/// <summary>
/// Create a simple lookup table with 3 text value choose (one/two/three)
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private static csom.LookupTable CreateSimpleLookupTable()
{
string[] lookupValues = new string[] { "one", "two", "three" };
csom.LookupTable lookupTable = context.LookupTables.Add(new csom.LookupTableCreationInformation()
{
Name = "Simple lookup table",
SortOrder = csom.LookupTableSortOrder.Ascending,
Entries = lookupValues.Select((val, i) =>
new csom.LookupEntryCreationInformation()
{
Value = new csom.LookupEntryValue()
{
TextValue = val
},
SortIndex = i
}).ToArray(),
Masks = new csom.LookupMask[] { new csom.LookupMask()
{
MaskType = csom.LookupTableMaskSequence.CHARACTERS,
Length = 0,
Separator = "."
} }
});
context.LookupTables.Update();
context.ExecuteQuery();
return(lookupTable);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create Project/Task/Resource custom fields. Field type will be TEXT.
/// </summary>
private static void CreateCustomFields()
{
context.Load(context.EntityTypes.ProjectEntity);
context.Load(context.EntityTypes.TaskEntity);
context.Load(context.EntityTypes.ResourceEntity);
context.ExecuteQuery();
// Create a simple lookup table with 3 values one/two/three
csom.LookupTable lookupTB = CreateSimpleLookupTable();
// Create a project custom field with field type TEXT
csom.CustomField projCF = context.CustomFields.Add(new csom.CustomFieldCreationInformation()
{
EntityType = context.EntityTypes.ProjectEntity,
FieldType = csom.CustomFieldType.TEXT,
Name = projectCFName,
LookupTable = null
});
// Create a task custom field with field type TEXT, and with the lookup table just created
csom.CustomField taskCF = context.CustomFields.Add(new csom.CustomFieldCreationInformation()
{
EntityType = context.EntityTypes.TaskEntity,
FieldType = csom.CustomFieldType.TEXT,
Name = taskCFName,
LookupTable = lookupTB
});
// Create a resource custom field with field type TEXT
csom.CustomField resourceCF = context.CustomFields.Add(new csom.CustomFieldCreationInformation()
{
EntityType = context.EntityTypes.ResourceEntity,
FieldType = csom.CustomFieldType.TEXT,
Name = resourceCFName,
});
context.CustomFields.Update();
context.ExecuteQuery();
}