Need more documentation for Add-SPOView

[hanielc]

Hi,

Could you provide some more details on the Add-SPOView cmdlet, particularly around the Query string? Can it be used to define groups and filters?

[erwinvanhunen]

Hi,

Yes you can. The Query string is a normal CAML query. The MSDN page about the property is pretty limited unfortunately, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/microsoft.sharepoint.client.viewcreationinformation.query.aspx

You can however find a view in your site that uses a query that is pretty similar to the one you want to build, and then retrieve the query with:

$view = Get-SPOView -List <listname> -Identity <viewname>
$view.ViewQuery

I will update the description of the parameter to state that it is a CAML query.

[erwinvanhunen]

I added the additional text in PR #56 . Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

Closing the issue.

[hanielc]

Thanks for your prompt reply, Erwin. I tried your recommendation and got:

<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="ContentType" /><Value Type="Computed">News</Value></Eq></Where>

However, it doesn't actually create the filter. Wrapping it in <Query>...</Query> didn't work either.

Any other suggestions?

[kilasuit]

@hanielc enclose the query in apostrophe's like the below

 '<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="ContentType" /><Value Type="Computed">News</Value></Eq></Where>'

else powershell will look to the space in between FieldRef Name as the end of the parameter's value