Create a Site Column using Powershell in SharePoint

In this blog i would like to share how to create a site column using powershell in SharePoint

Steps:

• Start your windows PowerShell on your computer.
• Right click and select Run as administrator option.
• Paste the below script on the PowerShell window and click the enter button.
• Check your SharePoint site Feature will activated successfully.

#Get site and web object
$site = Get-SPSite -Identity "http://gauti.sharepoint.com"
$web = $site.RootWeb

#Assign fieldXML variable with XML string for site column

$fieldXML = '<Field Type="DateTime"
Name="DateColumn"
Description="Site Column created by using Powershell with format of date column."
DisplayName="Date Column"
StaticName="DateColumn"
Group="Test Site Columns"
Hidden="FALSE"
Required="FALSE"
Sealed="FALSE"
ShowInDisplayForm="TRUE"
ShowInEditForm="TRUE"
ShowInListSettings="TRUE"
ShowInNewForm="TRUE"></Field>'

#Output XML to console
write-host $fieldXML

#Create site column from XML string
$web.Fields.AddFieldAsXml($fieldXML)


#Dispose of Web and Site objects
$web.Dispose()

Run the script and check the sharepoint site column created successfully.