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Configure a list as a catalog with PowerShell to automate cross site publishing configuration in SharePoint 2013.

$siteUrl = "http://<<Server>>/sites/test"
$webUrl = "/sites/test/subtest"
$site = get-SPSite -Identity $siteUrl
$web = Get-SPWeb -Site $site -Identity $webUrl
$list = $web.Lists | where { $_.Title -eq 'Pages' }

Adds important Indexed Properties to the List.

$list.IndexedRootFolderPropertyKeys.Add("PublishingCatalogSettings") 
$list.IndexedRootFolderPropertyKeys.Add("IsPublishingCatalog")

Enables Anonymous Access to the Catalog. (To disable set to 0.)

$list.AnonymousPermMask = 8192

Adds properties to the lists RootFolder to configure the list as catalog.

• IsPublishingCatalog: sets the checkbox in the configure catalog page
• PublishingCatalogSettings: configures the Catalog Item Url Fields and the taxonomy field for the Navigation Hierarchy
• vti_indexedpropertykeys: Those Ids are the fixed Ids of the two Indexed Properties we added to the Lists IndexedRootFolderPropertyKeys.

$rootFolder = $list.RootFolder

$rootFolder.Properties.Add("IsPublishingCatalog", "True")
$rootFolder.Properties.Add("PublishingCatalogSettings", '{"FurlFields":["Title"],"TaxonomyFieldMap":["<<InternalFieldName>>"]}')
$rootFolder.Properties.Add("vti_indexedpropertykeys","UAB1AGIAbABpAHMAaABpAG4AZwBDAGEAdABhAGwAbwBnAFMAZQB0AHQAaQBuAGcAcwA=|SQBzAFAAdQBiAGwAaQBzAGgAaQBuAGcAQwBhAHQAYQBsAG8AZwA=|")

$rootFolder.Update()
$list.Update()

Now you need to perform a full crawl to let the index catch the previously set indexed properties.