Questions tagged [folder]
A folder is a virtual container where files can be stored.
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How to include folders in document libraries when provisioning from a template
I have a SharePoint site that I am using as a template to create new SharePoint sites.
This site contains document libraries that include empty folders:
However, the site that gets created from the ...
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Show columns on specific subfolders and hide them on Parent level
I have a parent folder called "Data" and 3 subfolders "Data 1", "Data 2", "Data 3". I have a column for to run flow based. But that column is displayed on all ...
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SP Online rest api: How to get all properties/columns from folders within another folder in a single request?
I have the "Goods" folder which I can access with the following endpoint:
https://***.sharepoint.com/sites/***/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/***/Goods/')
If I expand the ...
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Require help in showing thumbnails on folders in Gallery view
I have created a gallery view. All the folders are showing a simple folder icon. I want to show unique pictures as thumbnails instead of a simple folder icon. Kindly help
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How to create a non-list folder under the SPWeb
Is there a way to create in Powershell a non-list folder under the SPWeb similar to the "_catalogs", "_cts" folders? $web.Folders.Add returns Access Denied.
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Get complete subfolder-structure from library/folder
I need a list of all folders including all their subfolders.
The default "Get Folder" action in Power Automate gives me only the first level of subfolders but not the complete structure.
How ...
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How to easily share a folder path from Sharepoint Library synced on my computer without my username on it?
I work on a company that started using Sharepoint as the main network for collaboration. We manage to use the Sync button on our Sharepoint Library , on the browser, so it will have all the files ...
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CSOM Folder.listItemAllFields won't load the item (Sharepoint Online)
I have been trying to load the item version of a folder via csom for some time now, but no matter how hard I try, it just won't load.
For example : here's one of the configuration I have tried
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Folder of Lists inside site contents
I have a little bit large number of lists in my site contents.
Is there anyway to organize them in folders under the site contents ?
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Is there a function to set metadata only for a specific folder?
I have added a new column for a subfolder and grouped it afterwards. However, the main folder now also adopts this logic.
In teams this is even the case for all channels in the team.
Can I somehow ...
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Change the order of the Folder content type
I have the below form that gets populated on selecting the action properties of the folder.
I want to change the order of the content type choices column to assign the second value to be the first ...
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OneDrive syncing SharePoint sites: Remove redundant " - Documents" suffix from folder names
If you have a SharePoint site called:
My Site Name
...and sync its "Documents" to your computer with OneDrive, it always calls the local folder:
My Site Name - Documents
The " - ...
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SharePoint clear roles to a folder error
I try to clear assignment to a SharePoint folder. When I test it is not showing any error but appears this:
"BreakRoleInheritance": null
And the folder maintain the same permissions.
The ...
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Sharepoint key filter search doesn't work inside folder
I have an document library with multiple folders. Added an metadata navigation but it doesn't work if I go inside the folder and search for the document.
Below image is from the root search.
Please ...
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Why on SPO cannot create a folder named Con.te while on SP2016 onPrem I can?
I have a problem while migrating data from SP2016 OnPrem to SPO.
In my OnPrem environment I have, for example, a folder named "Con.te" and sharegate report me an error while migrating on SPO....
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Cannot Create New Folder on Site - SP2016
I want to create new Folder on my Site, but it give me this error:
Unexpected response from server. The status code of response is '400'. The status text of response is 'Bad Request'.
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Download Folder Contents to ZIP Archive Graph API C#
We have a C# solution that allows our users to upload and download files from SharePoint Online sites via an authenticated Azure app.
To date, we have only dealt with the upload and download of single ...
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How to copy SharePoint files including folder structure (nested subfolders and files) with Power Automate
I'm stuck with what I think it could be a simple flow.
I'm trying to copy SharePoint files including folder structure (nested folders and files) within site using power automate, i.e. Backup one ...
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How can I show a subfolder from anohter SharePoint site?
I want to display subfolders from site B on site A.
I have tried the 'embed web part', but I can only embed the root folder('documents library') because I can't find a complete URL for subfolders.
How ...
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Need to convert "Grouped By" categorization 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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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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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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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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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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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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