Using CAML to Update "Person or Group" field in SharePoint

Question

My CAML query not work if it contain any "Person or Group" fields.

Here is my CAML:

<Batch OnError="Continue" ListVersion="17" PreCalc="TRUE">
  <Method ID="1" Cmd="New">
  <Field Name="Title">fff</Field>
  <Field Name="Person_x0020_or_x0020_Group">test\administrator</Field>
</Method>

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '13 at 11:10

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You have to use the User ID.

<Field Name="Person_x0020_or_x0020_Group">[SharePoint User ID]</Field>

answered Apr 27 '13 at 11:10

Mhd. Yasseen

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you can get the user ID from the user name by another method. – Mhd. Yasseen Apr 28 '13 at 06:33
@Mhd.Yasseen is correct - SP requires the User ID when inserting/updating Person or Group fields via CAML. You can easily obtain the User ID from the login (e.g. domain\username) by querying the site users. – Stevangelista Jun 25 '17 at 19:23

Using CAML to Update "Person or Group" field in SharePoint

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