Troubleshoot Sharepoint Crawler with Fiddler

This Blog is simple but extremely useful (Thanks Matthew MCDermott):

http://www.ableblue.com/blog/archive/2012/01/04/troubleshooting-sharepoint-search-crawl

Find SPLists without Default View

One issues why sometimes the search crawler in SharePoint takes too long, is because of the lack of Default View on the lists form the Site. See the C# Code and explanation at
http://blogs.technet.com/b/victorbutuza/archive/2010/01/15/crawl-taking-indefinitely-to-complete.aspx
This is the power-shell version of the c# code shown on the mentioned site.

 

if(-not(

Get-PSSnapin | Where { $_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"})

) {

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell;

}

clear

$spwa = Get-SPWebApplication -Identity "http://myWebAppURL"

foreach ($osite in $spwa.Sites)

{

      foreach ($oweb in $osite.AllWebs)

      {

           write-host $oweb.Url

           write-host "========================================================="

           foreach ($olist in $oweb.Lists)

        {

            if ($olist.Hidden -eq $false)

            {

                  try

                {

                  write-host "Title: "  $olist.Title;

                    if ($olist.DefaultView -eq $null)

                    {

                                   write-host "ERROR: No default list view found " -ForegroundColor Red

                             }

                    else

                    { 

                        #remove this if you have lots of lists

                        write-host "DefaultViewURL: " $olist.DefaultViewUrl

                        write-host "DefaultViewTitle: " $olist.DefaultView.Title

                    }

                }

                catch

                {

                   write-host "ERROR"

                }

            }

            }

           write-host "========================================================="

        $oweb.Dispose();

      }

      $osite.Dispose();

}

Find out the attaches SPEventReceivers on a given SPList

Small script to find out what event receivers are attached to a given list / document library.
Of course, you don't need that if you can have the luxury of having SharePointManager on your server.

if(-not(
Get-PSSnapin | Where { $_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"})
) {
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell;
}
clear

$url = "https://myservername/mysite/mysubweb"
$listWebRelativeUrl = "/lists/thelist" # for a doc lib just "/DocLibName"

$site = Get-SPSite $url
$web = $site.OpenWeb()
$list =$web.GetList($web.ServerRelativeUrl + $listWebRelativeUrl)
$list.EventReceivers | foreach{write-host $_.Type " " $_.Name " " $_.ID}


$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()

Upload Douments in Document Library Sharepoint 2010

I needed to make some tests on Sharepoint Tresholds, so I needed a small script that uploads a large amount of documents (The same document) in my Doc Libraries.
For that I just created in the same folder where my Powershell script is running a small Test.txt file. And Uploaded it a given number of times under a new name.
Here's the script:

if(-not(
Get-PSSnapin | Where { $_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"})
) {
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell;
}
clear

$uploadURL = "http://MYWEBURL/"
$fileName = "test.txt"
$uploadLibraries = @("Documents", "Documents2")
#I'm Uploading to the root, but you could put there a folder like "Documents/FolderName"
#I want to uplaod 6000 docs on each library... that takes a while
$TOTALDOCSTOUPLOAD =6000
$startFileIndex = 0
$thisScriptPath = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent
$oldFilePath =  $thisScriptPath + "\" + $fileName
                   
$site = Get-SPSite -Identity $uploadURL
if($site -ne $null){
    $web = $site.OpenWeb()
      if($web -ne $null -and $web.Exists){
        foreach($uploadLibrary in $uploadLibraries)
        {
            try
            {
                $docLib = $web.GetFolder("/"+$uploadLibrary)
            }
       
            catch
            {
               write-host 'Document  Library is unavailable'
                $docLib = $null
            }
            for($i = $startFileIndex; $i -lt $TOTALDOCSTOUPLOAD; $i++)
            {
                if($docLib -ne $null)
                {
                    $fileParts = $fileName.split(".")
                    $fileParts[0] = $fileParts[0]+ $i.ToString()
                    $newFileName = [string]::join('.', $fileParts)
               
