Sharepoint 2013 How to add properties to Document Set being created

Question

I am using Sharepoint 2013 ECM to upload new document sets to a list programatically in VB.NET/C#

I am successfully creating the document set, but can not find any documentation on how to add the properties/metadata to that uploaded document set. The Folder the document set will upload to already has the properties pre-defined. I just need to set them.

The code below creates the new document set. But there is zero information I can find on the internet on how to add properties from this. Sharepoint 2010 libraries allow the DocumentSet.Create to contain a properties field, but 2013 does not appear to.

Dim context As ClientContext = New ClientContext("URL")
            context.Credentials = New NetworkCredential("Username", "Password")

            'Get the document library in which the document set has to be created
            Dim list As List = context.Web.Lists.GetById(New Guid("dc9e7aa5-5ac3-499c-a967-fa8f04bf1c90"))                       

            'Get the parent folder where the document set has to be created
            Dim parentFolder As Folder = list.RootFolder

            'Get the "Document Set" content type by id (Document Set content type Id : 0x0120D520) for the document library
            Dim ct As ContentType = context.Web.ContentTypes.GetById("0x0120D520")
            context.Load(ct)
            context.ExecuteQuery()

            'Create a new document set
            'A new document set will be created in "Documents" library as "Test Document" under which you can add the documents
            DocumentSet.Create(context, parentFolder, dsName, ct.Id)
            context.ExecuteQuery()

Vadim Gremyachev Vadim Gremyachev · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-29T14:07:13

Once the document set is created, you could set its properties via list item associated with a document set

Example

Using context = New ClientContext(webUrl)
     context.Credentials = credentials

     'Create a document set
     Dim list As List = context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents")
     Dim parentFolder As Folder = list.RootFolder
     Dim ct As ContentType = context.Web.ContentTypes.GetById("0x0120D520")
     context.Load(ct)
     context.ExecuteQuery()
     Dim result = DocumentSet.Create(context, parentFolder, dsName, ct.Id)
     context.ExecuteQuery()

     'Set DocSet properties
     Dim docSetUrl = result.Value
     Dim folder = context.Web.GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl(docSetUrl)
     folder.ListItemAllFields("DocumentSetDescription") = "Orders 2016"
     folder.ListItemAllFields.Update()
     context.ExecuteQuery()

End Using

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Sharepoint 2013 How to add properties to Document Set being created

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