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my firm is transferring a project to another firm. The new firm wants a list of all of our files. I went into our sharepoint library and selected "Export to Excel" which returned a spreadsheet with the file path, link to the file, file size, date created, and last modified by. I need that to also indicate Version number.

Is this possible, either OOTB, or programmatically?

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Add the version column to the current view and selected "Export to Excel".=) Or of course you can do that programmatically using SPFile.UIVersionLabel for example:

using (SPSite site = new SPSite("Your site url"))
{
    using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
    {
        SPList docs = web.Lists["Your library name"];
        foreach (SPFile file in docs.RootFolder.Files)
        {
            var fileVersion = file.UIVersionLabel;
        }
    }
}
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  • the version column is already in the current view. I will try making a custom view and see if that works. As well as forward this to our developer.
    – Vidro3
    Dec 19, 2013 at 15:32
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The version number does not display when using Export to Excel.

You have several options:

  • Use a calculated column with value =Version. This formula will work despite the column not being available. [Not recommended due to caching and freezing during export].
  • Write a VBA function within your connected spreadsheet which will import the version info after the initial import. [Also not recommended because each user would be required to save a local version of the file for every required list.]
  • Write a PowerShell script which prompts for Web URL and List name, and specify some default columns. Users could run this locally, or you could make list specific and automate it with a scheduled task which can email required users. [Recommended but still has its pitfalls.]

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