SharePoint Online: Create Multiple Lists from a CSV File using PowerShell

How to Create Multiple lists from CSV File?

We can use the combination of CSV and PowerShell to create multiple lists in bulk in SharePoint Online. Here is my CSV File:

 

You can download this CSV here: SharePoint Online CSV Template to Create Multiple Lists

 

PowerShell to Create Multiple lists from CSV File

Use this PnP PowerShell to create SharePoint lists from csv.

#Set Parameters
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/Marketing"
$CSVFilePath = "C:\Documents\ListCreationTemplate.csv"
   
#Connect to the site
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -UseWebLogin
 
#Get the data from CSV file
$CSVFile = Import-CSV $CSVFilePath
   
#Read CSV file and create List
ForEach($Row in $CSVFile)
{
    Try {
        #Create List
        Write-host -f Yellow "Creating List:"$Row.ListName
        If($Row.OnQuickLaunch -eq "True")
        {
            New-PnPList -Title $Row.ListName -Template $Row.Template -OnQuickLaunch -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
        }
        else
        {
            New-PnPList -Title $Row.ListName -Template $Row.Template -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
        }
        Write-host -f Green "`tCreated List '$($Row.ListName)'"
    }
    Catch {
        write-host -f Red "`tError:" $_.Exception.Message
    }
}

 

 

This CSV file has ListName, Description, Template, OnQuickLaunch columns. You can add any necessary columns as the parameter for creating list.

 

Tail: How to Get All Values from an Enumerator?

If you want get all values from an enum, use the below PowerShell script. In my case, I had to retrieve all list template types.

 

#Get All Values from the Enum
Function Get-EnumValues([string]$Enumerator)
{
    $EnumValues = @{}
    [Enum]::GetValues([Type]$Enumerator) | ForEach-Object {
        $EnumValues.add($_, $_.value__)
    }
    $EnumValues
}
Get-EnumValues -Enumerator "Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ListTemplateType"