Questions tagged [document-library]
Use a document library to store, organize, sync, and share documents with people. You can use co-authoring, versioning, and check out to work on documents together. With your documents in one place.
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SharePoint default form json - How to set a section name to = the display name of a user from a people-picker
I am building a SharePoint default form for creating a new doc set in a SharePoint online Library. This form has 3 Approver fields (people pickers). When they go into the submitted form to provide ...
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Need and Expert advice
I'm trying to make a library in SharePoint.
The documents are only for viewing and not to modify.
The documents to be shown need to be filtered by department.
So far I have found two ways to do that, ...
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Add-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary : Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation
I need your help. I am trying to create an assets library and always get the following error:
Add-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary : Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.
I am already registered as ...
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Disable or hide Return to classic in Sharepoint Server 2019 on premise
In my publishing site, I need to hide "Return to Classic SharePoint". I have a document library set to modern view, but users can see the option "Return to classic Sharepoint". How ...
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Creating a new document in SharePoint, opened the new document in the App by default. Why has this suddenly stopped working?
Sometime in January 2024, I was excited to learn that I could setup a Document Library in SharePoint Online, and have the new document open directly in the installed Microsoft application when ...
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How to create a column in a document folder, that automatically displays the direct online link to the document/image?
I have a SharePoint document folder with 160 images. I would like a column in the folder, that displays the direct hyperlink of each image automatically. 'Direct' means that I want the link to display ...
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How to get the data from SharePoint library above 5000 items with pagination in SPFx?
How to get the data from SharePoint library above 5000 items with pagination in SPFx?
Current code I am using:
const [PublishDocument, setPublishDocument] = useState([]);
const PublishedDocument = ...
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Add image column in content type
I created a SharePoint library and added two columns to it: one column is of the image type, and the other is of the number type.
Now, I want to include both of these columns in the content type.
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Embed file with path/name instead of unique ID
I have a list of SharePoint documents that I want to embed in an iframe on an external website, but the end users find it too time consuming to give me the file unique IDs, so I only have their ...
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What is the best option to list all sub-folders that a user has access to if the user does not have permission on the library or on the root folder
We have the following folder structure inside a SharePoint online site's document library to manage our customers:-
Documents
CustomerA
Main
General
Specs
CustomerB
Main
General
Specs
CustomerC
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SharePoint Online Page with Doc Library web part missing "Add shortcut to One Drive"
I'm using SharePoint Online with Modern interfaces.
I created a new page to which I added a new section. In that section I added a web part for a Document Library. The settings for the Web Part have ...
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Folder metada - transfer automatically on File
I have a document library that contains folders. In those folders, I have some files. I would like to transfer the metadata from the folder to the files in it. Does anyone know how I can do it?
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Document library "check out document" not working
We are on SharePoint 2019 on-premises, and I have a document library that is set up to require checking out a document to view/edit.
The library contains an Excel document, and when I open the ...
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Ran the Add-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary command to add Org Assets but doesn't show up
I ran the Add-SPOOrgAssetsLibrary command to add Org Assets but it doesn't show up.
Using this link
The command I ran below (The CDN was default if i didn't add it in the command):
Add-...
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SharePoint 2019, Hide document id-column in edit form (modern)
We are using Document ID in our SharePoint 2019 on prem environment. Now I would like to hide the document id from displaying in the properties window when selecting a document. We are using stp-...
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Facing issue with the SharePoint document library view formatting using JSON
I am trying to use below JSON formatting to create a title view of the document library in my modern SharePoint document library.
{
"$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-...
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Looking for a Data Protection solution for Microsoft SharePoint - File protection and AGSCS compliant
I have been asked if there is any third party tool or some way store document and files in a very secure environment.
Basically another layer of security.
Can SharePoint Online ne used for this orwe ...
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Can we use configure layout to customize form with document libraries?
I'm able to use configure layout to customize a form for a list.
But no idea how to use the same for a document library? Is it possible?
Since there is no new form link for document libraries is there ...
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'Copy Link' and 'Share' create unique permission automatically
I've done some investigating and if I use "Share" -> "People with existing access" it does not create unique permissions.
However, if the user clicks on "Copy Link", ...
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Can we open a pdf or ppt document in a dialog in SharePoint online modern site
I have a SharePoint Modern Page with an image web part. The Image is linked to open the a pdf or ppt document. While clicking on the image it opens the file in the same window or tab.
Can we open the ...
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How to assign a Group to a specific folder in a Document Library via Manage Access
From SharePoint Online, I have multiple document libraries. Inside a specific one, I have 100's of folders.
I want to create a unique Group for a specific folder only inside this specific document ...
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How to include a link to a supporting document in "Start and wait for approval"
I have created a document approval workflow in Power Automate for a SharePoint Library. This is working fine.
I now want to add a link to a supporting document which could be 5-20MB in size (from ...
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How can I create yearly folders to all my subfolders on SharePoint?
So currently my SharePoint library looks like this:
A
Abel Henry
2022-23
2023-24
Agnes Carl
2022-23
2023-24
Azreal James
2022-23
2023-24
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Barry James
(same as in A)
Benita Henry
(...
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Sync a single file instead of the whole library of the whole folder inside one drive desktop app
I know that i can sync a whole SharePoint library or the whole folder with one drive application. as follow, by going to a single folder or to the root folder and click on Sync:-
but can i do this ...
