ImportManager.ImportTermSet Method

Imports a TermSet object into the parentGroup from a .csv file.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function ImportTermSet ( _
    parentGroup As Group, _
    reader As TextReader, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef allTermsAdded As Boolean, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef errorMessage As String _
) As TermSet
'Usage
Dim instance As ImportManager
Dim parentGroup As Group
Dim reader As TextReader
Dim allTermsAdded As Boolean
Dim errorMessage As String
Dim returnValue As TermSet

returnValue = instance.ImportTermSet(parentGroup, _
    reader, allTermsAdded, errorMessage)

public TermSet ImportTermSet(
    Group parentGroup,
    TextReader reader,
    out bool allTermsAdded,
    out string errorMessage
)

Parameters

• parentGroup
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.Group

  A Group object to be the parent group of the term set.

• reader
  Type: System.IO.TextReader

  TextReader for a .csv file containing term set data

• allTermsAdded
  Type: System.Boolean

  A Boolean output parameter indicating whether all terms were added

• errorMessage
  Type: System.String

  A string output parameter indicating all error messages occuring during the import operation

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.TermSet
A TermSet object generated from the input data

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	parentGroup is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic)
ArgumentNullException	reader is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic)
TermStoreOperationException	Creating a term set in system Group is disallowed.
ArgumentException	The term set .csv import file does not adhere to the correct format.

Remarks

When this method returns, the allTermsAdded output parameter is set to true if true if all terms in the .csv file are added; otherwise, false.

When this method returns, the errorMessage output parameter will be empty if there were no errors during the import. If there were errors during the import, the parameter contains information about all of the errors that occurred.

The parentGroup parameter value cannot be the system group.The .csv file opened by the reader parameter should adhere to standard .csv file format.

See Also

Reference

ImportManager Class

ImportManager Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy Namespace

GetImportManager()

BatchSize