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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How can I get all versions of a specific list item using javascript?
I need to get the versions and its changes. It is possible using javascript client object model or REST?
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How can I show only modified fields on item
I have a list with 60 fields in SharePoint Online (2013 wave) deployed as a sandboxed solution and would like to notify users for approval when somebody changes an item. Having a relatively high ...
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GetLimitedWebPartManager on published version of file (not latest checked in)
This is SharePoint 2010.
I want to get the published web parts from a page that have three versions.
When I call the GetLimitedWebPartManager() on the version that I want I get 0x80070003
This error I ...
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Add comments to the version history
When you upload a new document you are able to add comments which are visible in the version history. If edit an exisiting document and save it you do have the option to add comments?? Is this ...
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SharePoint Document Set Version Extension
Before reading further, please note this is not a simple 'how do I enable versioning' and, as far as I can tell, nothing similar has been asked before...
Instead I am looking for any solutions (3rd ...
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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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Sharepoint 2010 Versioning limits are not working for minor versions
I have set 3 minor and 3 major versions to be stored. Major versions work as expected. Oldest is deleted after the 3rd version. However minor versions are kept even when I save the 15th minor version.
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How to restore version from document metadata from 0.2 to 0.1 in powershell?
I have a document library and versioning is enabled. I would like to to restore a previous minor version by powershell. Is this possible? I know it is possible with major versions with the script ...
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Can lists do version control on attachments?
All of our project descriptions Word doc attachments to entries in a sharepoint list.
It does not appear that versions of the attachments are being created. When I click on the pulldown arrow and go ...
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Does disabling version history delete the old versions?
SharePoint 2010: I have several libraries that have version history enabled. In trying to save storage space and money, I need to delete duplicates/old copies. If I just turn off version history, does ...
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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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How to get SPfile versions?
I'm making a .txt to store each version of a file after I perform a certain action.
The code I'm running is simple:
write("version number: 0.1");
write("modified : " + file.Item["Created"].ToString()...
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Sharepoint 2013 List version History
I am creating a solution with SharePoint 2013 and I have multiple SharePoint list. Each list has a few rich text edit box. Is there a way for the user to compare what has been changed between the ...
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Enable versioning on SPList programmatically
I am trying to enable version history on a regular task list programmatically which is possible from the UI, but how can this be achieved in code?
I assumed setting EnableVersioning = true would do ...
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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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Advanced version history in SharePoint
Is there out the box advanced version history for List items which show when, which metadata change by who?
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How to compare field changes using powershell to iterate thru the version history
I need to be able to to notify users daily whenever an update to a list item has changed, and give them a list of fields that have been changed. I am using powershell to do this, and send out an ...
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Get the current version and level of listitem
I'm using a client script to retrieve listitem from a context.
Everything works and load my item with and it's ok.
myCtxtWeb.Load(item);
myCtxtWeb.ExecuteQuery();
Now I'd like to know the versions ...
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Is SharePoint 2013 Page History navigation panel in wikies editable?
Question says it all. If I go to Wiki page -> Page -> Page History a extra navigation panel called "Versions" appears which shows major, minor versions, date and time, also lets you to compare. If we ...
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SharePoint 2013 Workflow Field Creating New Version With Each Stage of Workflow
I recently created a workflow that is attached to a document set. The workflow goes through a number of stages to create, update or delete a calendar item in a separate list. When the workflow was ...
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Export table of all versions of list items
Using SharePoint 2007, and I only have client-side access. I can view all versions of each item in a list by using the IncludeVersions parameter as follows:
http://wss/XYZ/sites/SomeSPSite/ThisList/...
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Missing version history
I have a situation where a document has been published to the next major version but history is missing. See screenshot, is there a way to view the history elsewhere and would have caused this?
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Copy files between sites with version history (powershell, SP2010)
I can copy a file from one site to another using
$SPFolder_Destination.Files.Add("Filename.ext", $SPFile_Source.OpenBinary(), $false)
This does not preserve version history.
I think I could ...
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Retrieve a single field's version history from SharePoint
My company uses a SharePoint list as an asset inventory database. One of the fields is a Notes field. I am able to pull the current contents of the field by linking to the list in MSAccess, but I ...
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List version limits client-side
Versioning can be defined the same way in UI in SP2013 and O365:
How can we programmatically set these limits in SP2013 without server-side code?
Server-side we would have SPList.MajorVersionLimit ...
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Document sharing history, who shared this document with whom and when?
Is there a way to see when exactly a document was "shared" with someone else?
For example, John doesn't have access to see Document A. So Matt, who has access to the document, clicks "Share" on the ...
