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spo term get

Gets information about the specified taxonomy term

Usage​

m365 spo term get [options]

Options​

-u, --webUrl [webUrl]

If specified, allows you to get a term from the tenant term store as well as the sitecollection specific term store. Defaults to the tenant admin site.

-i, --id [id]

ID of the term to retrieve. Specify name or id but not both.

-n, --name [name]

Name of the term to retrieve. Specify name or id but not both.

--termGroupId [termGroupId]

ID of the term group to which the term set belongs. Specify termGroupId or termGroupName but not both.

--termGroupName [termGroupName]

Name of the term group to which the term set belongs. Specify termGroupId or termGroupName but not both.

--termSetId [termSetId]

ID of the term set to which the term belongs. Specify termSetId or termSetName but not both.

--termSetName [termSetName]

Name of the term set to which the term belongs. Specify termSetId or termSetName but not both.

-h, --help [help]

Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, response, full. Default is full.

--query [query]

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

-o, --output [output]

Output type. json, text, csv, md. Default json.

--verbose

Runs command with verbose logging.

--debug

Runs command with debug logging.

Remarks​

When retrieving term by its ID, it's sufficient to specify just the ID. When retrieving it by its name however, you need to specify the parent term group and term set using either their names or IDs.

info

To use this command without the --webUrl option you have to have permissions to access the tenant admin site.

When using the --webUrl option you can connect to the term store with limited permissions, and do not need the SharePoint Administrator role. You need to be a site visitor or more. It allows you to get a term from the tenant term store as well as a term from the sitecollection term store.

Examples​

Get information about a taxonomy term using its ID from the specified sitecollection.

m365 spo term get --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --id 0e8f395e-ff58-4d45-9ff7-e331ab728beb

Get information about a taxonomy term using its ID.

m365 spo term get --id 0e8f395e-ff58-4d45-9ff7-e331ab728beb

Get information about a taxonomy term using its name, retrieving the parent term group and term set using their names.

m365 spo term get --name IT --termGroupName People --termSetName Department

Get information about a taxonomy term using its name, retrieving the parent term group and term set using their IDs.

m365 spo term get --name IT --termGroupId 5c928151-c140-4d48-aab9-54da901c7fef --termSetId 8ed8c9ea-7052-4c1d-a4d7-b9c10bffea6f

Response​

{
  "CreatedDate": "2021-07-07T09:42:02.283Z",
  "Id": "2b5c71a6-d72b-49a8-a3bf-d80636d85b44",
  "LastModifiedDate": "2021-07-07T09:42:02.283Z",
  "Name": "IT",
  "CustomProperties": {},
  "CustomSortOrder": null,
  "IsAvailableForTagging": true,
  "Owner": "NT Service\\SPTimerV4",
  "Description": "",
  "IsDeprecated": false,
  "IsKeyword": false,
  "IsPinned": false,
  "IsPinnedRoot": false,
  "IsReused": false,
  "IsRoot": true,
  "IsSourceTerm": true,
  "LocalCustomProperties": {},
  "MergedTermIds": [],
  "PathOfTerm": "IT",
  "TermsCount": 1
}
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