Here’s a little PowerShell Script I wrote to list all Document Libraries that contain a specific Column. I have specifically checked to see if the BaseTemplate is a library, however you can remove that part of the script and look for all Lists or a specific List type e.g. announcements or calendar.
It can be easily modified to display other details using these documents as a reference:
SharePoint List Properties: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.client.list_properties.aspx
SharePoint Field Properties: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa544201.aspx
$fieldname="ColumnName" $s = Get-SPSite http://sharepoint $wc = $s.AllWebs foreach($w in $wc){ foreach($l in $w.Lists){ if($l.BaseTemplate -eq "DocumentLibrary"){ for ($i = 0; $i -lt $l.fields.Count; $i++) { if($l.fields[$i].Title -eq $fieldname){ write-host $l.ParentWebURL,",",$l.Title,",", $l.fields[$i].Title,",",$l.ID } } } } }
Another useful script is this one to export a list of Site Columns and Associated Lists:
$fieldname="ColumnName" $web = Get-SPWeb http://sharepoint $column = $web.Fields[$fieldname] $column.ListsFieldUsedIn()