure that all objects are disposed.

Start-SPAssignment –Global

Step 3: n this step is to open the web where you want to add the Content Type to.

$url = "http://sharepoint/"

$web = get-spweb $url

Step 4: Provide a Name to the new Content Type.

$kirtictypeName = "Kirti Content Type"

Step 5: We need a parent Content Type for our new Content Type. We can get a list of available Content Types by running

$web.AvailableContentTypes | Select-Object Name

This gives an output of all of the Content Types available on the current web as following figure.

Step 6: we need a reference to the parent Content Type. We can a name from available Content Type as per our requirement and use the reference as parent, and create a new content type,

$kirtictypeParent = $web.availablecontenttypes["Item"]

$Kirtictype = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType($kirtictypeParent, $web.contenttypes, $ kirtictypeName)

$Kirtictype.Group = "Kirti Content Type Group"

$web.ContentTypes.Add($Kirtictype)

Step 7: Add a custom site column to the newly created content type.

$web.fields.add(“My Column", "Text", $false)

Step 8: Add a custom site column to the newly created content type.

$Kirtifield = $web.Fields.GetField("My Column")

$ Kirtifield.Group = "Kirti Site Column Group"

Step 9: Now create a reference to newly created site column and add the field to the newly create content type.

$Kirti_fieldLink = New-OBject Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldLink($Kirtifield)

$ Kirtictype.FieldLinks.Add($Kirti_fieldLink)