Create Multiple Document Libraries From Custom Template Using PowerShell

This blog helps you to create multiple document libraries from custom template, Using PowerShell.

The PowerShell Script given below will create a subsite with the blank template and multiple document libraries, using custom template.

In my case, custom template name is Farm Template.

Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell".

#create a subsite using blank Template

$WebAppUrl="https://SharePoint.com/Sites/TEST"

#->SubSite1<-
$SubSiteTitle1 = "Subsite"
$SubSite1Url = "Subsite"
New-SPWeb –url $WebAppUrl"/"$SubSite1Url -name $SubSiteTitle1 -Template "STS#1" –AddToTopNav –UseParentTopNav

#load the custom template to new subsite

$site = Get-SPSite https://SharePoint.com/Sites/TEST
$web = Get-SpWeb https://SharePoint.com/Sites/TEST/Subsite

$custTemplate = $site.GetCustomListTemplates($web)

#Verify the custom template name

$custTemplate | select name

write-host "Loading powershell module" -ForegroundColor Red

# specify the source and destination sites
$sourceWeb = "https://SharePoint.com/Sites/TEST";
$DestinationWeb = "https://SharePoint.com/Sites/TEST/Subsite";


# get the source and destination sites web objects
$sourceWebObj = Get-SPWeb $sourceWeb;
$DestinationWebObj = Get-SPWeb $DestinationWeb;

#creating new document libraries using custom template.

$listTemplate = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListTemplateType]::"FarmTemplate"
$DestinationWebObj.Lists.Add("01","My Doc Library",$custTemplate["FarmTemplate"]);
$DestinationWebObj.Lists.Add("02","My Doc Library",$custTemplate["FarmTemplate"]);
$DestinationWebObj.Lists.Add("03","My Doc Library",$custTemplate["FarmTemplate"]);
$DestinationWebObj.Lists.Add("04","My Doc Library",$custTemplate["FarmTemplate"]);
$DestinationWebObj.Lists.Add("05","My Doc Library",$custTemplate["FarmTemplate"]);

You can add as many document libraries as you want.

I hope  this helps.

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