Showing posts with label How to find GUID of SharePoint list. Show all posts
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10 March, 2011

How to find GUID of SharePoint list:MOSS 2007/WSS 3.0


In this post i am going to discuss multiple ways by which we can easily find the guid of sharepoint lists. SharePoint list's are used on day-to-day basis and sometimes there might be customer requirement/project need where we required sharepoint list Guid.


Please refer the following ways and select the easiest way as per your requirement. In case of any confusion/queries then please let me know,Thanks...


First Way:


-Navigate to the SharePoint list using the browser.
-Select the Settings + List Settings menu command.
-Copy the Url from the browser address bar into Notepad. It will look something like:


http://sharepoint2007/ProjectX/_layouts/listedit.aspx?List=%7B26534EF9%2DAB3A%2D46E0%2DAE56%2DEFF168BE562F%7D


-Delete everying before and including “List=”.
-Change “%7B” to “{” 
-Change all “%2D” to “-“
-Chnage “%7D” to “}”


You are now left with the Id:


{26534EF9-AB3A-46E0-AE56-EFF168BE562F}


Second Way:


-Go to respective List
-Go to Settings 
-List Settings 
-Right-click on the 'Information management policy settings' link and 
-choose Copy Shortcut.
-Paste the URL and you can see the GUID surrounded with "{" and "}".


+ Access the list via your browser and select the View you want to find the GUID.
+Select "Modify this View" and copy the URL.
+You will get a URL like this,



http://sharepoint2007/admintesting/_layouts/ViewEdit.aspx?List=%7B5C65CB1A%2D2E1B%2D488A%2DAC07%2DB115CD0FC647%7D&View=%7B75E689B4%2D5773%2D43CB%2D8324%2D58E42E1EB885%7D&Source=http%253A%252F%252Fmysite%253A5050%252Ftestsara%252FLists%252FTasks%252FAllItems
%252Easpx



From the above URL, you will find this:


List=%7B5C65CB1A%2D2E1B%2D488A%2DAC07%2DB115CD0FC647%7D
View=%7B75E689B4%2D5773%2D43CB%2D8324%2D58E42E1EB885%7D


Replace "%7B" with "{"
Replace all "%2D" with "-"
Replace "%7D" with "}"


You are now left with the following GUIDs:


List ID is {5C65CB1A-2E1B-488A-AC07-B115CD0FC647}


View ID is {75E689B4-5773-43CB-8324-58E42E1EB885}


Third Way:


SharePoint Tips Utility Pack: http://spstipsutilitypack.codeplex.com/


SharePoint Tips Utility Pack is a package of utilities for the administrator\developer\deployer of SharePoint 2007 and WSSv3. 


Fourth Way:


A little GUID picker: Credit goes to Ronalus- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ronalus/archive/2007/09/08/a-little-guid-picker.aspx


+Type a Site URL, and select “Display Lists Titles and Ids”. From the list of lists you can select a list GUID, and with right-click copy it to the List ID input field.


+After clicking “Display Views” you see the available list views. Again you can select a view guid, and with right-click copy it to the View input field.


+Select “Display Items” to display the list items in the view.


+With a click on “Display default List Attribute Names” de internal names of the fields in the list are displayed.


Fifth Way: 


SharePoint Inspector: http://spi.codeplex.com/


=SharePoint Inspector is a free tool to browse your SharePoint 2007 farm. 
=You can see objects composing its structure, get their properties by reflection, which can be very useful when you want to check if your code does what it should do.
=You can use also some advanced features like activate/deactivate SharePoint features, add/remove event receivers, manage your recycle bin.


Please refer the following screenshots regarding the same: