Taxonomy TermSets in SharePoint 2010

This article is about the TermSet in SharePoint.

In this article we will be seeing about the TermSet in SharePoint.

In this article we will be seeing the following:

• Create a new TermSet for a group
• Get all the termsets for a particular group

Steps Involved:

• Open visual studio 2010.
• Create a new console application.
• Add the following references.
  
  o Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
  o Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.dll
   
• Add the following namespaces.
  
  o Using Microsoft.SharePoint;
  o Using Microsoft.Sharepoint.Taxonomy;

Create a new TermSet for a group:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy;
namespace EMM
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:10/"))
            {
                TaxonomySession taxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);
                TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores["MMS"];
                Group group = termStore.Groups["SharePoint Group"];
                TermSet termSet = group.CreateTermSet("Word Automation Term Set");
                termStore.CommitAll();
            }
        }
    }
}


Get all the termsets of a particular group:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy;
namespace EMM
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:10/"))
{
TaxonomySession taxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);
TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores["MMS"];
Group group = termStore.Groups["SharePoint Group"];
TermSetCollection termSetCol = group.TermSets;
foreach (TermSet termSet in termSetCol)
{
Console.WriteLine(termSet.Name);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
}