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@pnp/sp/views

Views define the columns, ordering, and other details we see when we look at a list. You can have multiple views for a list, including private views - and one default view.

IViews

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Get views in a list

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const list = sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List");

// get all the views and their properties
const views1 = await list.views();

// you can use odata select operations to get just a set a fields
const views2 = await list.views.select("Id", "Title")();

// get the top three views
const views3 = await list.views.top(3)();

Add a View

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const list = sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List");

// create a new view with default fields and properties
const result = await list.views.add("My New View");

// create a new view with specific properties
const result2 = await list.views.add("My New View 2", false, {
    RowLimit: 10,
    ViewQuery: "<OrderBy><FieldRef Name='Modified' Ascending='False' /></OrderBy>",
});

// manipulate the view's fields
await result2.view.fields.removeAll();

await Promise.all([
    result2.view.fields.add("Title"),
    result2.view.fields.add("Modified"),
]);

IView

Get a View's Information

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const list = sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List");

const result = await list.views.getById("{GUID view id}")();

const result2 = await list.views.getByTitle("My View")();

const result3 = await list.views.getByTitle("My View").select("Id", "Title")();

const result4 = await list.defaultView();

const result5 = await list.getView("{GUID view id}")();

fields

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const list = sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List");

const result = await list.views.getById("{GUID view id}").fields();

update

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const list = sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List");

const result = await list.views.getById("{GUID view id}").update({
    RowLimit: 20,
});

renderAsHtml

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const result = await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").views.getById("{GUID view id}").renderAsHtml();

setViewXml

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const viewXml = "...";

await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").views.getById("{GUID view id}").setViewXml(viewXml);

delete

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const viewXml = "...";

await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").views.getById("{GUID view id}").delete();

ViewFields

getSchemaXml

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

const xml = await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").defaultView.fields.getSchemaXml();

add

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").defaultView.fields.add("Created");

move

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").defaultView.fields.move("Created", 0);

remove

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").defaultView.fields.remove("Created");

removeAll

import { spfi } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/views";

const sp = spfi(...);

await sp.web.lists.getByTitle("My List").defaultView.fields.removeAll();