Questions tagged [versioning]
Versioning enables you to store, track, and restore items in a list and files in a library as they are changed.
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Keep first document version and last "X" number of versions
We are looking at our document library settings and wondering if it is possible to have the following for versioning:
Always keep the first version of a document uploaded
If we set versioning @ the ...
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Sharepoint 2007 - cannot discard current draft
Ive been investigating this problem but am yet to find a suitable answer.
We have a draft sharepoint page that someone accidentally deleted a web part from.
The published version is still fine and ...
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Error Occured While trying to restore minor version SharePoint 2013 Doc lib
I was trying to restore the version of the document in doc lib to previous minor versions, but I encountered the following error:
Then i went to logs and searched for Correlation id and found the ...
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Loading New Document Versions
Can we select an existing document and load a new version rather than just loading a document with the same name and advising to replace the current document?
I am concerned that new versions of ...
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How to get major & minor version limit of list/library using javascript?
How to get Major Limit of Sharepoint List and both Major & Minor Limit of Sharepoint Library using javascript ?
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How to stop Modified By names from changing when moving files
I moved some files to another location on the same site sub-site to sub-site.
I used Content and Stucture as that retains the version and the locations are both buried a few deep on different sub-...
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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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how to lookup column that has versioning enabled in SharePoint Designer
I have a custom list "Requests" which is used to capture user requests. There is a column "Comments" which I have enabled versioning to capture conversation exchange between the user and request ...
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Change Modified Date and User in Versions
We have document libraries in Sharepoint 2010 with incorrect modified dates and users (they were imported from somewhere). I thought, I could correct them with Powershell, but it does not work the way ...
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Audit List field level changes - SharePoint
Is it possible to audit changes on List fields in SharePoint 2013? What I'm looking for is to get some report when certain fields in a List is changed by users, not looking for values but just a ...
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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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Sharepoint workflow 2010 - document versioning - Content type - field do not get updated
I've got a custom list with a CT (master list). When creating a new list item a workflow kickes in and creates a new document based on a CT in another document library.
Problem is when I update a ...
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Version History (more...)
In the OOB Version History modal, we are able to see changes that were made to 15 fields for each version. A change to made to any additional fields are trimmed and the text indicator (more...) is ...
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Custom form template, issue with field marked as "append changes to existing text"
I've created a custom form template for a content type. The content type is used in a list with versioning enabled and contains a field marked as "append changes to existing text".
In the template I'...
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Trend Tracking Within a Custom List
Is it possible to track a field's changes over time in SharePoint Online within a custom list. For example a task confidence rating, which would vary over time. Within view versions there are dates ...
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Setup wiki to require edit approval on some pages, but not on others
How can you setup the wiki to require edit approval on some pages, but not on others.
I know how to enable versioning and approval for the library, but is there a way that approval can be required ...
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Hide version history in Word
I would like to hide the previous versions of a document when it is opened in Word etc. We do not want read only users to be able to see previous major versions. Can this done?
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Versioning with folders and document sets?
According to this question SharePoint doesn't version folders. Is the same true of Document Sets? I know there is a ribbon command to manually capture a version of a document set, but does nothing ...
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Rejecting an Approved document Versus Rejecting a Pending document
I have Enterprise Wiki site collection which contains a document library.I have set the following settings for the document library:-
Require content approval for submitted items? >>> Set to Yes
Who ...
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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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Is there any way to undo 'undo checkout'?
Can you get those changes back in any way (powershell, etc.) or are they completely gone?
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Not able to display the version number in document while editing in word
I have a document library in which the users create new document from the template. I want to display the version number of document in the header.
I performed the steps which are described in this ...
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How to restore for all documents in a library to one version older? Maybe powershell?
I am using sp 2010. I have a document library. I would like to go to one previous version of all the documents in this document library. Maybe in powershell? Something like a foreach loop and for each ...
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How to automatically change the permissions of a document when is published?
I have a document library with document versions enable on a SharePoint 2013 site. In the library each document have its own independent permissions. Usually the permissions are 2 owners and 3 or more ...
