Questions tagged [version-history]

A historical listing of a set number of previous versions of an item or document. Versions may be divided into major and minor sets, with minor versions representing drafts and major versions representing fully published instances of the item.

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Exporting item list version history

Okay, here is what I'm able to do: Export a list from SharePoint to excel. View an individual item's version history within the online SharePoint. What I am trying to do is export this version ...
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How can I move a document from one directory to another?

How can I move a document into a sub-folder and still maintain its version history from the old location in the new location?
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Get meta data from a previous version of a document through webservice in MOSS 2007

Is it possible to get metadata information from a previous version of a document in a document library using a SharePoint webservice? I know I can use the _vti_bin/Versions.asmx webservice to get ...
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Retrieving SharePoint file version properties from the web API

I'm trying to access the properties (column/field metadata) from old file versions in a document library, via SharePoint's web API. I can successfully query the library to get a list of files with ...
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Get List Item Version History for each item if specific field was changed

I have a list that has versioning turned on. Three of the fields are multi-line text boxes which have appending turned on. I want to iterate thru each item in the version history and look for ...
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Version history button Sharepoint 2013

Is there any way how to insert "Version History" button from Ribbon to page or displayform.aspx in SP List? Thanks a lot. Dominik
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how do I view the older version of the document without restoring?

If I add version to my documents and later on want to retrieve copy of an older version, how do I do that without restoring the older version? In my document library there is a file "test" that has ...
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SP version history is different from version history dispayed in Office application

Have you any idea why office application like Excel or Word shows different name in version history than SP version history? This is version history of some Excel file viewed through SP GUI: ... and ...
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How to get version history of item using REST

Very new to SharePoint so I am sure this is a newbie question... I did look at the forums. Here is the command I am using: https://Server/Site/_api/lists/getbytitle('Equipment%20and%20Inventory')/...
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All versions of one item in list

Is it possible to see all versions for one item in SP list a different way than through version history? We have one extensively used list with 100, 130, 150... with a lot of (multi-line and rich text)...
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How to programmatically retrieve item version history from client?

Using server-side code I can access List Item version history using SPListItem.Versions. Is there a way to programmatically access the same information from the client? I am happy to use either the ...
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Move files to another site collection and retain version history

We are creating a new site collection and migrating content from the old site. The problem is we need to retain version history for files. We have global admin access, but no access to the server ...
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How to get a old version of list item?

I need to get all field values of an specific version. It is possible by sharepoint hosted app (javascript)? I need to create a custom version history page of itens. If there is a caml query ...
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Tracking changes in a list at item level

What I need to do is keep track of a rather large list on SharePoint, when a user makes a change to a value in a particular column the new value should be displayed along with a Y to denote the item ...
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Replacing file in SharePoint folder- new file is displayed in browser, old file displayed in app

Having been working on a document offline for a while, I tried copying it to the relevant folder on SharePoint- which already had the original version of the document. When dragging my local copy of ...
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SPFolder versions?

I am using SharePoint 2013 Server. I have a document library with enabled versioning. SPFolder.Item.Versions always returns only one last version of the folder item despite it was modified multiple ...
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Prevent a group from deleting document version history

In a Document/Form Library with versioning enabled (SP 2010), it is possible to delete all versions of a particular document/form simply by going to the "Version History" dialog box. This ability ...
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How to make draft items show in search results

I realize that variations of this question have been asked before, but none of the answers have proved helpful. I have a document library with Major and Minor versions and draft item security enabled ...
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Add Version History details in dispform or editform.aspx

I've read these post1 and post2 but I still can't figure out if its possible to display the version history below the dispform or editform.aspx. I thought there was an app (pre-defined list) that ...
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Is it possible to set the version number of SharePoint document?

I have two site collections in SharePoint Online. One is the live site collection and one is the Testing Site. I want to upload a document onto the Test Site Collection, make some changes to it and ...
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Version history(display form) shows only the latest version data

I've a custom list with version history enabled in SharePoint 2010. When I open the version history data,all the versions shows only the latest version data. Actually when I click on "Version ...
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Version History: prevent restoring

Is it possible to prevent for a certain user group to restore a document from the version history?
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SPServices and GetListItemChanges

I'm trying to get the changes made on all items from a list using SPServices, in xml. This is the code I have so far: $(document).ready(function(){ $().SPServices({ operation: "...
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Get Item version history in a dialog box on a webpart

I created a web part with all items of different lists, I also added a image button in front of each item, now on click I want to see a dialog box opening with version history of that item. I think ...
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How to get all major versions of List or Library Item using C#?

I have document library which has over 100 items. Each item has over 30 to 40 major & minor versions. I want to get only major versions of particular item programmatically using C#. foreach (...
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Deleting a version from a custom list item will only remove the data inside field/s with "Append Changes to Existing Text = Yes"

I am working on custom list inside SharePoint online, and the list have major versions turned on. so now when i click on the date inside a field which have "Append Changes to Existing Text = Yes" >> i ...
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How can we read version history of document library and update particular version (few fileds) data in Sqlserver database?

I want to read version history of document library. and update few fields data of a particular version history in sqlserver table. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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SPWeb.GetFile for an old version of file

I have a document library with enabled versioning, I added an xml file, then added it again, but I have edited one value in it. Now I would like to get the content of both files in C# to compare them. ...
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Version History does not update when lookup changes - how to fix?

The problem: I create a document library and a custom list, then use the custom list as the source for a lookup column in the library. Now I add a document to the library and set the value of the ...
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