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I have several content types based on Folder with a couple of fields.

Some of them are experiencing some strange behavior.

The fields are there, and the data is being saved, because I can see them on the list and I can add them to the view fields, but I cannot see them in the display, edit or new forms.

I have compared the schema from a working CT and a non working CT and the difference is the part below.

The properties ShowInDisplayForm and so on are set to True on all areas.

<XmlDocuments>
<XmlDocument NamespaceURI="Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync">
<SharedContentType xmlns="Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync" SourceId="de887f88-4a24-49db-a549-4c3cbb517053"ContentTypeId="0x012000C4E4F4EFD38B4D22A27980EC6169922F00041800E9838240F28E71F34D72B255C8" PreviousValue="false"/>
</XmlDocument>
<XmlDocument NamespaceURI="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms">
<FormTemplates xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms">
<Display>ListForm</Display>
<Edit>ListForm</Edit>
<New>ListForm</New>
</FormTemplates>
</XmlDocument>
</XmlDocuments>

In my schema I just have the content type id, name and field refs. Not sure if I need anything else like the above, and I wonder why it works for some content types just not others (perhaps the others were manually added). enter image description here

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UPDATE:

Creating a new form for the library/content type shows the missing fields.

I would like to fix the underlying issue, rather than creating new forms, also because Upload.aspx is experiencing the same behavior and since I am in a position where I can delete the libraries and content types and redeploy the solution.

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  • Can you check the content type and their fields? And also is there a way you can delete the associated info path form and create a new one just for testing?
    – Venkat Konjeti
    Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 18:57
  • I cannot detect anything wrong as apparently everything is working fine, with the fields appearing in the list settings, and storing data as they should. The forms are ootb forms and the fields refuse to display in either the forms (New, Display, Edit) or Upload.aspx when it is first created.
    – Tiago Duarte
    Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 19:17
  • From the SharePoint Designer can you create a new form and see you are getting all fields populated. I had this issue earlier and created a new form populated all fields.
    – Venkat Konjeti
    Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 19:27
  • If I create a new Edit form, it appears that the missing fields appear. But I don't think this can be an acceptable workaround. This means creating 4 custom forms but hundreds of lists. I really need to figure out why it works on some cases and not in others so I can fix whenever this happens. Also, this doesn't fix Upload.aspx
    – Tiago Duarte
    Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 19:48
  • Where are the names for the FieldRef?
    – Mike
    Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 20:35

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Edit your form in InfoPath or Nintex and you will see all the fields. Display the desired fields on the form and publish.

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  • this is ootb sharepoint forms. I don't have, or plan to have custom made forms
    – Tiago Duarte
    Commented Jun 5, 2017 at 20:06
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I think I found a fix, although I have no idea how, or why this works, or what the hell is the de887f88-4a24-49db-a549-4c3cbb517053 guid (appears to be the SspId), but I do know that this ID is the same on all environments and the CT ID is the one from the parent content type, so adding this XML will effectively make all fields appear, just as if the content type was manually created from the user interface...

Now if only I could understand why this works or why we need it, that'd be great! :-)

<XmlDocuments>
<XmlDocument NamespaceURI="Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync">
<SharedContentType xmlns="Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync" SourceId="de887f88-4a24-49db-a549-4c3cbb517053" ContentTypeId="0x012000C4E4F4EFD38B4D22A27980EC6169922F00805E034530134878AB63F79948351B4B" PreviousValue="false"/>
</XmlDocument>
<XmlDocument NamespaceURI="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms">
<FormTemplates xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms">
<Display>ListForm</Display>
<Edit>ListForm</Edit>
<New>ListForm</New>
</FormTemplates>
</XmlDocument>
</XmlDocuments>
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