{"id":123,"date":"2012-09-15T14:47:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T19:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharepointhacker.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2012-09-14T14:52:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T19:52:06","slug":"update-a-sharepoint-list-from-a-csv-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharepointhacker.com\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Update a SharePoint List from a CSV File"},"content":{"rendered":"

So in the last post over on http:\/\/SysAdminNightmare.com <\/a> I created a CSV file for all the domain computers that had a Bitlocker key assigned to it.<\/p>\n

Going with the work smarter not harder mantra this post will take that CSV file and update a list on our sharepoint site so I can create a graph.<\/p>\n

Note that this must be run from a location where the Sharepoint Snap in is installed, this is usually where Sharepoint is installed so I would save this to a common drive and run from my app server.<\/p>\n

UpdateList.ps1<\/p>\n

[code]<\/p>\n

# Check if the Sharepoint Snapin is loaded already, and load if not
\nif ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
\n{
\nAdd-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
\n}<\/p>\n

#Setting our variables, Site name, List name, file to import and Caml
\n$spWeb = Get-SPWeb -Identity “https:\/\/\/Departments\/IT\/”
\n$list = $spWeb.Lists[“Bitlocker”]
\n$csv = Import-Csv Q:\\BitLockerComputerReport.csv
\n$caml=””<\/p>\n

#sets up to remove current items from list
\n$query=new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQuery
\n$query.ViewAttributes = “Scope=’Recursive'”
\n$query.Query=$caml
\n$items=$list.GetItems($query)<\/p>\n

#removes current items from list
\n$items | % { $list.GetItemById($_.Id).Delete() }<\/p>\n

#adds Report to SharePoint List
\nforeach ($row in $csv)
\n{
\n$item = $list.Items.Add();
\n$item[“Name”] = $row.Name;
\n$item[“OS”] = $row.OperatingSystem;
\n$item[“Location”] = $row.Location;
\n$item[“Bitlocker”] = $row.HasBitlockerRecoveryKey;
\n$item[“Virtual”] = $row.adminDescription;
\n$item.Update();
\n}<\/p>\n

#Dispose of SPWeb, to keep things clean and no memory leaks
\n$spweb.Dispose()<\/p>\n

[\/code]<\/p>\n

Again, you need to change your site name, list name and make sure your list has the correct columns. I would task this to run after the script that creates the CSV file.<\/p>\n

Next I have one more post in this series where I take the raw csv file and upload to a sharepoint library incase the bosses want to play around with the numbers (as they always do).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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