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Programmatically: Create multiple term sets from one csv file

Hussain Al-Mousawi — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:48:06 +0000

Taxonomy is just one of my favorites in SharePoint 2010. Microsoft have done a good work by listing to what customers wanted for years

In my case I wanted to create metadata tree programmatically and started to look at different options:

- I could use XML and PowerShell as Ben Robb did.

- Or using the taxonomy API as Cawood did on his great article

For me I thought that it would be much easier to a SharePoint site admin to create a CSV file and keep track on taxonomy changes. And it is also easier for the developer to create a feature based on that.

The TechNet article “Managed metadata input file format” will show exactly how CSV import file should be and describes how to create a simple organized hierarchy. I did not find on that article something about creating many term sets from just one CSV file and that was because i did ignore the first line

Managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2010 is imported from a comma-separated values (csv) file. Each file must contain one term set, and the terms within the term set may be nested as many as seven levels deep.

I refused to believe that this file could just create one term set at the time. I was thinking that there is no way that Microsoft would put such limitation on such a good feature

So I tried many different ways to edit this file to be able to import many term sets. My way to tested was to upload the file manually using Central Administration Term Store Management Tool. I got always this error:

After couple of wasted hours I realized that I have to accept that this is actually a limitation of this feature so I came with a workaround. My workaround is basically adding a separator inside the CSV file, in my example . The CSV file will look like this:

"Term Set Name,"Term Set Description","LCID","Available for Tagging","Term Description","Level 1 Term","Level 2 Term","Level 3 Term","Level 4 Term","Level 5 Term","Level 6 Term","Level 7 Term"
"Countries","Counties in North Europe",,True,,"Norway",,,,,,
,,,True,,"Denmark",,,,,,
,,,True,,"Sweden",,,,,,
,,,True,,"Finland",,,,,,
,,,True,,"Island",,,,,,

"Term Set Name,"Term Set Description","LCID","Available for Tagging","Term Description","Level 1 Term","Level 2 Term","Level 3 Term","Level 4 Term","Level 5 Term","Level 6 Term","Level 7 Term"
"Currency","Currencies in North Europe.",,True,,"Krone",,,,,,
,,,True,,"Krona",,,,,,
,,,True,,"Euro",,,,,,

"Term Set Name,"Term Set Description","LCID","Available for Tagging","Term Description","Level 1 Term","Level 2 Term","Level 3 Term","Level 4 Term","Level 5 Term","Level 6 Term","Level 7 Term"
"Government types","Government types in North European countries",,True,,"Monarchy",,,,,,
,,,True,,"Republic",,,,,,

By the way, there is a good macro enabled template that will help you create this file faster. Check Wictor Wilén blog on that.

Add this method to your code, such as feature activation.

protected bool CreateTaxonomyTermSets(string CSVFilePath)
{
try
{
TaxonomySession Taxosession = new TaxonomySession(myportalsite);
if (Taxosession.TermStores.Count != 0)
{
TermStore termStore = Taxosession.TermStores[NameofDefaultTermStore];
Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.Group termGroup;
try
{
// Create Term Group with properties
termGroup = termStore.CreateGroup(NameOfTermStoreGroup);
termGroup.Description = "Group description";
termGroup.AddGroupManager("Domain\\User");
termGroup.AddContributor("Domain\\User");
}
catch (ArgumentException)
{
// Group name already exists
termGroup = termStore.Groups[NameOfTermStoreGroup];
foreach (TermSet termSet in termGroup.TermSets)
{
termSet.Delete();
}
}

