SharePoint PowerShell How To: Create SharePoint Document Sets for Load/Performance Testing

Create document sets in the root of a document library

Script description: Create 6000 document sets within the “Document Set Performance Test” library of the “LocationContentTesting” site on the SharePoint Server “vs-server82”.

Note: this assumes you have made have the standard “Document Set” content type available in the library.

#Script settings
$webUrl = "http://vs-server82/locationcontenttesting"
$listName = "Document Set Performance Test"
$numberDocSetsToCreate = 6000
$docSetNamePrefix = "Doc Set Load Test "

### Get web and list
$web = Get-SPWeb $webUrl
$list = $web.Lists[$listName]

### Get Document Set Content Type from list
$cType = $list.ContentTypes["Document Set"]

### Create new Document Set
[Hashtable]$docsetProperties = @{}

# Create desired number of subfolders
for($i=1; $i -le $numberDocSetsToCreate; $i++)
{
    $newDocumentSet = [Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.DocumentSets.DocumentSet]::Create($list.RootFolder,"$docSetNamePrefix$i",$cType.Id, $docsetProperties)
    write-host "$docSetNamePrefix$i ... created"
}

$web.Dispose()

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