This solution enables a user to copy views from one list/library to another across site collections. It can be used as a webpart on a page, or as a ListView Command Set extension. The user can select multiple views to copy to multiple target lists.

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Solution

Solution	Author(s)
Copy Views	Martin Lingstuyl (@martinlingstuyl), I4-YOU Business Solutions b.v.

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	August 29, 2022	Initial release

Minimal Path to Awesome

Clone this repository
Ensure that you are at the solution folder
in the command-line run:
- npm install
- gulp serve
To package and deploy:
- Use gulp bundle --ship & gulp package-solution --ship
- Add the .sppkg to your SharePoint App Catalog

This sample can also be opened with VS Code Remote Development. Visit https://aka.ms/spfx-devcontainer for further instructions.

Features

Views can be copied from one list or library to other lists or libraries across site collections.
List views can only be copied to other lists and library views can only be copied to other libraries.
When opening the component using the List view Command Set extension, the current site, list and view will be preselected. When opening the component from a webpart, the current site will be preselected.
When copying views, the following things will be included:
- Field references.
- Sort and filter settings.
- Column formatting and view formatting.
Fields that are not available on the target list are excluded from the copied view. The view query is cleaned of these fields so as not to break the view when columns are used to filter on. *
Views of type 'Kanban board' and 'modern calendar' are currently not supported.
Views that are set to default on the source list will not automatically be set to default on the target list. The checkbox 'Set as default' will need to be used.

*The component uses the DOM parser to parse the ViewQuery XML, and removes any filter conditions that reference fields that are not available on the target list. The component can even clean filter queries with multiple And/Or CAML-conditions.

Disclaimer

THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.