Get the Files with Version Greater than the Given Version Number – SharePoint PowerShell

In this article, let us see, how to retrieve the list of Files with Version Greater than the Given Version Number. i.e., on the Config file, I will have some version number and within the WebApplication, the files with greater than the given version needs to be listed on the XML File.

 ######################### this method will return the Files with Greater Version than the Given Input
 
 function GetFilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven()
 {
     Write-Host "Entered GetFilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven Method" -ForegroundColor Yellow 
     Add-Content "$ProgressFile" "Entered GetFilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven Method"
     $script:Progress = "5:Entered"
     
     # Get the WebApplication Object
     $WebApplication = Get-SPWebApplication $Config.Configuration.WebApplication.URL
 
     # Assign the XML Output File Paths
     $FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path = $scriptBase + "Reports-$LogTimeFilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven.xml"
     
     # Create the XML File Tags
     
     $xmlWriter = New-Object System.XMl.XmlTextWriter($FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path,$Null)
     $xmlWriter.Formatting = 'Indented'
     $xmlWriter.Indentation = 1
     $XmlWriter.IndentChar = "`t"
     $xmlWriter.WriteStartDocument()
     $xmlWriter.WriteComment('Files List On the WebApplication ' + $WebApplication.DisplayName)
     $xmlWriter.WriteStartElement('WebApplication')
     $xmlWriter.WriteEndElement()
     $xmlWriter.WriteEndDocument()
     $xmlWriter.Flush()
     $xmlWriter.Close()
     
     # Get All SiteCollections within webApplication
     $SiteCollections =  $WebApplication | Get-SPSite -Limit All
     #$SiteCollections =  Get-SPSite "http://ctsc00556722901:5555/sites/TeamSite2/"
     
     # write the output on XML File
     $xmlDoc = [System.Xml.XmlDocument](Get-Content $FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path);
     $siteCollectionNode = $xmlDoc.CreateElement("SiteCollections")
     $xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//WebApplication").AppendChild($siteCollectionNode)
     $xmlDoc.Save($FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path)
     
     # Iterate through the Site Collections
     foreach($SiteCollection in $SiteCollections)
     {
         $siteCollectionName = $SiteCollection | select @{label = "Title";Ex = {$_.rootweb.Title}} 
         
         # write the output on XML File
         
         $xmlDoc = [System.Xml.XmlDocument](Get-Content $FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path);
         $siteCollectionNode = $xmlDoc.CreateElement("SiteCollection")
         $xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//WebApplication/SiteCollections").AppendChild($siteCollectionNode)
         $siteCollectionNode.SetAttribute("Name", $siteCollectionName.Title)
         
         
         $subSitesNode = $siteCollectionNode.AppendChild($xmlDoc.CreateElement("SubSites"));
         $xmlDoc.Save($FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path)
         
         # Get All the Webs
         $Webs = Get-SPWeb -site $SiteCollection -Limit All 
         
         # Iterate through the Webs
         foreach($Web in $Webs)
         {
             # write the output on XML File
             $subSiteNameNode = $subSitesNode.AppendChild($xmlDoc.CreateElement("SubSite"));
             $subSiteNameNode.SetAttribute("Name", $Web.Title)
             $subSiteNameNode.SetAttribute("Url", $Web.Url)
             $subSiteNameNode.SetAttribute("WebID", $Web.Id)
             
             $parentWebTitle = ""
                             
             if($Web.ParentWebID -ne "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")
             {
                 $parentWeb = $SiteCollection.OpenWeb($Web.ParentWebID)
                 $parentWebTitle = $parentWeb.Title
                 
             }
             else
             {
                 $parentWebTitle = "RootWeb"
             }    
             $subSiteNameNode.SetAttribute("ParentWebName", $parentWebTitle)
             $subSiteNameNode.SetAttribute("ParentWebID", $Web.ParentWebID)
                             
             $FilesNode = $subSiteNameNode.AppendChild($xmlDoc.CreateElement("Files"));
             
             $xmlDoc.Save($FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path)
             
             # Iterate through the Lists
             foreach ($list in $Web.Lists) 
             {
                 # validate for Document Library
                 if ($list.BaseType -eq “DocumentLibrary”) 
                 {
                     # Iterate threough the Doc Library Items
                     foreach ($item in $list.Items) 
                     {
                         # Check for the Version
                         if([decimal]$item.File.UIVersionLabel -ge [decimal]$Config.Configuration.FetchFilesAboveTheVersion)
                         {
                             # If Yes, then write the details on the XML Output file
                             
                             $FileNode = $FilesNode.AppendChild($xmlDoc.CreateElement("File"));
                             $FileNode.SetAttribute("Name", $Item.File.Title)
                             $FileNode.SetAttribute("Url", $Item.File.Url)
                             $FileNode.SetAttribute("Version", $item.File.UIVersionLabel)
                             
                             $xmlDoc.Save($FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path)
                                                                               
                         }
                     }
                 }
             } 
         }
     }    
     # write the output on XML File
     $xmlDoc.Save($FilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven_XML_Path)
     
     Write-Host "Completed GetFilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven Method" -ForegroundColor Yellow 
     Add-Content "$ProgressFile" "Completed GetFilesWithVersionGreaterThanGiven Method"
     $script:Progress = "5:Success"
 }
 ########### End of Method #################
 

The snippet is self-explanatory.

Happy Coding,

Sathish Nadarajan.