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How we can manage our application for leave/vacation requests to stay below 50,000 unique items per list
As per the SharePoint online limitation, it is recommended to stay below 5,000 unique items per list https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/sharepoint-online-service-...
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What is the maximum size a SharePoint online document library can store?
I am reading this SharePoint online limits at SharePoint Limits but it did not mention what is the maximum size a SharePoint online document library can hold? or this is applies to the 25 TB which is ...
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What we can do if we will end up having more than 50,000 folders with unique permissions
As per my knowledge on SharePoint Online limits, is that you need to keep the documents with unique permissions below 5,000 for each library/list, but you can open a case with Microsoft to expand this ...
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Can anonymous users upload files in Microsoft forms
Can anonymous users upload files in Microsoft forms?
If not, does anyone know any workarounds?
Thanks in advance.
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Can I upload 13TB(folders and files) to OneDrive or SharePoint and do collaborate work with that files?
I need to upload all folders since my company PC to SharePoint for collaboration work with that, but I don't know if it is possible because if I synchronize with OneDrive the space is limited.
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What are the workaround if our SharePoint list might contain more than 5,000 items which have unique permissions
We have a custom list which contain 4 levels of approvals as follow:-
Team Lead
Manager
Area Manager
Senior Manager
and the item will have unique permission on each stage. for example when it is ...
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Trying to define a unique permission on the document library will raise threshold error
We have a document library which have around 400,000 documents and folders, and around 3,000 root folders. the document library inherit its permission from the site.
Now we tried to define a unique ...
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If our list contain more than 100,000 items organized in folders can we set new folder and manage the permissions on the folder level
I am reading about the SharePoint online limitation & boundaries:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/sharepoint-online-service-description/sharepoint-online-limits
and ...
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Can we migrate around 250 TB of files from file shares to SharePoint online
I am working with a client who have 10 network drives each of average size of 25 TB . so now we want to migrate all those files from the file Shares to SharePoint online, so can we migrate around 250 ...
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How can we save a link over 255 characters in SharePoint hyperlink column
I have created a SharePoint list of a catalog for certain items, Each record has a hyperlink to view the data.
This hyperlink column is not letting me save long URLS. How should I handle this issue? ...
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Drag and drop a folder of 55 GB inside a document library inside SharePoint online
I have a large folder containing images, videos and documents of size 55 GB and it contain 7 main folders. now i drag and drop the large main folder inside SharePoint online document library and the ...
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SharePoint Migration tool mover.io - does it migrate content between SPOnline
I was looking into this SharePoint Migration Tool from MS. But I don't know how to get it to migrate content between 2 SP online content.
I installed it from here.
When I try to add SP Online URL as a ...
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What is the maximum site collection limit for SharePoint 2019 Server Farm(On premise)
I am new in Sharepoint 2019, Just wanted to know sharepoint 2019 Server farm limits.
Maximum Site Collections limit per server farm
Maximum Sites Contain by a web application pool in IIS.
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More than 19 IF Statements in a Formula in a calculated column
I have the following formula in a calculated column which contains 19 IF statements.
I cannot add any more but I need 6 more. Any ideas to solve this.
=IF(AND(Likelihood="Rare",Consequence=&...
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Lookup column which reference a list that have 2 million records is not working, the lookup keeps loading forever
I have a Parent list which contain over 2 million records:-
and inside another list (Child list) i have a lookup field which reference the above parent list, as follow:-
and inside the Parent list i ...
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How to prevent Power Automate from being suspended after inactivity?
I have a Power Automate that is triggered on SharePoint list item update. But that SharePoint list is updated rarely once in a year.
In this case, my Power Automate is automatically suspended by ...
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Is there any limitation from SharePoint online on indexing large PDF files
I want to start a new project, which basically include uploading large PDF files and be able to search them. when i say large PDF files i am referring to either in respect to number of pages which can ...
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Avoiding Minor/Major limits errors
I have a SharePoint online document library, and we have enabled minor and major versioning, now some documents will be edited by many users, so we are expecting that the Major (50,000) & Minor (...
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Using multiple groups for "People or Groups" column
I have a SharePoint group of people that have a certain access in the system (let's call the group "Verified") and a form field ("User") that references this group so that ...
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People Picker is not taking more than 256 Characters
I do have an InfoPath form in which I want to add a people Picker Field to validate a bulk of users that is normally more than 256 char , but I always get this alerting message (Item cannot be more ...
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Actual correct limits for Sharepoint Online choice field/column
I researched and tested on SP Online, I was able to add multiple choices (100+) in a single item column and able to store 8K+ choices in the choice field/column.
Is there an actual place where we can ...
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Power automate nested switch does not display option of adding new actions under 5th level switch
I have a workflow where I have multi level (7-8) of approvals with one by one level at one point of time.
In one branch [Case 1] of root level switch I am able to nest up to 6 more switch statement ...
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SharePoint limits for major and minor versions
I am reading the SharePoint limits inside this link @ sharepoint-online-limits, where it says the following:
Versions
50,000 major versions and 511 minor versions.
So what will happen if the major or ...
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Maximum number of sites can be associated with Hub site
We have an interesting situation to move DMS to SharePoint Online, we are planning to leverage Hub site associated with modern flat site hierarchy.
