Moving the data from a SharePoint list in one site to a SharePoint library in another site

Question

I understand that a list and a library are two different things... But I have a project tracker which is a list. I would like to move it to a different site and as a library. Is there any way I can move this data ? Without having to create a library all over again ? Is there any option to sync a list in one site to a library in another site ? Kindly help..

Answer 1

Libraries are associated with documents, it's required to have a document in a library. If you aren't bringing over a document, there is no reason to use a library. Otherwise if you want to move the items over to a different list, the idea is to use powershell:

$sourceweb = get-spweb http://sourceweb
$destinationweb = get-spweb http://destinationweb
$sourcelist = $sourceweb.Lists["List Name"]
$destinationlist = $destinationweb.Lists["New List Name"]

foreach($item in $sourcelist.Items){

$newitem = $destinationlist.Items.Add();
$newitem["Field"] = $item["Field"]
$newitem["Field2"] = $item["Field2"]
$newitem.Update()
}

$sourceweb.Dispose()
$destinationweb.Dispose()