contentType resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Represents a content type in SharePoint. Content types allow you to define a set of columns that must be present on every listItem in a list.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
associatedHubsUrls	String collection	List of canonical URLs for hub sites with which this content type is associated to. This contains all hub sites where this content type is queued to be enforced or is already enforced. Enforcing a content type means that the content type is applied to the lists in the enforced sites.
documentSet	documentSet	Document Set metadata.
documentTemplate	documentSetContent	Document template metadata. To make sure that documents have consistent content across a site and its subsites, you can associate a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint template with a site content type.
description	String	The descriptive text for the item.
group	String	The name of the group this content type belongs to. Helps organize related content types.
hidden	Boolean	Indicates whether the content type is hidden in the list's 'New' menu.
id	String	The unique identifier of the content type.
inheritedFrom	itemReference	If this content type is inherited from another scope (like a site), provides a reference to the item where the content type is defined.
isBuiltIn	Boolean	Specifies if a content type is a built-in content type.
name	String	The name of the content type.
order	contentTypeOrder	Specifies the order in which the content type appears in the selection UI.
parentId	String	The unique identifier of the content type.
propagateChanges	Boolean	If true, any changes made to the content type are pushed to inherited content types and lists that implement the content type.
readOnly	Boolean	If true, the content type can't be modified unless this value is first set to false.
sealed	Boolean	If true, the content type can't be modified by users or through push-down operations. Only site collection administrators can seal or unseal content types.

Relationships

Relationship	Type	Description
base	contentType	Parent contentType from which this content type is derived.
baseTypes	contentType collection	The collection of content types that are ancestors of this content type.
columnLinks	columnLink collection	The collection of columns that are required by this content type.
columnPositions	columnDefinition collection	Column order information in a content type.
columns	columnDefinition collection	The collection of column definitions for this content type.

For more information, see Introduction to content types and content type publishing.

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

{
  "associatedHubsUrls" : ["string"],
  "base": { "@type": "microsoft.graph.contentType" },
  "baseTypes" : [{ "@type": "microsoft.graph.contentType" }],
  "columns" : [{ "@type": "microsoft.graph.columnDefinition" }],
  "columnLinks": [{ "@type": "microsoft.graph.columnLink" }],
  "columnPositions" : [{ "@type": "microsoft.graph.columnDefinition" }],
  "description": "String",
  "documentSet" : { "@type": "microsoft.graph.documentSet" },
  "documentTemplate" : { "@type": "microsoft.graph.documentSetContent" },
  "group": "String",
  "hidden": "Boolean",
  "id": "String",
  "inheritedFrom": { "@type": "microsoft.graph.itemReference" },
  "isBuiltIn" : "Boolean",
  "name": "String",
  "order": { "@type": "microsoft.graph.contentTypeOrder" },
  "parentId": "String",
  "propagateChanges" : "Boolean",
  "readOnly": "Boolean",
  "sealed": "Boolean"
}