// Add termsets and terms to the term store from a CSV file
FileStream TermsFile = new FileStream(CSVFilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
reader = new StreamReader(TermsFile);
string[] TermsInCSVFile = Regex.Split(reader.ReadToEnd(), "\r\n");
//ImportManager impmanager = termGroup.TermStore.GetImportManager();
foreach (string term in TermsInCSVFile)
{
ImportManager impmanager = termGroup.TermStore.GetImportManager();
StringReader termreader = new StringReader(term);
impmanager.ImportTermSet(termGroup, termreader, out allTermsAdded, out errorMessage);
if (!allTermsAdded)
{
// report failure and rollback changes if not all terms are added correctly
EventLog.WriteEntry("CSV File Import", errorMessage, EventLogEntryType.Error, 101);
termStore.RollbackAll();
return false;
}
}
termStore.CommitAll();
}
return true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// report failure on exception
EventLog.WriteEntry(ex.Source, ex.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error, 101);
return false;
}
finally
{
if (reader != null)
{
reader.Close();
}
}
}

Add Calendar Webpart to page

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:29:25 +0000

string filename = “SitePages/mypage.aspx”;

SPList list = web.Lists["Calendar"];

SPLimitedWebPartManager wpMgr = web.GetLimitedWebPartManager(filename,

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.

PersonalizationScope.Shared);

SPLimitedWebPartManager webPartManager = web.GetLimitedWebPartManager(filename,

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.

PersonalizationScope.Shared);

ListViewWebPart listViewWebPart = new
ListViewWebPart();

listViewWebPart.ListName = list.ID.ToString(“B”).ToUpper();

listViewWebPart.TitleUrl = list.DefaultViewUrl;

listViewWebPart.ViewType = ViewType.Calendar;

listViewWebPart.Title = “Kalender”;

listViewWebPart.ViewGuid = string.Empty;

webPartManager.AddWebPart(listViewWebPart, CommonConst.MiddleLeftZone, 0);

TFS Build server Error permissions

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:08:11 +0000

“Failed to create directory ‘\\myshare\inetpub\wwwroot\mywebsite\mywebsite\mywebsite_20100610.3′. User ‘NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE’ needs write permissions to the path.”

To change the account, you’ll need to:

Log in to the server hosting the Team Foundation Build service
Start the Team Foundation Server Administration Console
Select the ‘Build Configuration’ node in the left hand tree
Find your build service at the top of the panel and select ‘Properties’ to configure it
You’ll need to ‘Stop to make changes’ via the link in the popup window
Finally in the ‘credentials’ section at the bottom change the radio button and put in the name and password for the account you wish to use.

I now have builds being pushed up successfully to our development server.

To change the account, you’ll need to:

Log in to the server hosting the Team Foundation Build service
Start the Team Foundation Server Administration Console
Select the ‘Build Configuration’ node in the left hand tree
Find your build service at the top of the panel and select ‘Properties’ to configure it
You’ll need to ‘Stop to make changes’ via the link in the popup window
Finally in the ‘credentials’ section at the bottom change the radio button and put in the name and password for the account you wish to use.

User Profile Synchronization

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:43:36 +0000

Event Log:

The server encountered an unexpected error and stopped.

”ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5580): Query (CSession::Open()) performed with error
ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5601): Error retrieving error
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(568): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(384): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(256): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): storeimp.cpp(272): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): server.cpp(294): Failed to connect to the database User Profile Service Application_SyncDB_25480d71476c456e861f8d660a1eb297 on TSTMSDB02
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(295): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(3518): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): service.cpp(1528): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): service.cpp(977): Error creating com objects. Error code: -2145188858. This is retry number 0.
ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5580): Query (CSession::Open()) performed with error
ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5601): Error retrieving error
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(568): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(384): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(256): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): storeimp.cpp(272): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): server.cpp(294): Failed to connect to the database User Profile Service Application_SyncDB_25480d71476c456e861f8d660a1eb297 on TSTMSDB02
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(295): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(3518): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): service.cpp(1528): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): service.cpp(977): Error creating com objects. Error code: -2145188858. This is retry number 1.
ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5580): Query (CSession::Open()) performed with error
ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5601): Error retrieving error
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(568): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(384): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(256): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): storeimp.cpp(272): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): server.cpp(294): Failed to connect to the database User Profile Service Application_SyncDB_25480d71476c456e861f8d660a1eb297 on TSTMSDB02
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(295): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(3518): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): service.cpp(1528): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): service.cpp(977): Error creating com objects. Error code: -2145188858. This is retry number 2.
ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5580): Query (CSession::Open()) performed with error
ERR: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(5601): Error retrieving error
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(568): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(384): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): sql.cpp(256): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): storeimp.cpp(272): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): server.cpp(294): Failed to connect to the database User Profile Service Application_SyncDB_25480d71476c456e861f8d660a1eb297 on TSTMSDB02
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(295): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): server.cpp(3518): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
BAIL: MMS(1516): service.cpp(1528): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
ERR: MMS(1516): service.cpp(977): Error creating com objects. Error code: -2145188858. This is retry number 3.
BAIL: MMS(1516): service.cpp(991): 0×80230406 (An error has occurred at the store)
Forefront Identity Manager 4.0.2450.11″

