Internal name is a property of list fields which is read only and cannot be edited.
Internal name is created according to field title while creating field. If we rename field title internal name will not be changed.
If one user has created a custom column and give title=”Column” then internal name will be “Column”
After renaming field title ‘Internal name’ will be same as previous.
Below Code describes how to retain field internal name while copying or migrating.If field will migrate or Copy from source list to destination list after rename then field in destination list will be created a new Title.
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client; namespace ConsoleApplication10 {
//this class is used to store data from schema xml
public class FieldInfoInternalName
{
public string InternalName { get; set; }
public string DisplayName { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string sourceSiteUrl = "Enter Source Url”;
string destinationSiteUrl = "Enter Destination url";
string sourceListName = "Custom List";
string destinationListName = "New List";
FieldCollection srcFieldColl = null;
using (ClientContext ctx = new ClientContext(sourceSiteUrl))
{
ctx.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("UserName", "Password");
Web web = ctx.Web;
ctx.Load(web, w => w.Lists);
List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle(sourceListName);
ctx.Load(list, l => l.Fields.Include(
fld => fld.SchemaXml,
fld => fld.Id,
fld => fld.Title,
fld => fld.Hidden,
fld => fld.ReadOnlyField));
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
//Store all fields from source list in a field collection
srcFieldColl = list.Fields;
}
using (ClientContext destContext = new ClientContext(destinationSiteUrl))
{
destContext.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("UserName", "Password");
Web web = destContext.Web;
destContext.Load(web, w => w.Lists);
List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle(destinationListName);
destContext.Load(list, l => l.Fields);
destContext.ExecuteQuery();
for (int iFieldCount = 0; iFieldCount < srcFieldColl.Count; iFieldCount++)
{
Field srcField = srcFieldColl[iFieldCount];
if (!srcField.ReadOnlyField && !srcField.Hidden)
{
string fieldSchemaXml = srcField.SchemaXml;
CreateFieldAsInternalName(ref fieldSchemaXml);
Field field = list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml(fieldSchemaXml, false, AddFieldOptions.DefaultValue);
field.Title = srcField.Title;//Update title
field.Update();
}
}
}
}
private static void CreateFieldAsInternalName(ref string schemaXml)
{
System.Xml.Linq.XDocument xDocument;
string internalName = string.Empty;
string displayName = string.Empty;
try
{
// retrieve internal name and display name from schemaxml
using (System.IO.StringReader reader = new System.IO.StringReader(schemaXml))
{
xDocument = System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(reader);
List<FieldInfoInternalName> FieldMetaInfoSchemaXml =
(
from l in xDocument.Descendants("Field")
select new FieldInfoInternalName
{
InternalName = l.Attribute("StaticName").Value,
DisplayName = l.Attribute("DisplayName").Value
}
).ToList();
foreach (var item in FieldMetaInfoSchemaXml)
{
internalName = item.InternalName;
displayName = item.DisplayName;
}
}
if (displayName.Contains("&"))
displayName = displayName.Replace("&", "&");
if (displayName.Contains("<"))
displayName = displayName.Replace("<", "<");
if (displayName.Contains(">"))
displayName = displayName.Replace(">", ">");
if (displayName.Contains("""))
displayName = displayName.Replace(""", """);
//Replace display name with internal name
if (schemaXml.Contains(displayName) && displayName != internalName)
schemaXml = schemaXml.Replace(displayName, internalName);
}
catch { }
}
}
}
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