The example given below adds an existing site column to all the list content types in a particular list.

Before running the script, load the mandatory DLL given below.
  2. ############################
  3. #Blog:Tis add a column to List Content Type
  4. #Author; Gowtham Rajamanickam
  5. #Dat:25-03-2017
  6. #Version:1.0
  7. ############################
  11. Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
  12. Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"
  13. Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Publishing.dll"
  15. # Required parameters
  16. $Username="[email protected]"
  17. $AdminPassword=Read-Host -Prompt "Password" -AsSecureString
  18. $AdminUrl="https://gowthamr.sharepoint.com"
  19. $ListTitle="Tutorial List"
  20. $SiteColumn="TutorialName"
  24. function AddcolummntolistCtype
  25. {
  27. param (
  28. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)]
  29. [string]$Username,
  30. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=2)]
  31. $AdminPassword,
  32. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=3)]
  33. [string]$Url,
  34. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=3)]
  35. [string]$ListTitle,
  36. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=3)]
  37. [string]$SiteColumn
  38. )
  40. $context=New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($Url)
  41. $context.Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Username, $AdminPassword)
  42. $context.Load($context.Web.Lists)
  43. $ll=$context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle($ListTitle)
  44. $context.Load($ll)
  45. $context.Load($ll.ContentTypes)
  46. $context.ExecuteQuery()
  47. $field=$context.Web.Fields.GetByInternalNameOrTitle($SiteColumn)
  48. foreach($cc in $ll.ContentTypes)
  49. {
  51. $link=new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldLinkCreationInformation
  52. $link.Field=$field
  53. $cc.FieldLinks.Add($link)
  54. $cc.Update($false)
  55. $context.ExecuteQuery()
  56. }
  60. $context.Dispose()
  61. }
  65. AddcolummntolistCtype -Username $Username -AdminPassword $AdminPassword -Url $AdminUrl -ListTitle $ListTitle -SiteColumn $SiteColumn
Conclusion

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