Hi,

I was planning to use a little script to create some 90 fields into a Content Type like I would in 2010/2013 on-premises but I can't seem to find the equivalent cmdlet in SharePoint, is it true that the 

 $web.Fields.AddFieldAsXml($fieldXML)  

are not available ? 

I search many forums and blogs and all refer to 2013 but not Online.

That would be very disapointing and indeed a bummer when you have to create too many fields in a list/content types.

Other tip would be appreciated if we are limited to only these https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161364.aspx 

thanks 

Hi Francois,

Have you considered using CSOM via PowerShell?

There's a handy library of PowerShell Scripts that use the CSOM dll's over on codeplex
https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com

which contain both

Add-FieldsToList
(see spps.lists.psm1 - https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#spps.lists.psm1)

..and various

'Add-<SPFieldType>SiteColumn'

functions
(see spps.sitecolumns.psm1 - https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#spps.sitecolumns.psm1)

Thank you for the suggestion, however it would not -as yet- do Content Types and since I want to create CT in a at Content Type Hub site so that it's done once and pushed to all my sites I need to target the Content Types.

https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com/discussions/573076

Actually your suggestion gave me food-for-thoughts and I managed to use a mixture of CSOM and looping through a CSV which list all my columns to create all them remotely.

The main help/discovery was this post which explains clearly the basics

http://www.jussiroine.com/2014/11/recommended-approach-to-provisioning-content-types-in-sharepoint-2010-2013-and-sharepoint-online/ 

I will attempt to post my solution as well later, since create columns remotely should be a usual task when designing some enhanced lists.

• Marked as answer by FrancoisSouyri 14 hours 9 minutes ago

Actually your suggestion gave me food-for-thoughts and I managed to use a mixture of CSOM and looping through a CSV which list all my columns to create all them remotely.

The main help/discovery was this post which explains clearly the basics

http://www.jussiroine.com/2014/11/recommended-approach-to-provisioning-content-types-in-sharepoint-2010-2013-and-sharepoint-online/ 

I will attempt to post my solution as well later, since create columns remotely should be a usual task when designing some enhanced lists.

• Marked as answer by FrancoisSouyri Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:18 PM

Actually your suggestion gave me food-for-thoughts and I managed to use a mixture of CSOM and looping through a CSV which list all my columns to create all them remotely.

The main help/discovery was this post which explains clearly the basics

http://www.jussiroine.com/2014/11/recommended-approach-to-provisioning-content-types-in-sharepoint-2010-2013-and-sharepoint-online/ 

I will attempt to post my solution as well later, since create columns remotely should be a usual task when designing some enhanced lists.

• Marked as answer by FrancoisSouyri Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:18 PM

Actually your suggestion gave me food-for-thoughts and I managed to use a mixture of CSOM and looping through a CSV which list all my columns to create all them remotely.

The main help/discovery was this post which explains clearly the basics

http://www.jussiroine.com/2014/11/recommended-approach-to-provisioning-content-types-in-sharepoint-2010-2013-and-sharepoint-online/ 

I will attempt to post my solution as well later, since create columns remotely should be a usual task when designing some enhanced lists.

• Marked as answer by FrancoisSouyri Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:18 PM

Good to hear you figured out a way to achieve this Francois

Hope you find time to put a post together

...and great link as well!

http://www.jussiroine.com/2014/11/recommended-approach-to-provisioning-content-types-in-sharepoint-2010-2013-and-sharepoint-online/

Have also come across PnP PowerShell.Commands

https://github.com/OfficeDev/PnP/tree/dev/Solutions/PowerShell.Commands/Documentation

(Although no mention of Content Type Hub in documentation)