Get the view schema for the specified list using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

In this blog you will see how to get the view schema for the specified list using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell

Steps Involved:

1. Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by going to Start | All Programs | SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (Run as Administrator).
2. Run the following script.

Powershell Script:

## Get the specified view schema for the specified SharePoint 2010 list using web service in powershell $uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT/_vti_bin/Views.asmx?wsdl" [String]$listName="List" [String]$viewName="D959C5C0-93AF-443B-8446-5011883094E3" ## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/Views.asmx $viewsWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential [System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$viewsWebServiceReference.GetView($listName,$viewName) $xmlNode ## To get the view schema Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Displaying the view schema............" $xmlNode.OuterXml

Output: $xmlNode




Output: $xmlNode.Outerxml

<View Name="{D959C5C0-93AF-443B-8446-5011883094E3}" DefaultView="TRUE" MobileView="TRUE" MobileDefaultView="TRUE" Type="HTML" DisplayName="All Items" Url="Lists/List/AllItems.aspx" Level="1" BaseViewID="1" ContentTypeID="0x" ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/generic.png" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/"> - <Query> - <OrderBy>   <FieldRef Name="ID" />   </OrderBy>   </Query> - <ViewFields>   <FieldRef Name="Attachments" />   <FieldRef Name="LinkTitle" />   <FieldRef Name="ID" />   </ViewFields>   <RowLimit Paged="TRUE">30</RowLimit>   <Aggregations Value="Off" />   </View>