                    $newFilePath =  $thisScriptPath + "\" + $newFileName
                   
                    Rename-Item $oldFilePath $newFilePath
                    $docUrl = $docLib.ServerRelativeUrl + "/" + $newFileName
                    if($docLib.Files[$docurl].Exists)
                    {
                        $file = $docLib.Files[$docurl]
                        if($file.LockType -eq "None" -and $docLib.RequiresCheckout)
                        {
                                $file.CheckOut()
                        }
                    }
                    $fileStream =$((Get-ChildItem $newFilePath).OpenRead())
                    $docLib.Files.Add($docUrl, $fileStream, $true) | Out-Null
                    $file = $docLib.Files[$docurl]
                    if($file.CheckOutType -ne "None")
                    {
                       if($docLib.RequiresCheckout) {
                        $file.CheckIn("Updated Template", 1)
                        }
                    }
                    $fileStream.Dispose()
                    Rename-Item  $newFilePath $oldFilePath
                    write-Host "Uploade "$newFilePath "to "$uploadLibrary
                }
             }  
        }

        $web.Update()
        $web.Dispose()
    }
    $site.Dispose()
}

Enabling / Adding Sharepoint Search Autocompletion

Ever wonder how to get that Auto-completion to work on the SharePoint search box?


Select the Service application:

$srchSvcApp = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceapplication -Identity "Search Service Application"

Add a new Suggestion:

$lang = "de-de"
$newQuerySuggestion = "Powershell for Sharepoint 2010"
 New-SPEnterpriseSearchLanguageResourcePhrase -SearchApplication $srchSvcApp -Language $lang  -Type QuerySuggestionAlwaysSuggest -Name $newQuerySuggestion

Run the time Job:
$querySugestionTimer=Get-SPTimerJob|? {$_.Name -eq "Prepare Query Suggestions"}

$querySugestionTimer.RunNow()

Get and Renaming SPFolder c#

This is how you can rename a SPFolder. There is no need to use MoveTo() as suggested by others.
The user has to have rights to do it, or enclose the whole thing inside a

var siteId = "Guid of my site";
var webUrl= "Server relative path to my web";
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate(){
    using (SPSite elevatedSite = new SPSite(siteId))
   {
       using (SPWeb elevatedWeb = elevatedSite.OpenWeb(webUrl))
      {
          string requestFolderUrl = webUrl+ "/MYLIST/OldFolderName";
          SPFolder requestFolder = elevatedWeb.GetFolder(requestFolderUrl);
          if (requestFolder.Exists)
          {
               requestFolderItem[SPBuiltInFieldId.Title] = "NewName"; //not really needed for renaming
               //requestFolderItem[SPBuiltInFieldId.BaseName] =  "NewName"; //this Fails.don't know why
               requestFolderItem["BaseName"] =  "NewName"; //this Works!
               //don't want to update the Modified time nor the modified by Info
              //If you want to modify this info use Update, and avoid being in a RunWithElevatedPrivileges
             ///because else you would have the System User registered
               requestFolderItem.SystemUpdate(false);
           }
      }
   }
}

Remove Event Handlers from SPList Powershell

This is how you can  delete Event handlers from a SPList

$webUrl= "http://yoursite.com/subsite"
$listName = "myList"

$site = Get-SPSite($siteUrl)
$web = $site.OpenWeb()
$listWithEventHandlers = $web.Lists[$listName]

#you can find out the index of the eventhadler through a selector, or just beeing lazy
#and loop the eventhanlders


 $allEvenReceivers  = $list.EventReceivers
foreach($ev in $allEvenReceivers  )
{
   write-host $ev.Name;
}
$index = 0
$eventHandlerToDelete = $listWithEventHandlers.EventReceivers[$index]$eventHandlerToDelete.Delete()
$listWithEventHandlers.Update()

$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()

Access MasterPage catalog with Powershell

To acces the Masterpage catalog via Powershell, and then use it as a list the following script might help

if(-not(Get-PSSnapin | Where { $_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"}))
{
    Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell;
}

clear
$siteUrl = "http://yourserver.com"

$masterPageCatalog = "_catalogs/masterPage"

$site = Get-SPSite $siteUrl

$rootWeb = $site.RootWeb;

