Sitecore PowerShell script: Copy value of one field to another

I like Sitecore but I started to love Sitecore PowerShell. The way it’s interacting with Sitecore and allows developers to write command with C# code is amazing.

I have migrated SharePoint records in Sitecore in my earlier post.

This time I am bulk updating English and Arabic news items where news image field value is copied to another news fields “News List Image”.

cls

#input

$newsTemplateId = "{B69277AD-E917-4B9F-9136-A12E0A3E462F}"

$newsParentPath = "master:/sitecore/content/Habitat/Home/News"

$counter = 1

$allNewsItems = Get-ChildItem -Path $newsParentPath -Recurse

$filteredNewsItems = $allNewsItems | Where-Object { $_.TemplateId -eq $newsTemplateId }

foreach($newsItem in $filteredNewsItems) {

        if($newsItem.NewsListImage -eq "")

        {

            #Update English content

            $newsItem.Editing.BeginEdit()

            $newsItem.NewsListImage = $newsItem.NewsImage

            $newsItem.Editing.EndEdit()

   

            #Get Arebic Content    

            $newsArebicItem = Get-Item master: -ID $newsItem.ID -Language "ar-QA"

            #Check if Arebic content is exist

            if($newsArebicItem -ne $null)

            {

                #Update Arabic content  

                $newsArebicItem.Editing.BeginEdit()

                $newsArebicItem.NewsListImage = $newsArebicItem.NewsImage

                $newsArebicItem.Editing.EndEdit()

            }

            $counter

            $counter = $counter + 1

        }

        else

        {

            Write-Host "Image exist for item id " $newsItem.ID " and name " $newsItem.Name

        }

}

Feel free to use this script for bulk updating field values.

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With ASP, ASP.NET, JSP etc it was server side but within few years its shifted to client side due to JavaScript based frameworks. Every month I notice some new JavaScript based framework introduced.

Even Sitecore knows the importance of JavaScript based framework. That's the result of official launching and support of JSS.

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Sitecore PowerShell Script: Change alt value of image items in Sitecore media library

Sitecore PowerShell Script to change media items alt tag with image description or display Name or item name

cls

#input

$mediaTemplateName = "Image"

$mediaParentPath = "master:/sitecore/media library/Project"

$counter = 1

$allMediaItems = Get-ChildItem -Path $MediaParentPath -Recurse

$filteredMediaItems = $allMediaItems | Where-Object { $_.Fields["Alt"].Value -eq "" -and [Sitecore.Data.Managers.TemplateManager]::GetTemplate($_).InheritsFrom("Image") }

foreach($MediaItem in $filteredMediaItems) {

       

        $altValue = $MediaItem.ImageDescription

        if($MediaItem.ImageDescription -eq "" -and $MediaItem.DisplayName -ne "")

        {

            $altValue = $MediaItem.DisplayName.Replace(".jpg", "").Replace(".JPG", "").Replace(".png", "").Replace(".PNG", "").Replace(".gif", "").Replace(".GIF", "")

        }

        elseif($MediaItem.ImageDescription -eq "" -and $MediaItem.Name -ne "")

        {

            $altValue = $MediaItem.Name

        }

        #Update Alt tag

        $MediaItem.Editing.BeginEdit()

        $MediaItem.Fields["Alt"].Value = $altValue

        $MediaItem.Editing.EndEdit()

        Write-Host $counter " -> " $altValue " -> " $MediaItem.ItemPath

        $counter = $counter + 1

}

Any suggestions or improvements are most welcome.

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