Retrieve Title field values from multiple lists and add into another list

Question

Hi , Iam trying to retrieve Title field value from multiple lists. and add them into another list. using Javascript. Can any one help me in doing this. Below is the code.. function save() { clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current(); oWebsite = clientContext.get_web(); oList = clientContext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle('MainList'); clientContext.load(oList); clientContext.executeQueryAsync(OnSucceeded, onQueryFailed); } function GetListItemValue(listName, fieldName) { var list = oWebsite.get_lists().getByTitle(listName); var eventValue = document.getElementById(fieldName).value; eventValue = eventValue.replace(",", ""); var camlQuery = new SP.CamlQuery(); var filterdata = '<view><query><where><eq><fieldref name="Title/"><value type="Text">' + myreqValue.trim() + '</value></fieldref></eq></where></query></view>'; camlQuery.set_viewXml(filterdata); listItems = list.getItems(camlQuery); clientContext.load(list); clientContext.load(listItems, 'Include(Id)'); clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Succeeded,Failed); } function OnSucceeded() { itemCreateInfo = new SP.ListItemCreationInformation(); oListItem = oList.addItem(itemCreateInfo); oListItem.set_item('Title', 'My New Title'); var deptItemLookupField = new SP.FieldLookupValue(); //Problem in below line...I was unable to get ID var getId = GetListItemValue("Listname1", "txtboxname1"); alert("ID" + getId); if (getId != undefined) { deptItemLookupField.set_lookupId(getId); } var getId12 = GetListItemValue("Listname12", "txtboxname12"); alert("ID" + getId12); if (getId12 != undefined) { deptItemLookupField.set_lookupId(getId12); } oListItem.update(); clientContext.executeQueryAsync(itemadded, itemFailed); } function itemadded() { alert('Item added successfully'); } function itemFailed(sender, args) { alert('Item added itemFailed' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace()); }
Raj

Answer 1

Hi,
For this requirement, you will need to retrieve all the lists objects you want firstly, then execute the requests one by one to get the value of the Title column using CAML or
LINQ.
How to: Retrieve Lists Using JavaScript
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh185009(v=office.14).aspx
About
retrieve list items:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh185007(v=office.14).aspx
You can use
Promise in your script to make your requests sequentially:
http://www.shillier.com/archive/2013/03/04/using-promises-with-the-javascript-client-object-model-in-sharepoint-2013.aspx
http://www.learningsharepoint.com/2013/08/13/using-deferred-and-promise-to-handle-async-calls-in-sharepoint-client-object-model/
Best regards
Patrick Liang
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