Questions tagged [folder]
A folder is a virtual container where files can be stored.
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Need to convert “Grouped By” categorisation view to offline folders. How do I achieve this in power automate workflow?
Disclaimer: I am not an expert in sharepoint by any standard, but I am quite IT literate. My current situation is thus:
I have several sharepoint areas that the files inside are sorted by the "...
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Document set template (DocSet with pre-defined folders)
I'm using document sets to store project for the team.
It has some meta data defined like start date, requester, owner and more stuff like that.
Now, within a document set, there should always be a ...
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Which granular permission is required to write to a list's root folder property bag?
In order to write to a list's root folder's property bag, does a user need "Manage Lists" permission?
Or would they be able to do it with just "Add Items" / "Edit Items"?
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I need sharepoint api Url that can help me to change metafileds i.e owner of folder once it got created via api
Looking for SharePoint URL that can be used to do POST operation for changing meta fields such as owner of the folder once folder got created through REST API
Will be waiting for help.
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Power Automate - Create Folder Within Folder
I'm wanting to create a flow where if a user creates a folder at the root of a document library, a set of sub folders and files populate that newly created folder. So for example a user goes and ...
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retrieve all files unders subfolders in sharepoint document library using REST
I have a folder in a document library and that contains subfolders and each subfolder contains files.
I want to retrieve all the files in these subfolders using REST. Any help?
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SPO filter webpart with folders
Our customer has a document library with a big folder structure in SharePoint Online (classic).
We need to display that library as a web part filtered by a specific metadata in another page. That's ...
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Issue with moving folders in SharePoint Online
When I move folder by drag and drop to a higher level in the folder structure, sometimes the folder is moved completely, i.e. a "cut and paste" result. But sometimes it is moved to the upper ...
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Get all content and child content inside a folder using sharepoint PNP framework
I can get all contents inside a SharePoint list like this:
List list = oWebsite.Lists.GetByTitle("Documents");
ListItemCollection Items = list.GetItems(CamlQuery.CreateAllItemsQuery());
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Get Folder by Id
How to get folder by ID (GUID) and navigate to it? Or with internal (auto-incrementing) ID?
https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxxx/_api/web/getFolderById('xxxxxxxx') works but I would like to NAVIGATE ...
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Documents Privacy settings
I have opened a modern team SharePoint for my department. The SharePoint is required to be public to everyone of the company except for one specific folder that needs to be accessed for view and edit ...
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How to find all subfolders inside a SharePoint Folder using PNP Framework
I want to find all the subfolders of a SharePoint folder using PNP framework. My current code is like this
using (var cxt = new AuthenticationManager().GetACSAppOnlyContext(siteUrl, ...
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Why doesn't SP remember my column sort settings?
I have a SP files site, the folders of which are labelled 01_label 1, 02_label 2 etc. which I want to have sorted in order of the first two characters.
Instead, every time I open it, even after ...
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Sharepoint online API creating folder 500 error
I am brand new to the SharePoint API. I am trying to create folders in a customer SharePoint solution.
When I'm posting I get the following 500 error (fiddler):
<?xml version="1.0" ...
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Creating a document library folder flow
Wanting to set up a workflow that creates a folder, copying from an existing folder structure, in a document library when an item is created, using the newly created item name to name the newly ...
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Updating column entry for List folder based on column entries for Items in folder
I"m very new to both SharePoint & Flow, so I appreciate any help on this issue. There is probably a better way to accomplish this as well, so any other directions you could point me would be ...
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SharePoint : “edit properties” greyed out for folders but not files
In my SharePoint 2010 site I can't edit properties for folders.
I have full control permission on the whole site.
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How can I create a power automate flow to delete folders in SharePoint with a certain size?
I am trying to find a way to create a flow that will delete folders in SharePoint but with a certain condition. I need the folders to be for example 10 KB or less in size. Can anyone help please?
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Fetch an image in a specific folder in OneDrive/SharePoint via PowerShell or Azure Logicapp
I have a Microsoft Form that can be filled with an attachment before sending:
During testing I realized uploaded content was always sent to the same folder inside the receiver's personal OneDrive.
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Programmatically creating a hyperlink in an email to link to a specific folder in SharePoint
I have a VB.Net application which uses the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client to upload/download documents from a SharePoint site. What my client now needs is for the application to create an email which ...
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SharePoint Online Document library how to create and group more than one folders
I created on folder with subfolders and grouped by the folder name. but how to create 3 folders with subfolder for example:
Folder X with subfolders Grouped by folder X
Folder Y with subfolders ...
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SharePoint Online How to view all folders and subfolder in a document library
I am using SPO, I would like to view in the document library all folders and subfolder.
For example: folder A then shows Subfolder B and Subfolder C and so on up to 4 levels (like file explorer view).
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Pass parameter to List web part (modern)
I have a SP2019 on-premises environment where I need to develop a workflow process for accepting invoices. Basically, people are adding by hand all positions of the invoice on a form, and then pass it ...
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Folder Icon of a document library disappeared
I have a document library with folders. The folder Icon disappeared.
How can I get it back?
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DL - Link to a folder in another document library
I've got 2 document libraries. One contains forms that the organisation is using (organised in relevant folders). The other document library contains folders with names of departments. On the one hand,...
