# Initialize-Item

Initializes items with the PowerShell automatic properties for each field.

## Syntax

Initialize-Item -Item \<Item>

Initialize-Item -SearchResultItem \<SearchResultItem>

## Detailed Description

The Initialize-Item command wraps Sitecore item with PowerShell property equivalents of fields for easy assignment of values to fields and automatic saving. This command can also be used to translate the the "Sitecore.ContentSearch.SearchTypes.SearchResultItem" items obtained from the Find-Item command into full Sitecore Items. The alias for the command is Wrap-Item.

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## Aliases

The following abbreviations are aliases for this cmdlet:

* Wrap-Item

## Parameters

### -Item \<Item>

The item to be wrapped/initialized.

| Aliases                     |                                |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| Required?                   | true                           |
| Position?                   | named                          |
| Default Value               |                                |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | true (ByValue, ByPropertyName) |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false                          |

### -SearchResultItem \<SearchResultItem>

The item obtained from Find-Item command to be translated into a sitecore item.

| Aliases                     |                |
| --------------------------- | -------------- |
| Required?                   | true           |
| Position?                   | named          |
| Default Value               |                |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | true (ByValue) |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false          |

## Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

* Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

  Sitecore.ContentSearch.SearchTypes.SearchResultItem

## Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

* Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

## Notes

Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West

## Examples

### EXAMPLE

Initialize the item obtained directly through the Sitecore API with additional PowerShell properties

```powershell
$item = [Sitecore.Configuration.Factory]::GetDatabase("master").GetItem("/sitecore/content/home");
#So far the item does not have PowerShell instrumentation wrapped around it yet - the following like wraps $item in those additional properties
$item = Initialize-Item -Item $item
# The following line will assign text to the field named MyCustomeTextField and persist the item into the database automatically using the added PowerShell property.
$item.Title = "New Title"
```

## Related Topics

* [Find-Item](/appendix/indexing/find-item.md)
* Get-Item
* Get-ChildItem
* <https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/>


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