What are the new SharePoint 2013 names for these Field Types

Question

I am trying to migrate a site from a legacy SP to 2013 SP and then to 2019. I am in the process of writing script to re-create SiteColumns programmatically. Turns out there are a few Sitecolumns whose field types are very old and are no longer available in the new versions of SharePoint. So, I am trying to know the new names for the same. All the names mentioned here are obtained by using Field.TypeAsString get method.

1. TaxonomyFieldTypeMulti
2. RatingCount
3. Image
4. SummaryLinks
5. PublishingScheduleStartDateFieldType
6. ExemptField
7. CallTo
8. HTML
9. PublishingScheduleEndDateFieldType
10. LayoutVariationsField
11. TargetTo
12. ContactInfo
13. AverageRating
14. ContentTypeIdFieldType
15. Whereabout
16. Overbook
17. List item

I looked into MS Docs but couldn't find any reference for these. Thanks for the help in advance.

Answer 1

@Puneeth, C

Here are some information for your reference:

1. TaxonomyFieldTypeMulti : Managed Metadata with multiple values
2. RatingCount : Number of Ratings
3. Image : Hyperlink or Picture
4. SummaryLinks : Summary Links
5. PublishingScheduleStartDateFieldType : Publishing Schedule Start Date
6. ExemptField : Single line of text
7. CallTo : Person or Group
8. HTML : Publishing HTML
9. PublishingScheduleEndDateFieldType : Publishing Schedule End Date
10. LayoutVariationsField : Publishing HTML
11. TargetTo : Audience Targeting
12. ContactInfo : Multiple lines of text
13. AverageRating : Rating (0-5)
14. ContentTypeIdFieldType : Single line of text
15. Whereabout : Multiple lines of text
16. Overbook : Yes/No
17. List item : Item

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Answer 2

@Emily Du-MSFT Writing this as an answer as my reply to the comment is not getting submitted.
Replying to your previous comment,

How to do the same in c# though? Here's what I have so far.

public static List<SPField> GetSiteColumns(string source)  
        {  
            List<SPField> siteColumnsList = new List<SPField>();  
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite(source))  
            {  
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())  
                {  
                    foreach (SPField siteColumn in web.Fields)  
                    {  
                        Console.WriteLine("sitecolum name: " + siteColumn.Title + " sitecolumn type:" + siteColumn.Type);  
                        Console.WriteLine("\n");  
                        siteColumnsList.Add(siteColumn);  
                    }  
                }  
            }  
            return siteColumnsList;  
        }  
  
public static void AddSiteColumn(string destination, SPField column)  
        {  
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite(destination))  
            {  
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())  
                {  
                    try  
                    {  
                        web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;  
                        web.Fields.Add(column.Title, column.Type, column.Required);  
                        web.Update();  
                        web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;  
                    }  
                    catch (Exception e)  
                    {  
                        Console.WriteLine(e.Message);  
                    }  
               }  
          }  
}  

Answer 3

Hi @Puneeth, C ,
I will recommend you to use CSOM to create a Manage Metadata column. Please refer to following code.

if (field.TypeAsString == "TaxonomyFieldType")  
{  
    Guid termStoreId =  Guid.Empty;  
    Guid termSetId = Guid.Empty;  
  
    GetTaxonomyFieldInfo(srcContext, out termStoreId, out termSetId);    
  
    string fieldSchema = "<Field Type='" + field.FieldTypeKind + "' DisplayName='" + field.Title + "' Name='" + field.InternalName + "' Hidden='" + field.Hidden + "'/>";  
    targetcollField.AddFieldAsXml(fieldSchema, true, AddFieldOptions.AddToDefaultContentType);  
    targetContext.Load(targetcollField);  
    srcFieldCollections.Add(field);  
  
    TaxonomyField taxonomyField = srcContext.CastTo<TaxonomyField>(field);  
    taxonomyField.SspId = termStoreId;  
    taxonomyField.TermSetId = termSetId;  
    taxonomyField.TargetTemplate = String.Empty;  
    taxonomyField.AnchorId = Guid.Empty;  
    taxonomyField.Update();  
    srcContext.ExecuteQuery();  
  
}  
  
  
private void GetTaxonomyFieldInfo(ClientContext clientContext, out Guid termStoreId, out Guid termSetId)  
{  
    termStoreId = Guid.Empty;  
    termSetId = Guid.Empty;  
  
    TaxonomySession session = TaxonomySession.GetTaxonomySession(clientContext);  
    TermStore termStore = session.GetDefaultSiteCollectionTermStore();  
  
    TermSetCollection termSets = termStore.GetTermSetsByName("ABC", 1033);  
  
    clientContext.Load(termSets, tsc => tsc.Include(ts => ts.Id));  
    clientContext.Load(termStore, ts => ts.Id);  
    clientContext.ExecuteQuery();  
  
    termStoreId = termStore.Id;  
    termSetId = termSets.FirstOrDefault().Id;  
}