Access a document library in a site from another site with same site-collection

Question

Suppose I have two sites (under the same site collection), first is ABC.sharepoint.com/teams/siteA and second is ABC.sharepoint.com/teams/siteB and I have document library with documents and its metadata in siteA.

Now, I want to use document library of siteA to view metadata in document library web part of siteB page. I tried this but it didn't work.

So, is there any way that I can access data of document library of siteA in siteB without copying into siteB. In the worst case I need to create document library(with views) and upload documents in siteB right?

Answer 1

Are you using Modern page or Classic page?

For Modern page, you could use the Embed web part:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-content-to-your-page-using-the-embed-web-part-721f3b2f-437f-45ef-ac4e-df29dba74de8

For classic page, use the page viewer web part:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/display-a-web-page-folder-or-file-on-a-classic-sharepoint-page-7f61feec-9b3d-4805-a960-07636ba59527

Answer 2

You could actually use the custom spfx content query webpart, an instructions on how to extract and build it is that link also. Though you would still need to have a handlebar templates which is another thing to research on but its worth a try.

If you are still not satisfied or if there is still a lack / limitations on what you wanted to achieve, I suggest you look into custom spfx development to create your own webpart, see it here

Hope this information helps! Happy Learning!