Powershell Explicitly grabbing properties from sharepoint online

Question

I keep getting this error messeage when I try look at a ViewCollection from a list

format-default : The collection has not been initialized. It has not been requested or the request has not been executed. It may need to be explicitly requested. + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [format-default], CollectionNotInitializedException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.CollectionNotInitializedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FormatDefaultCommand

I believe my $list.views object is not being initialized. I have tried the following

$ctx.Load($list)
$ctx.Load($list.views)
$ctx.Load($list, 'Views')     <-- incorrect syntax  and other variations 

I know I need a SP.ClientObject to load into the context before running my ExecuteQuery but the only examples I see are c# code which uses lambda Expressions to load in properties explicitly but I am unaware of how to do the same thing in powershell

Answer 1

Use $ClientContext.Load($list.Views)syntax in PowerShell to load Views collection, for example:

$list = $Context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle($ListTitle)
$Context.Load($list)
$Context.Load($list.Views)
$Context.ExecuteQuery()
if ($list.IsObjectPropertyInstantiated('Views') -eq $true)
{
   Write-Host "Views collection has been loaded"
}