$folder = $rootWeb.GetFolder($masterPageCatalog)

$masterPageCatList = $rootWeb.Lists[$folder.ParentListId]

#do some list operations on it


$rootWeb.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()

Reorder field in existing Contentype withPowershell

if(-not(
Get-PSSnapin | Where { $_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"}))
{
    Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell;
}
clear
$dirURL = "Url of the Content Type"
$contentTypeName = "ContentTypeName"
$fieldInternalName= "Internal name of the field to reorder"
$field0BasedIndex = 8 #Position on the contentytpe this field is wanted

if($site -ne $null){
    $web = $site.RootWeb
    if($web -ne $null){
        $ct = $web.ContentTypes[$contentTypeName]
        if($ct -ne $null){
            write-Host "content Type Found"  -foregroundcolor green
           
            $fields = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.List[string]' ;
            [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldLinkCollection]$flinks = $ct.FieldLinks;
            #Read all the InternalNames of the FieldLinks into a list
            foreach($fieldLink in $flinks){
             $fields.Add($ct.Fields[$fieldLink.ID].InternalName);
            }
            if($fields.Contains($fieldInternalName)){           
                write-Host "Field found in Content Type" -foregroundcolor green;
                $indexFound = $fields.IndexOf($fieldInternalName)
                if($indexFound -ne $field0BasedIndex )
                {
                    $fields.RemoveAt($indexFound)
                    #insert or append the field
                    if($field0BasedIndex -le $fields.Count -1){
                        $fields.Insert( $field0BasedIndex,$fieldInternalName)
                    }
                    else{
                        $fields.Add($fieldInternalName);
                    }
                    #Add the array to the reorder
                    $flinks.Reorder($fields.ToArray());
                    #Update the ContentYpe
                    $ct.Update($true)
                 }
            }
            else{
               write-Host "Field not found in Content Type" -foregroundcolor red;
            }
        }
        else{
            write-Host "Content type not found"  -foregroundcolor red
        }
        $web.Update()
        $web.Dispose();
    }
    $site.Dispose();
}

Insert new Site Column in existing Contentype with PowerShell

# Check if Snap-in is loaded
if(-not(
Get-PSSnapin | Where { $_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"})
) {
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell;
}

$dirURL = "Type here the abolute Url to the Sitecollection where the contentytpe is defined"
$contentTypeName = "Traktandum"
$fieldId = [Guid]"{516ae749-c8b4-4a9b-858f-50881aae4165}"  
#fieldId mus match the one on the fieldXML

$site = Get-SPSite -Identity $dirURL
if($site -ne $null){
    $web = $site.RootWeb
    if($web -ne $null){
        #Assign fieldXML variable with XML string for site column
        $fieldXML = '<Field
    Description="$Resources:MyCustom,Field_MyPortalOtherGuest_Description"
    DisplayName="$Resources:MyCustom,Field_MyPortalOtherGuest_DisplayName"
    Hidden="FALSE"
    Name="SomeName"
    Title="SomeName"
    Required="FALSE"
    Sealed ="FALSE"
    Sortable="FALSE"
    List="UserInfo"
    ShowField="ImnName"
    Mult="TRUE"
    Type="UserMulti"
    UserSelectionMode="0"
    UserSelectionScope="0"
    ID="{516ae749-c8b4-4a9b-858f-50881aae4165}"
    Group="$Resources:MyCustom,Field_Group"
    StaticName="SomeName" />'
    
        #Add the field to the web
        $web.Fields.AddFieldAsXml($fieldXML)
        $web.Update()

        $field = $web.AvailableFields[$fieldId]
        $ct = $web.ContentTypes[$contentTypeName]
        if($field -ne $null -and $ct -ne $null){
            #Delete any existing Field with that ID from the ContentType
            $ct.FieldLinks.Delete($fieldId)
            #Update the Contentype includeing childs
            $ct.Update($true, $true)
            #Creat a new SPFieldLink for that field and insert it to the ContentType
            $link = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldLink $field            
            $ct.FieldLinks.Add($link)
            $ct.Update($true, $true)
        }
        $web.Update()
        $web.Dispose()
    }
$site.Dispose()
}