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Export all Terms from Managed Metadata Service
Migrating you Managed Metadata Terms to another SharePoint installation? First thing to do: Export.
This scripts exports all terms sorted by term group, term set and its level.
Here’s a sample export:
And here’s the script:
<#
$Metadata = @{
Title = "Export all Terms from Managed Metadata Service"
Filename = "Export-ManagedMetadataServiceTerms.ps1"
Description = ""
Tags = "powershell, script, sharepoint, managed, metadata, terms, export"
Project = ""
Author = "Janik von Rotz"
AuthorContact = "https://janikvonrotz.ch"
CreateDate = "2014-01-14"
LastEditDate = "2014-01-14"
Url = ""
Version = "0.0.0"
License = @'
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Switzerland License.
To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ch/ or
send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.
'@
}
#>
if((Get-PSSnapin 'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){Add-PSSnapin 'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell'}
function loop{
param(
$Object,
$AttributeName,
$Level = 0
)
# check the child attribute containing the same type of objects
$Objects = iex "`$Object.$AttributeName"
# output this item
$Object | select @{L="Object";E={$_}}, @{L="Level";E={$Level}}
# output the child items of this object
if($Objects){
# add level
$Level ++
# loop trough the same function
$Objects | %{loop -Object $_ -AttributeName $AttributeName -Level $Level}
}
}
# reset vars
$SPTaxonomies = @()
# get all taxonomy objects
$SPTaxonomies = Get-SPTaxonomySession -Site "https://itwiki.vbl.ch" | %{
$_.TermStores | %{
$TermStore = New-Object -TypeName Psobject -Property @{
TermStore = $_.Name
Group = ""
TermSet = ""
Terms = ""
}
$_.Groups | %{
$Group = $TermStore.PSObject.Copy()
$Group.Group = $_.Name
$_.TermSets | %{
$TermSet = $Group.PSObject.Copy()
$TermSet.TermSet = $_.Name
$TermSet.Terms = ($_.Terms | %{loop -Object $_ -AttributeName "Terms" -Level 1})
$TermSet
}
}
}
}
# get maximum of levels a term has
$Levels = ($SPTaxonomies | %{$_.Terms | %{$_.Level}} | measure -Maximum).Maximum + 1
# loop throught term stores
$SPTaxonomies | %{
$SPTaxonomy = $_
# loop throught terms
$_.Terms | %{
# create a term export object
$Item = $SPTaxonomy.PSObject.Copy()
$Index = 1;while($Index -ne $Levels){
$Item | Add-Member –MemberType NoteProperty –Name "Term Level $Index" –Value $(if($_.Level -eq $Index){$_.Object.Name}else{""})
$Index += 1
}
# output this object
$Item | Select-Object * -exclude Terms
}
} | Out-GridView
Latest version of this script: https://gist.github.com/8419585
Categories: SharePointTags: export , gridview , managed , metadata , sharepoint , terms
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