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PowerPivot & other BI CommandsREST APIs & PowerShell

SharePoint + PowerShell User Group

April 17, 2013

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Agenda

• Hello!• Group Logistics (GoToMeeting/ website /

register / email / twitter)• Doug! (PowerPivot + BI)• REST API nonsense• Next meeting• Survey!

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Raymond Mitchell• SharePoint Consultant

– http://www.Rackspace.com

• Author• Dad• Information Worker Kid

– http://www.iwkid.com

• SharePoSHing since 2008

Hello!

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Doug Hemminger• SharePoint Solution Architect

– Quantitative Risk Management

• Dad• Chicago, IL• @DougHemminger

– http://www.SharePointDoug.com

• SharePoSHing since 2007

Hello!

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What about you?

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Your turn, Doug!

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REST APIs

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• Interact with SharePoint from your desktop– Automate site/content creation– Check for list content

• Sample requires PowerShell 3.0– Invoke-RestMethod

• Make GET requests

PowerShell + REST API

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• Upload files to SharePoint

1. Save your creds for use later2. Make a call to get the ContextInfo3. Read the FormDigest from the

ContextInfo4. Tweak the header for future

requests to include FormDigest5. Make a REST call

PowerShell + REST API

Only required for POST/PUT

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Next Meeting

• TBD – Your Demos

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Resources

• REST API– http://

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj164022.aspx • PowerShell + SharePoint forum at

PowerShell.org:– http://powershell.org/discuss/viewforum.php?f=12

• PowerShell Summit: April 22-24http://powershell.org/summit

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Resources

http://www.powershell.org/games

#PSH2013

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Survey!

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