Solution:

Cumulative Update from 31. August 2010.

Install SharePoint Foundation 2010 hotfix KB 2352346 and restart server
Install SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix KB 2352342 and restart server
Delete and Config the User Profile Service again.

SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Update for August 31 2010

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:00:41 +0000

SharePoint Foundation 2010 KB 2352346
SharePoint Server 2010 KB 2352342
SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010 KB 2352345

Click here

SharePoint Add\Get values from fields

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:04:44 +0000

When programming against SharePoint lists, it is difficult to retrieve or add value to a lookup field, hyperlink, Drop Down (choice) field. So I decided to share the experience with you

Add Value to Hyperlink (SPFieldUrlValue)

SPList oList = oWeb.Lists["YourListName"];

SPListItem newLink = oList.Items.Add();

SPFieldUrlValue oUrlValue = new
SPFieldUrlValue();

oUrlValue.Description = “Your link title”;

oUrlValue.Url = “http://www.YourLink.com/ “;

newLink["URL"] = oUrlValue;

newLink.Update();

Get Hyperlink values (SPFieldUrlValue)

SPList oList = oWeb.Lists["YourListName"];

SPListItem oListItem = oList.Items[0];

SPFieldUrlValue oUrlValue = new
SPFieldUrlValue(oListItem ["YourLinkItemFieldName"].ToString());

string linkTitle = oUrlValue.Description;

string linkURL = oUrlValue.Url;

Add value to LookupField (SPFieldLookupValue)

SPList oList = oWeb.Lists["YourListName"];

SPListItem oListItem = oList.Items.Add();

oListItem ["Title"] = “YorNewTitle”;

SPFieldLookupValue newValue = new
SPFieldLookupValue(14,“YourNewValue”);

oListItem ["LookupFieldName"] = newValue;

oListItem.Update();

Get Lookup value

SPList oList = oWeb.Lists["YourListName"];

SPListItem oListItem = list.Items[0];

SPFieldLookupValue LookupGroup = new
SPFieldLookupValue(oListItem["LookupFieldName"].ToString());

int lookedUpItemID = LookupGroup.LookupId;

string lookedUpItemTitle = LookupGroup.LookupValue;

Get People and group field value

SPList oList = oWeb.Lists["YourListName"];

SPListItem oListItem = list.Items[0];

SPFieldUser userField = (SPFieldUser) oListItem.Fields.GetField(“AssignedTo”);

SPFieldUserValue fieldValue = (SPFieldUserValue) userField.GetFieldValue(oListItem ["AssignedTo "].ToString());

SPUser _user = fieldValue.User;

string _logingName = _ user.LoginName.ToString();

SharePoint 2010 – SiteColumn and ContentType in VS2010

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:20:26 +0000

Create a SharePoint Empty project in Visual Studio 2010
Righ click on project folder in VS 2010 and Add -> New Item…
Sellect Content Type