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Approaches i can follow to move 140,000 files/folders from one site to another inside the same tenant
I have a SharePoint library named Marketing, which contain 137,000 files/folders + 769 GB.. as follow:-
now the library contains many subfolders with those storage matrix:-
and the Creative ...
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Extracting information
I have list of SharePoint site address in an excel workbook.
Need to extract all files (documents, excel spreadsheets, PDF documents) that contain list of specific keywords. The list of keywords will ...
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How to disable drag and drop feature in modern SharePoint library using SPFx?
I have a requirement to disable drag and drop feature in modern SharePoint document library using SPFx application customizer.
User should not drag and drop files into a folder or into a library.
Can ...
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JSON formatting for downloading documents but only viewing folders
I'm working on a SharePoint Library that has both documents and folders. I've added JSON formatting to show a "Download" button for all items. I need to change that to only download for ...
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Multiple Document Libraries or Multiple Content Types with Subfolders?
I am tasked with finding a solution for a few hundred documents all belonging to the same department that are distinctly different types. They will likely not be used often, but need to be readily ...
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Content Organizer rules running on new documents but not old ones
I have a drop-off library in SharePoint with 1000+ documents that I want to run newly-created organiser rules against, where the documents should be moved to a new document library based on metadata.
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Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject with "invalid ID"
After I successfully call $f=Get-PnpFile -Url $Url if I invoke Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject $f -Property Versions I get an error that the object ID is invalid.
Any clue?
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SharePoint Online - wrong file upload limit in document collection
I have a document collection in SharePoint online where uploads fail after 250MB. That of course is the limit for list attachments. But it's definitely a document collection.
The only thing special ...
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SharePoint Online Library - Modify Choice column value without Edit in Grid View
I have a SharePoint Online Document Library where I need the users to be able to select a Choice field value (Approved, Rejected, etc.) without having to Edit in Grid View.
I know it's possible with ...
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Unable to map SharePoint Online site to file Explorer using "net use M: "https://******.sharepoint.com/sites/HR"" command
We have SharePoint online tenant, and we want the users to access the document libraries files and folders using file explorer when they have internet connectivity. I tried running this command to map ...
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Create subfolders when a new folder is created
I have a problem with a flow, there are errors at the 'Create Folders' stage. I'm getting a bad request error message (see the Flow Errors header below).
The flow is meant to use an array that ...
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Can ShareGate tell how old a document is even if it's been recently moved?
I'm using ShareGate to migrate c. 50,000 documents from a drive to a SharePoint Library. I want to remove all files over 3 years old. Unfortunately the originating drive was imported from an older ...
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SharePoint Online - JSON - highlight selected page
I have followed the guidance from this site and successfully created a menu based on Pages Library. However, I would like to modify the JSON so that the selected page (i.e. the page that is currently ...
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How to create template for new document library on Teams web
I need to create several document libraries with the same columns and formatting under my Teams web.
I have looked into e. g. this question:
Creating New Document Libraries (not documents) from ...
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URLs in list become outdated when adjusting file name in site-content
I have a list on my SharePoint site containing URLs to the contents of the site, namely URLs to files in a directory within Documents.
So something like
Documents
|- subdirectory
|- file_a.pdf
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SharePoint check in error
I've created a SharePoint library for the company where I work, and everything works fine. However, we've recently identified a problem.
The issue arises when someone attempts to save a document ...
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Modern EditForm for Documents when using Document Sets
When using SharePoint Online Libraries in modern experience, the edit form for documents is usually shown as a panel to the right.
I found out, that adding a Document Set content type to this library, ...
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Search a folder in a document library with PnP
how can I search on a document library for the folders containg a specific name? where is the doc for that?
I want to seach my document library "MyDocs" for folders containing, in the title, ...
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Issues saving via VBA suddenly in OneDrive/SharePoint?
I'm using this, and it has been working like a charm: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33734706/excels-fullname-property-with-onedrive
But suddenly I'm getting an issue that I can't save an email ...
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Break role inheritance for a specific folder
I want to remove all rights to a specific folder in SharePoint document library, all but a group.
So, I need to first find the folder and break inheritance on it. How to do it?
I use the following ...
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execution flow button in a SPO library
I have created an SP document library with an execution flow button that extracts the zip files when the users click it. The extract file locations are the same as the zip file in the document library....
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Get file name and full link
I have created a SharePoint to store about 800 files.
My problem is that I would like to generate a file list (txt or csv) which contains the file name and the link pointing to each file.
Is there a ...
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Column Formatter using (File) Name field
Simple question so it seems, but I'm trying to set the Title value of a doc library base on the File Name in the column Formatter.
Is this possible?
The source below gets wiped out from the Title ...
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Alerts for SharePoint document library changes
Looking for best practice for sending alerts to the members of the SharePoint site collection when an item is modified in a document library.
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Inheriting metadata upward?
Is it possible to have a parent folder inherit metadata from child elements, i.e. upwards?
For example:
The folder "folder" contains "file.txt"
The column is "Language"
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Shaepoint Online: Document Library Equivalent of the Windows Preview Pane
I'm looking at a replacement for our PDF document management system and I'm considering SharePoint. One dealbreaker function is our document input team need is to be able to see (at the same time) a ...
