Taxonomy Term in SharePoint 2010

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

In this article we will be seeing the following:

• Create a new Term for a TermSet
• Get all the Terms for a particular TermSet

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 new Term for a Termset:

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.TermSets["Word Automation Term Set"];
                Term term1 = termSet.CreateTerm("Conversion Settings term", 1033);
                Term term2 = termSet.CreateTerm("Conversion Job term", 1033);
                Term term3 = termSet.CreateTerm("Conversion Format term", 1033);
                termStore.CommitAll();
            }
        }
    }
}

Get all the terms for a particular termset:

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://servcerName:10/"))
            {
                TaxonomySession taxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);
                TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores["MMS"];
                Group group = termStore.Groups["SharePoint Group"];
                TermSet termSet = group.TermSets["BCS"];
                TermCollection termCol = termSet.Terms;
                foreach (Term term in termCol)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(term.Name);
                }
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}