Click Add.
Type in the ContentTypes\Elements.xml

Elements.xml

xml
version=“1.0“
encoding=“utf-8“?>

<Elements
xmlns=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/“>

Site Columns

Site Columns: –>
<Field
ID=“{41937D9C-27E0-4180-93A7-57E2A40B3714}“
Group=“MyColumns“
Name=“SiteName“
DisplayName=“SiteTitle“
Type=“Text“ />

<Field
ID=“{44EE672F-A5E6-428F-A3C2-A40F65E8AAE5}“
Group=“MyColumns“
Name=“SiteUrl“
DisplayName=“SiteUrl“
Type=“URL“
Format=“Hyperlink“ />

<Field
ID=“{B76DFB77-A8AB-4A7B-81C6-CAF9AFE919FB}“
Group=“MyColumns“
Name=“SiteResponsible“
DisplayName=“Responsible“
Type=“User“
UserSelectionMode=“PeopleOnly“
ShowField=“Name“
Presence=“TRUE“ />

<Field
ID=“{F62B867A-BAA1-4953-B59F-4AF2C4A61029}“
Group=“MyColumns“
Name=“SiteContactPerson“
DisplayName=“ContactPerson“
Type=“User“
UserSelectionMode=“PeopleOnly“
ShowField=“Name“
Presence=“TRUE“ />

Site Lookup Columns: –>
<Field
ID=“{4C259E34-19D2-4174-BBCF-6C719CA561A3}“
Group=“MyColumns“
Name=“SiteTemplateType“
DisplayName=“Templates“
StaticName=“SiteTemplateType“
Type=“Lookup“
List=“Lists/SiteTemplate“
ShowField=“Title“
Hidden=“FALSE“
Required=“FALSE“
Sealed=“TRUE“
Overwrite=“TRUE“ />

Site Lookup Columns: –>
<Field
ID=“{77147EAB-7AFB-4200-A221-A3D1928A6C94}“
Group=“MyColumns“
Name=“Unit“
DisplayName=“Unit“
Type=“Choice“
Format=“Dropdown“
Required=“TRUE“>

<CHOICES>

<CHOICE>Unit 01CHOICE>

<CHOICE>Unit 02CHOICE>

<CHOICE>Unit 03CHOICE>

<CHOICE>Unit 04CHOICE>

CHOICES>

Field>

ContentType

Parent ContentType: SiteInfo based on Item (0×01) –>

<ContentType
ID=“0x0100caf4177b1b994e9f9f60e356b230157e”
Name=“ SiteInfoProvisioning”
Group=“MyColumns”
Description=“ SiteInfoProvisioning.”
Inherits=“TRUE”
Version=“0“>

<FieldRefs>
<FieldRef
ID=“{41937D9C-27E0-4180-93A7-57E2A40B3714}“
Name=“ SiteName“
DisplayName=“SiteTitle“
ShowInDisplayForm=“TRUE“
ShowInNewForm=“FALSE“ />

<FieldRef
ID=“{44EE672F-A5E6-428F-A3C2-A40F65E8AAE5}“
Name=“SiteUrl“
DisplayName=“SiteUrl“
ShowInDisplayForm=“TRUE“
ShowInNewForm=“FALSE“ />

<FieldRef
ID=“{B76DFB77-A8AB-4A7B-81C6-CAF9AFE919FB}“
Name=“SiteResponsible“
DisplayName=“Responsible“/>

<FieldRef
ID=“{F62B867A-BAA1-4953-B59F-4AF2C4A61029}“
Name=“SiteContactPerson“
DisplayName=“Contactperson“ />
<FieldRef
ID=“{E89241A4-5302-4B3E-92D2-4B7C23427C9A}“
Name=“SiteTemplateType“
DisplayName=“Templates“ />
<FieldRef
ID=“{77147EAB-7AFB-4200-A221-A3D1928A6C94}“
Name=“Lifetime“
DisplayName=“Lifetime“
Required=“TRUE“ />
FieldRefs>
ContentType>

Now you have created Site Columns and Site ContentType.

