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Enforce List Column Unique Value in SharePoint using PowerShell

The example in this topic show how to use PowerShell to Enforce List Column Unique Value in SharePoint
  • Using PnP (Pattern and Practice) PowerShell commands, you can access and manipulate SharePoint objects easily.
  • Prerequisite: You have to install cmdlets to work in PnP PowerShell.

How to run PnP PowerShell command in SharePoint?

  • First, open powershell ise.
  • powershell ise
  • Make sure you run it in Administrator Mode.
  • Now, copy and paste the code mentioned below and click on Run Script as shown in the screenshot.
  • powershell ise run command

  • # Provide credentials over here
  • $creds = (New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "<<UserName>>",(ConvertTo-SecureString "<<Password>>" -AsPlainText -Force))
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  • # Provide URL of the Site over here
  • # If you do not wish to pass credentials hard coded then you can use: -Credentials (Get-Credential). This will prompt to enter credentials
  • Connect-PnPOnline -Url http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection -Credentials $creds
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  • # Get Context
  • $clientContext = Get-PnPContext
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  • # -List: The list object or name of the list
  • # -Identity: The field object or name
  • # NOTE: This column must be indexed in order to Enforce Unique values
  • $targetField = Get-PnPField -List "New list" -Identity "My Column"
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  • $targetField.EnforceUniqueValues = 1
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  • $targetField.Update()
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  • $clientContext.ExecuteQuery()
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  • Disconnect-PnPOnline 

Thank you for reading this article. This code was tested in SharePoint 2013


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