Term Store (Managed Metadata)

Work with the term store — the managed metadata service for consistent tagging across SharePoint and OneDrive: create taxonomy, export/import it, search, and clean up.

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Prerequisites

Permission	Description	Reference
Sites.ReadWrite.All (delegated)	Create/search/delete terms	Sites permissions
TermStore.Read.All / TermStore.ReadWrite.All (app)	Export / import the store	TermStore permissions

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Examples

Operation	File	API
Create groups, sets, terms	create_terms.py	termStore group create
Search the store by term label	search_term.py	store search
Export the full hierarchy to CSV/JSON	export_store.py	group list
Import a hierarchy from JSON	import_store.py	set create
Delete groups (clean up taxonomy)	clear_store.py	group delete

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API reference

• Term store
• Term

More examples

Script	What it does
export_tree.py	Export the term store hierarchy as nested JSON, then re-import it.