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SharePoint Online JavaScript creates folder instead of document set
We have a SharePoint Online system with 4 custom new forms created with Html/JavaScript. These forms used to create document sets and worked very well for a year (the forms are for different document ...
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Push a large file to 5k users via one drive
I have a scenario where I want to copy a large file( say 5 GB )to around 5k users one drive.
The users have synced their ODB to their desktop.
Expectation is to place the file in ODB in such a way ...
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File update statistics
We have a workflow, where business users have to update the data in SharePoint every day.
Is there a way to monitor it easily and smart way? Currently I am clicking each folder to the file and I have ...
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SharePoint: Clone/Copy Folder including permissions
I read several topics. Most of them are old.
Is there actually a way to clone/copy a folder in a SharePoint Document Library with its permissions?
I have to create 10 Folders for several external ...
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How can I add more columns to create new folder option and SharePoint
I have a document library built off a document library template. I have enabled folders in this document library.
when I select the yellow folder icon to create a new folder it shows extra columns, ...
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Problem with folder name in document library web part
We've created folders in a document library to show on pages.
Steps taken
Create a new page
Add document library web part
Select the document library
Fill in the folder name
More often than not the ...
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How to get folder by url (“Copy link” button)
I have link to SharePoint online folder like: https://domain/:x:/s/Site1/EcEHhjfer8tBhw84D4iadQUBdCcX_MGw-EpH_lQwXUPJjw?e=pBgWZS
How can I get the folder using CSOM? I need to be able to read the list ...
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In C# with CSOM, How can I copy a file from a known location to a known Folder?
I have one function which uses SearchExecutor finds to find the path of a specified file, which returns a string like.
https://example.sharepoint.com/sites/DevelopementTestingSite/Shared Documents/...
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Drag&Drop Folder Download
I implement a SharePoint website as an Intranet-Site.
Is it possible for the employees to download folders via Drag & Drop?
I don't want Zip-Archives named Onedrivexxx.zip.
Thanks for your input :)...
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How to unlink a copied page on sharepoint
I needed to seperat a page on my sharepoint, so i made a copy of the page. So as to keep the look and feel the same. I now want to make changes to the folders in the duplciate site. How do i do that ...
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Why is there a Documents folder and Shared Documents folder after upgrading from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2016?
I recently completed an upgrade (db attach) from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016. Users now see a "Documents" folder and "Shared Documents" folder under ...
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Flow: get shared users from shared folder - sharepoint online
We need to get a list of all external users (their e-mail) who have access to a specific shared folder.
We must archieve this with a Power Automate Flow.
I just tryed to do this, with "get file (...
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Hiding or inheriting values in columns for subfolders in sharepoint online
I am using power automate to create a new sharepoint folder when a new 'team member' is created in our HRIS. The HR team uses these folders to store all HR files for this employee.
I also need to set ...
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Permission for library to create folders
I have the following requirements and don't know how to tackle it.
Allow create folders under the root of the library
No upload under the root of the library (user must be in a folder to upload files)...
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Modify metadata of all files in specific folders including its sub-folders
In SharePoint online, I have a document library that has one folder for each brand and a number of sub-folders under each of the "brand folder". How do I modify the metadata for all files in ...
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Move specific folder using PnPjs in a document library
I have add below PnP JS code but it's not working correctly and throwing error "Property 'moveByPath' does not exist on type 'Folder'".
await web.getFolderByServerRelativePath(oldPath).moveByPath(`${...
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Create a column unique to only a single folder within a document library
I am currently working on a standalone project that has numerous documents that will reside within the project folder located within my organizations document library.
Below is an idealized example ...
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How to forbid folder deletion in SP Online document library?
I thought this information would be easy to find on google or on this site but can't find it. Sorry in advance if I missed it.
I have a document library accessible by 100+ people and we decide to ...
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how to rename folder when documents are opened
I am trying to rename the folder name when a document is open. How can I do that?
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://sp2016/"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb("...
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SharePoint folders, metadata and Microsoft Teams
We are currently in the planning phase of a company-wide SharePoint Online rollout. I'm comparing pushing folders vs pushing metadata. Both have their pros and cons.
Microsoft Teams creates a folder ...
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Grant permissions on the attachments folder of a list
I noticed a strange behaviour when using attachments and folders within sharepoint lists. If I create an item in the root of a list, then move the item in a subfolder where userA has contribute ...
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CSOM. check if a folder exsists before trying to add it [duplicate]
I have the followoing code to create a folder inside a document library:-
ListItemCreationInformation listItemCreationInformation2 = new ListItemCreationInformation();
// Below are options.
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SharePoint Workflow 2010 intermitently creating folders in SharePoint 2016 site
I have a workflow that generates folders in a separate document library based on information from a task list. I've enabled it to be started manually and when a task is created. However, on certain ...
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Sharepoint 365 Rest Api cannot see any document or element
I'm using Sharepoint online (included in office 365)
I'd like to use sharepoint as a document repository.
I've created some test folders&Docs on my created test site:
I have created my auth ...
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Will SharePoint automatically create intermediary folders when adding a file through the REST API?
I have read this question and answer, but the REST call in that question is attempting to grab a folder by GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl and then add a file directly to it, so clearly if the folder is ...