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CAML Query based on IDs to get version number?
With JavaScript, is it possible to get its version number if I know the ID of an item?
I have a function that needs to do something with the selected file, but even if I select the file, it is ...
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Can I set a default Value for the version comment field in a list?
I'm trying to set a default value on the check in comment in a list in order to guide users to format their comments a certain way. I'm seeking a solution that will work on Sharepoint online.
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Enforcing check in comments with a pre-formatted comment template
I'm looking for a way to force users to enter a comment when checking in a document to a specific library, I'd also like to auto populate the comment window with some content in order to guide users ...
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Open document version as a binary
I’m trying to open a document version as a binary but keep getting an exception. I have no problem opening the item as a binary:
$binary=$spweb.GetFile($item.url).OpenBinary()
However when I try the ...
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Can I add issue status to display near the time a comment was made?
so i have a task list and a Comments column. For each item if you click on view entries under the comments you get a form with info about the item. where the comments are we have the name of the user, ...
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Permission issue in Document Library - Read Only user is able to edit and save document
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I am logged in as a site owner of a SharePoint 2010 site with full permission on a Document Library. I have a test account that has only Read and Limited Access permission to this ...
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Error when trying to view Previous Version of a File in SharePoint
Whenever I try and access a file's version history in SharePoint Designer (2013 in this case), I get the following error:
Versions cannot be accessed at this time server is busy
This is a relatively ...
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Migrate documents from 2007 to 2013 and maintain version history?
Currently I have a SharePoint 2007 site that I am upgrading to SharePoint 2013. Is it possible to copy the documents from the 2007 site to the 2013 site whilst maintaining version history?
I'd be ...
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Can a CAML query find all documents that were ever modified by a specific user?
I'm trying to list all documents that were (ever) modified by a specific user, using a CAML query like this one:
var query = new CamlQuery{ ViewXml =
"<View Scope='Recursive'>" +
"<...
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Get ListItem ContentType and Metadata values at a specific version
I'm trying to figure out a way, using the Sharepoint Client Object Model, to get the content type and the metadata values of a listItem at a specific version.
I can get the different versions using ...
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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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SharePoint 2010 Foundation
A new sharepoint foundation site has been established for just under a year. It contains many document libraries for several departments. Only the last three versions of a document are tracked.
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Export version history from sharepoint online using webservices
I am using webservices to export web from sharepoint online.
Migration is working fine but versions are not getting migrated with the web. I am using ExportWeb method of /_vti_bin/Sites.asmx service.
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How to get Versionhistory popup on clicking menuitemtemplate
I have following lines of code for menuitemtemplate:
MenuTemplate menuTemplate = new MenuTemplate();
menuItem = new MenuItemTemplate("Version History","/_layouts/images/versions.gif");
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The Version History for a file in the library showing different "Modified By" Column
I am writing a tool to generate the versions of a file/page in the library. My Report should include the version number and the version created by/Modified by name.
While getting the modified by ...
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Check Out, Update, then Check In a File in SharePoint Client Object Model
I would like to programatically update a SharePoint file by checkout/checkin.
I have written code that looks like it should do what I want it to do:
static void HandleFile(Microsoft.SharePoint....
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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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Get Notified on List Item Changes - not using email
I'm searching for an easy way to display the latest changes of a sharepoint list.
Situation: one huge list (10k entries) with a lot of daily changes (lets say 100).
Target: Display the changes during ...
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Get last major published version of items returned as DataRow (from SPSiteDataQuery)
Does anyone know the solution for this?
If I'm querying items by SPSiteDataQuery I receive a DataTable with DataRow objects.
I could fetch the current version of an item and check if it ends with "....
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Document Version Update in Document Libarary
My site having 3 users, but version update when ever user1(Edit Document) Check out and check in update version remaining users(user2,user3 -- view) check out and check in view document how restrict ...
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Is it possible to view internal document changes in SharePoint?
I am still using WSS
I am still fairly new to administering a SharePoint workspace. I have versioning turned on in my document libraries, but I had a request from a user asking if it was possible to ...
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Get a permalink to the current version that will be valid after later versions are created
Originally titled "Get document-version independent URL"
I'm using the Versions.asmx SharePoint webservice, where I get the following output message:
<results xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/...
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Trying to convert a SP2010 document version to a PDF generates SPException: List does not exist
I am trying to modify an existing SP2010 custom workflow action that converts an existing document to PDF using Word Automation. There is a new requirement to only convert the last published version ...
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How to show Document Set Version?
In SharePoint 2010, there is a new content type called Document Set that allows users to work with multiple documents as a single work product.
In our case, the Document Set's version number is very ...
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