Add data from People Picker control into people/Group column field of a list in Sharepoint Visual Webpart

The below code can be used in visual webpart where in you have a requirement to pick the data from people picker field and add the data to people or group column of any list


 SPFieldUserValueCollection customer = new SPFieldUserValueCollection();
                    foreach (PickerEntity enity in pepPickCustomer.ResolvedEntities)
                    {
                        SPUser user = SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb.EnsureUser(enity.Key);
                       
customer .Add(new SPFieldUserValue(SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb, user.ID, user.Name));

                    }

Later to add data to list

item["PeopleGroupColumName"] = customer;


*
pepPickCustomer is the ID of Client people picker control which is a new type of people picker control available Sharepoin 2013.

Run all Powershell Scripts through batch file (.dat)

If you have many powershell scripts and you want to run all of those in a single click deployment
then use the below technique


1)Create a batch file  named "StartFile.bat"
2)Create a powershell script "PowershellFile.ps1" and add all your code in it
3)Edit the "StartFile.bat" and add the below piece of code



cd /d %~dp0
powershell.exe -File PowershellFile.ps1
pause


4)Now save the changes
5)Run the batch file as Admin.
6)Your powershell script will be run



------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------cd /d %~dp0
will open the powershell.exe from current location where the whole folder consisting of batch and powershell file is placed in a folder.

Add data to People picker field programatically -Sharepoint 2013

I had a requirement where in the visual webpart had a people picker control .I used the client people picker which is a new and betta control in Sharepoint 2013.This control had to be binded with the data coming from a people picker field of some list.Here is the code to achieve it




SPFieldUserValueCollection reviewers = (SPFieldUserValueCollection)Item["PeoplePickerFieldColumnDisplayName"];
List<PickerEntity> reviewersEntity = new List<PickerEntity>();
foreach (SPFieldUserValue spuserval in reviewers){

SPUser userToassign = spuserval.User;
PickerEntity entity = new PickerEntity();
PeopleEditor pe = new PeopleEditor();
entity.EntityData["AccountName"] = spuserval.User.LoginName;
entity.EntityData["SPUserID"] = spuserval.User.ID;
entity.EntityData["Email"] = spuserval.User.Email;
entity.Key = spuserval.User.LoginName;
entity.Description = spuserval.User.LoginName;
entity.DisplayText = spuserval.User.Name;
entity = pe.ValidateEntity(entity);
entity.IsResolved =true;
 reviewersEntity.Add(entity);
}
PeoplePickerControlName.AddEntities(reviewersEntity);



*"item " is a SPListItem type


in ascx file client people picker looks like

<SharePoint:ClientPeoplePicker runat="server" ID="PeoplePickerControlName" Required="true" ValidationEnabled="true"
                        InitialHelpText="text"
                        VisibleSuggestions="3"
                        Rows="1"
                        AllowMultipleEntities="true"
                        CssClass="ms-long ms-spellcheck-true" /> 

Have a look at other post about  people picker of Sharepoint 2010
People Picker -Sharepoint 2010