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Create View in SharePoint using CSOM

The example in this topic show how to use CSOM to Create View in SharePoint

Please follow the steps below to execute the code in Visual Studio using Console Application. You can customize the solution according to your requirements.
Check the article to Connect to SharePoint context using CSOM. This is very helpful if you are doing any programming in CSOM.
Don't forget to use the assemblies as mentioned in the code.

How to run CSOM code in SharePoint?

Open your Visual Studio.
From the template, select Console Application as shown in the screenshot
Select the .Net Framework version from the top drop-down as well. You can also change the .Net Framework after creating the solution.
Enter Project Name, Location and Solution Name and click on OK.

create console application using Visual Studio

Now your program.cs file will open. Copy the code in main function.
Once you are done with your code, just hit F5 or Run the application.

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
using System.Linq;
using (ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext("http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection"))
{
// clientcontext.Web.Lists.GetById - This option also can be used to get the list using List GUID
// This value is NOT List internal name
List targetList = clientcontext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("List Name");
ViewCollection viewCollection = targetList.Views;
clientcontext.Load(viewCollection);
ViewCreationInformation viewCreationInformation = new ViewCreationInformation();
viewCreationInformation.Title = "View Name";
// Specify type of the view. Below are the options
// 1. none - The type of the list view is not specified
// 2. html - Sspecifies an HTML list view type
// 3. grid - Specifies a datasheet list view type
// 4. calendar- Specifies a calendar list view type
// 5. recurrence - Specifies a list view type that displays recurring events
// 6. chart - Specifies a chart list view type
// 7. gantt - Specifies a Gantt chart list view type
viewCreationInformation.ViewTypeKind = ViewType.Html;
// You can optionally specify row limit for the view
viewCreationInformation.RowLimit = 10;
// You can optionally specify a query as mentioned below.
// Create one CAML query to filter list view and mention that query below
viewCreationInformation.Query = "<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name = 'Location' /><Value Type = 'Text'>India</Value></Eq></Where>";
// Add all the fields over here with comma separated value as mentioned below
// You can mention display name or internal name of the column
string CommaSeparateColumnNames = "Column name 1, column Name 2, Column Name 3";
viewCreationInformation.ViewFields = CommaSeparateColumnNames.Split(',');
View listView = viewCollection.Add(viewCreationInformation);
clientcontext.ExecuteQuery();
// Code to update the display name for the view.
listView.Title = "View Display Name";
// You can optionally specify Aggregation: Field references for totals columns or calculated columns
listView.Aggregations = "<FieldRef Name='Title' Type='COUNT'/>";
listView.Update();
clientcontext.ExecuteQuery();
}

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