Taxonomy groups in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will be seeing how to create a new taxonomy group for a term store in SharePoint 2010 using API.

In this article we will be seeing the following:

• Create a new group in a term store
• Get all the groups for a particular term store

Steps Involved:

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

Create a new group in a term store:

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.CreateGroup("SharePoint Group");
                termStore.CommitAll();
            }
        }
    }
}



Get all the groups of a particular term store:

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"];
                GroupCollection groupColl = termStore.Groups;
                foreach (Group group in groupColl)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(group.Name);
                    Console.WriteLine(group.Id);
                }
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}