Is there any recommended limit considering ...
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Keywords limit in SharePoint 2013
This article mentions a test value of 80,000 for Enterprise keywords.
This article mentions that keywords is just a non-hierarchical term set:
SharePoint products collect the enterprise keywords into ...
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What is the maximum file path length we can have in share point online document libraries
We have a SharePoint online tenant, and i need to know what is the maximum length of the folders/sub-folders and file we can have, is there is any? for example can i add a file inside this path:-
>>...
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SharePoint column limits. Choice column
Could you please explain me about SharePoint Column limits.
I read several articles about limitation of choice column. For example here and here.
From MS Article:
Choice field maximum value : 255 &...
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Limit of 5000 unique permissions per site collection
SharePoint online and a document library.
There is a 5000 limit on unique permissions per site (is it per site or per site collection?). I might end up in a situation where every file has got unique ...
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SharePoint threshold limit Not working for indexed Columns
I am Facing A issue with SharePoint Rest Query
Requestype Column is indexed , single Line of text , Has Three types of only
(Values and Count)
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One Off - 13019
Reccuring - 6202
I am ...
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Maximum number of users in MultiSelect User field for SharePoint Online
I am looking for an answer on how many users I can store for Multi Select user field.
Tried looking around but couldn't find the answer.
One of the below link someone answer the same question for ...
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Limit the number of document views of the IP address in 1 day
Is there a way to limit the number of document views of an IP address in a day?
I have a website which has many documents, and I am using sharepoint to share them for free. However, they are very ...
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Number of upload limit inside a folder
May I know the upload files limit inside a folder?
I mean each folder can contain how many files ?
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Is there a limit of conditions count for oData query using $filter?
I have a long $filter query like ID eq 1 or ID eq 2 or ID eq 33 or ID eq ... and it works like a charm when we have up to 159 conditions joined by or.
But, when I add one more condition (started from ...
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16003 Items and Counting
I have a library that has 16003 items and counting in it.
It is a library that supports a company with multiple users.
Is there a way to increase the threshold?
It is in 2010 but could we move it ...
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Chrome limitations with SharePoint
I have a list of links on a SharePoint 2010 site. The links that go to a network browser do not work when Chrome is the browser. I've seen a few articles that say some actions can't be done from ...
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Sharepoint Online Document Library 5000 view threshold
i just need some clarification regarding the Document Library size as well as the 5000 view limit threshold. I am on Sharepoint Online by the way
Every Document Library created, site or sub-site, can ...
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Does the Microsoft Graph API also limit total SharePoint list items to only 5000?
I have found a couple blogs indicating that the Graph API uses the REST API, which would imply that the same 5000 item limit applies. But I cannot find any official Microsoft documentation ...
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Can't see the relink documents view due to 5000+ limit
I've managed to figure out how to display the 5000+ items in my form library in other views but can't do it with the Relink documents view as it just shows me the 5000+ limit warning. I can't modify ...
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Increase the limit of number of web parts shown in the Add Web Part dialog
How to increase the limit of number of web parts that is in Add Web Part dialog inside the Web Part Gallery? The current limit is 500.
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Is there a limit on the number of search service application which can be configured and number of queries
I'm new to sharepoint and I'm aiming to create an enterprise search application using sharepoint. I have 2 quick questions
Is there a limit to the number of search service applications which can be ...
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Libraries limit in root site collection SharePoint Online
I have a requirement to provision a library for each employee in the company if not already exists. Total number of employee are 55000. Is it safe to create those many libraries in the root site ...
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Sharepoint Library: Column Limit
I am syncing a folder of files between OneDrive Business and a Sharepoint Library with CloudHQ. The sync works fine, however, when I try to modify the columns by adding a column from an existing ...
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Maximum size of document library
Colleague and I were going through ShP limitations. When we realized we can't find anywhere maximum size of document library.
I don't ask for a number of documents, as that information can be found ...
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Infopath Form to show count down limit
I have an Infopath form connected to a calendar/list that has limits the amount of times someone can submit the form according to date and time. I'm trying to find a way to display how many timeslots ...
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What's the max limit for document libraries in a Site Collection
I can find TechNet articles on the software boundaries for SharePoint Online, but there is no mention on the maximum number of lists or libraries. Any insight?
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SharePoint Online Workflow Limits
My questions are regarding workflow limits in a SharePoint Online environment. However, the article for SharePoint Online limits does not offer any information regarding workflows. I referred to the ...
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Performance of libraries in practice
I know the official limits and boundaries and I know how to use views and folders to stay under the 5k threshold, but I'm strongly under the impression that in practice the max. number of documents in ...
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SP2013 - How many values can be stored in multivalue lookup columns?
as I am currently designing a tool for one of our customers, we want to use multivalued lookup columns.
As there is no real limititation set for the amount of source data we fear it could reach for a ...
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Is there a limit to the number of participants assigned to a collect feedback workflow?
We have a business consultant that needs to run "collect feedback" workflow for ~16 users.
It seems there is a character limit in the first Assign To field.
Is there a limit to the number of ...
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Understanding the "5000 request limit"
I really need some help understanding the "5000 request limit" i keep hitting when working with a 2013 workflow.
I have created a rather large workflow for a client which loops through 400 items and ...
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