Create Site Column In SharePoint From OOB And JSOM

In this article, I would like to share the steps to create a site column and code to create the site column in SharePoint using JSOM. Most of us know how to create a column in a SharePoint list. If we create a field as a site column, we can reuse the column in multiple lists when we need the same data type and column.

SharePoint Columns

• SharePoint list is used to categorize and group the columns and track the information in lists and libraries
• Multiple data types can be used in a column, such as a single line of text, multi-line of text, person or group, number, dropdown list etc.

Steps to create a site column 

Follow the below-listed steps to create a site column.

Step 1

Open the SharePoint site on your browser.

Step 2

Then, go to the "Site Settings" page by clicking the gear icon on the site.

 Step 3

On the Site Settings page, you can see site columns under the “Web Designer galleries” category as shown below.

Step 4

Then, we can create the column in site columns page.

 

Step 5

Click “Create” button to create a new site column as shown below.

 

Step 6

On "Create Column" page, provide field name and select the type in “Name and Type” category, as shown below.

Step 7

Then, select the group and additional column settings and click “OK” button to create a new field.

Finally, you can see the site field in Custom column group.

Here is the code to create site column using JavaScript Object Model.

$(document).ready(function()
{
createSiteField();
});

function createSiteField() {
   var context = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
   var web = context.get_web();
   var fields = web.get_fields();
   var fldSchema = '<Field Type="Text" \
                             Name="sampleColumn" \
                             DisplayName="Test SiteColumn" \
                             Required="TRUE" \
                             Group="Gowtham Columns" />';
   fields.addFieldAsXml(fldSchema);
   context.executeQueryAsync(Success,Fail);

}

function Success() {
   alert('SiteColumn is created successfully');

}

function Fail()  {
   alert('site column Creation Failed');

}

Summary

In this article, we have explored how to create a site column in SharePoint using UI and using JavaScript object model.