Create Record Center Content Organizer rules using Powershell

Here is how to Create a Record Center Sub Site , and add a Content Organizer rule to it.

First, We need to Create the Subsite.  The Template “OFFILE#1” is the Template for Record Center.  You can find all Sharepoint Templates here.

$mainURL = “http://vlad.test.loc”

$RecordCenterURL = “http://vlad.test.loc/RecordCenter“

$web = New-SPWeb $RecordCenterURL -Template “OFFILE#1”   -AddToTopNav

Now, here is the chunk of code to Create the Content Organizer Rule.

Write-Host -ForegroundColor White ” – Creating the Supporting Documents  Content Organizer Rule …” -NoNewline

 [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite]$site = Get-SPSite $mainurl

[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb]$web = Get-SPWeb $RecordCenterURL

[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType]$ct = $site.RootWeb.ContentTypes[“Document”]

[Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.RecordsRepository.EcmDocumentRouterRule]$rule = New-Object Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.RecordsRepository.EcmDocumentRouterRule($web)

$rule.ConditionsString = ““

$rule.CustomRouter = “”

$rule.Name = “Supporting Documents Rule”

$rule.Description = “Routes ‘” + $ct.Name + “‘ documents to the records library”

$rule.ContentTypeString = $ct.Name

$rule.RouteToExternalLocation = $false

$rule.Priority = “5”

$rule.TargetPath = “/Records/Records”

$rule.Enabled = $true

$rule.Update()

Write-Host -ForegroundColor GREEN “Done.”

Write-Host

As you can see, this rule routes the Content Type “Document” to the /Records/Records Library.