Any correlation between RecycleBinItem and ChangeItem/ChangeFolder?

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Any correlation between RecycleBinItem and ChangeItem/ChangeFolder?

Rudy Menjivar 26

Not sure if I'm in the right place for this question.

We're getting changes made to lists and document libraries using the C# Microsoft.SharePoint library. These changes include items that have been deleted. For the deleted items, I'm trying to find a way to get data on this item from the RecycleBinItemCollection, but I'm not sure how to query for this item.

A simpler approach I'd like to have is to get all the information from ChangeItem/ChangeFolder object (e.g., the item name and editor name), but this is how I came to the RecycleBinItemCollection. The problem here is being able to identify the item in this collection using fields from ChangeItem/ChangeFolder.

So far, what I have is ChangeItem.ItemId that I can query for using RecycleBinItemCollection.LeafName, but that's not a unique field we can use:

RecycleBinItem result = RecycleBinItemsResults.OrderByDescending(x => x.DeletedDateLocalFormatted)
                                            .Where(x => x.LeafName.Substring(0, 1).ToInt32() == ((ChangeItem)change).ItemId )
                                            .FirstOrDefault();

I'll be cleaning up the lambda expression later, just testing with this single instance for now.

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RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,496 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Rudy Menjivar ,
Per my research, there is no correlation between RecycleBinItem and ChangeItem/ChangeFolder. I have tested RecycleBinItem.Id by following code.

    RecycleBinItemCollection rbiColl = web.RecycleBin;  
    ctx.Load(rbiColl);  

    ctx.ExecuteQuery();  

    foreach (RecycleBinItem rbiItem in rbiColl)  
    {  
        var ribid = rbiItem.Id;  
        Console.WriteLine(rbiItem.Title);  
        Console.WriteLine(rbiItem.Id);  
    }  
    Console.ReadLine();

The RecycleBinItem.Id is a UniqueId differs from ChangeItem.ItemId. And I also tested ChangeItem.UniqueId but with no luck. We are unable to map RecycleBinItem to ChangeItem for their UniqueId is different.

I feel regretful to inform you that it turns out to be a by-design one.

And I noticed that some end users have also proposed the same request, it is highly recommended that you can vote this ticket. Many features of our current products are designed and upgraded based on customers’ feedback. With requirements like this increase, the problem may well be released in the future. Thanks for your understanding.

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Rudy Menjivar 26

@RaytheonXie_MSFT ,

Thanks for this. I submitted my request to the forum. Is there any other way to get this data where I can either get Title and DeletedBy in the ChangeItem object where the ChangeType is DeleteObject?

RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,496 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Rudy Menjivar ,
Per my test, we are unable to get title. I can retrieve id by following code, but when I try to retrieve title, error occurs.

    ChangeQuery siteCQ = new ChangeQuery(true, true);  
    var siteChanges = site.GetChanges(siteCQ);  
    ctx.Load(siteChanges);  
    ctx.ExecuteQuery();  
    foreach (Change change in siteChanges)  
    {  
          
        if (change is Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ChangeItem)  
        {  
            ChangeItem ci = change as ChangeItem;  
            var changeType = ci.ChangeType.ToString();  
            if (changeType=="DeleteObject") {  
                var itemId = ci.UniqueId.ToString();  
                var listId = ci.ListId.ToString();  
                var Title = ci.Title;  

                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", itemId, changeType);  
            }  

        }  
    }

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