Update fields using Sitecore Powershell Extensions

Question

I'm using the following script to update a specific field in all the children of the item right-clicked in my content tree. It works but the update is not applied to the item clicked with my context menu. It is only applied to children.

Does anyone know how to fix this ?

Get-ChildItem -Recurse . | Where-Object { $_.Fields["__Enable item fallback"] -ne $null } | ForEach-Object {

    $_.Editing.BeginEdit()
    $_.Fields["__Enable item fallback"].Value = "1";
    $_.Editing.EndEdit()

}

Answer 1

You are calling Get-ChildItem cmdlet that's why update is only applied to children. You should do the same also with Get-Item cmdlet to make it work also for current item.

Should be like this:

$item = Get-Item .
$item.Editing.BeginEdit()
$item.Fields["__Enable item fallback"].Value = "1"
$item.Editing.EndEdit()

. is representing current item.

How to add custom task in context menu with SPE:

https://www.sitecorenutsbolts.net/2016/11/01/Right-Click-Unlock-Item-with-Sitecore-PowerShell-Extensions/

See more about supported cmdlets here:

https://blog.najmanowicz.com/2014/10/12/working-with-sitecore-items-in-powershell-extensions/

Answer 2

Since version 4.0, Sitecore PowerShell Extensions includes a -WithParent parameter to the Get-ChildItem command. This includes the item itself, thus making this much simpler:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse . -WithParent |
  Where-Object { $_.Fields["__Enable item fallback"] -ne $null } |
  ForEach-Object {
    $_.Editing.BeginEdit()
    $_.Fields["__Enable item fallback"].Value = "1";
    $_.Editing.EndEdit()
  }

Sources:

• Release Notes
• GitHub Issue
• I've used it extensively

Answer 3

@chorpo hit the nail on the head, Get-ChildItem does not get current item, but the children underneath the current Item. You will need to do a Get-Item as well to get/update the values of the current item. You should be able to kill two birds with one stone by getting both children and current items and appending:

$path = "."
$root = Get-Item $path
$items = Get-ChildItem $path -Recurse
($items += $root) | Where-Object { $_.Fields["__Enable item fallback"] -ne $null } | ForEach-Object {
    $_.Editing.BeginEdit()
    $_.Fields["__Enable item fallback"].Value = "1";
    $_.Editing.EndEdit()
}