The ContentType and SiteColumns are ready to deployment to SharePoint Farms.

SharePoint 2010 – Hands on Lab

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:45:33 +0000

Microsoft has posted some good basic explanation and samples for SharePoint development.

Click here

SharePoint 2010 Search Service Application – Configuration

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:38:35 +0000

How to configure the Search service in SharePoint 2010?

1. Go to Central Administration
2. Select Manage Services Applications under the Application Management Menu.

3. Here is a list of all service applications. Click New and select Search Service Application.

4. Please enter the name of the Application Service and account information.

5. Click OK to complete configuration.
6 Here is an overview of Index and crawl and database contents.

SharePoint 2010/2007 Custom Site Column – Field Type and Options

Kokulan Ratnasingam — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:38:19 +0000

Type (as shown on the Create Column page)	Field Type	Notes	MSDN Links
Single line of text	Type=”Text”		Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldText
Multiple lines of text	Type=”Note”	In the Create Column page, can pick the type of text to allow. To enable the different sub-types, you need to set a couple of other attributes on the field element. Plain Text RichText=”FALSE” (default value) Rich Text RichText=”TRUE” RichTextMode=”Compatible” (default value) Enhanced Text RichText=”TRUE” RichTextMode=”FullHtml” In addition, you can also set the number of lines to display using the NumLine attribute. Further Information on MSDN:	Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldMultiLineText
Choice (menu to choose from)	Single Choice Type=”Choice” Multi-Choice Type=”MultiChoice”	Pick the display format for the Choice and Multi-Choice types, respectively: Drop-Down Menu or Combo Box Format=”Dropdowns” Radio Buttons or Check Boxes Format=”RadioButtons” Define the options a user can pick from using the Choices element. Below is a skeleton to explain this. Option 1 Option 2 If you would like to give the user an option to add their own value, set the attribute FillInChoice=”TRUE”.	Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldChoice Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldMultiChoice
Number	Type=”Integer”	This field type also lets you define: Minimum Value (0 for example) Min=”0″ Maximum Value (100 for example) Max=”100″ Decimal Places (Default is Automatic, example 2 decimal places) Decimals=”2″ Show as Percentage (Default is False) Percentage=”FALSE”	Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldNumber
Currency	Type=”Currency”	This field type also lets you define: Minimum Value (0 for example) Min=”0″ Maximum Value (100 for example) Max=”100″ Decimal Places (Default is Automatic, example 2 decimal places) Decimals=”2″ Currency Format This sets the display format of the currency. LCID=”3081″ 3081 sets the format English – Australian. For a complete list of Locales, see the MSDN link in the next column.	Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldCurrency Locale IDs
Date and Time	Type=”DateTime”	This field also lets you define: Date and Time Format Show the date only: Format=”DateOnly” Show the date and time: Format=”DateTime”	Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldDateTime
Yes/No	Type=”Boolean”	When setting the default value, you need to use the binary values: No/False = 0 Yes/True = 1	Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldBoolean
Person or Group	Single User or Group Type=”User” Multiple Users or Groups Type=”MultiUser”	This field also lets you define: Allow multiple selections Set the Type to MultUser and the attribute Mult=”TRUE” Allow selection of People Only UserSelectionMode=”PeopleOnly” People and Groups UserSelectionMode=”PeopleAndGroups” Choose from If you want to limit the option list to a SharePoint Group, use the UserSelectionScope attribute. Set it to the ID of the SharePoint group (Integer value). For example, UserSelectionScope=”3″. Show field Set the name of the field from the User’s profile properties that you want to display. For example, show the user’s name property: ShowField=”Name” If you would also like to show presence (Office Communicator integration required): Presence=”TRUE”	Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldUser
Hyperlink or Picture	Type=”URL”	You can display the URL as a Hyperlink or Picture. Use the Format attribute to pick which one: Hyperlink Format=”Hyperlink” Picture Format=”Image”	Microsoft.Sharepoint.SPFieldUrl