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Declaratively created Content type does not contain site columns
In Visual Studio I have created a Content Type and site columns declaratively. I have added FieldRef to the content type for each site column. When I deploy the solution, the content type contains the ...
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How is DocumentSet Capture Version data stored in Content Database
Is it possible to know how a "DocumentSet Capture Version" data is stored in SQL Server Content Database ? (Not using OM but directly).
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CopyIntoItems - Upload a new version of file
I've uploaded files to a document library using the copy web service (copyintoitems). Is it possible to upload files which already exists in the library but upload it as a new version (versioning ...
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Restoring version in Document Library causes unhandled exception when not checked out
We have a Sharepoint 2013 Foundation installation, with a document library that has check-out requirement activated.
When the user tries to restore an older version of a document, the following error ...
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Document Library-Major and Minor Views
I have a document library with major and minor versioning enabled. Within this library we have documents that most people in the business need to see both minor and major versions, although only ...
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How to display items of all versions in a custom list?
Is there anyway to achieve that? I want a view showing all versions of items in given list.
say:
ID Version Content
1 1 aaa
1 2 bbb
1 3 ccc
2 1 ddd
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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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Users with "Read" Permissions will not be able to see the yellow alert for pending pages
I have found this problem inside my enterprise wiki site collection. First of all inside my wiki library settings i defined the following version setting:-
Which means that any user with Read ...
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Hide Pending versions of draft from author
SharePoint 2010
I want to hide Pending versions of a list item from the person who most recently edited the list item. My current setting is "Only users who can approve items (and the author of the ...
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How to change the Pending warning message
I am working on an enterprise wiki site collection, and for the versioning setting i defined that the content requires approval, and any user can see the pending pages. so when users add/edit a wiki ...
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How to send my wiki page to be approved by specific user/s
I have the following inside my SharePoint server 2013:-
A publishing site collection based on enterprise wiki.
Inside my page library options, I define “Require content approval for submitted items” ...
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Prevent Overwriting Current Version in Wiki
Is there any way to prevent a user that is able to read/write the wiki in SharePoint from overwriting the current version?
When I go to check in a version of a wiki page, I am presented with the ...
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Default Values do not get applied to new versions of documents
Default values work correctly when a document is first uploaded to a library. But when that document is modified and re-uploaded to the library, the default values are not applied. I've tested this ...
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View for Last Approved Revision
Is there a way to create a view that displays (and links to) the last approved revision of a document or list item, even if you have permission to see the new draft version? My library has major/minor ...
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Sharepoint Online and Powershell SPDocumentLibrary
I was wondering if it is possible to update a Sharepoint List versioning using powershell.
I have attempted to load the SPDocumentLibrary class into powershell by using
[Void][System.Reflection....
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Can I set the version scheme to start with zero instead of 1 for an approved document?
I have many approved documents at revision 0 in an outside database which I would like to migrate/add to a SP library and approve them at SP version 0. Is there a way to start the approved version at ...
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Strange behaviour Generic List
I have written some code to delete minor versions after a specific time. I don't know how it is possible, but it only deletes uneven versions, and not the even ones.
Below part is to find all ...
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What permission level is need to view past versions of a document?
If I have versioning enabled on a document library... can everyone view the past versions?
Or only the document owner or owners group?
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How to overwrite an existing document in SharePoint Library with a new document with different name?
In a SharePoint 2013 Document Library (version with x.x version enabled!) I have a PDF document, let's call it doc1.pdf which I want to replace by a new version.
The new document I have is called ...
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Output all comment versions within CQWP
I currently have a list which contains a text field for comments, versioning is enabled and the comments field is set to "Append Changes to Existing Text", so that we can capture and maintain multiple ...
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How can I hide "Publish Major a Version" link on call out?
I'm looking for ways I can hide the "Publish a Major Version" link from a document library. The users must use a workflow in order to request approval rather than use this link.
Is there any way to ...
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Word not prompting to check in documents on close
I have a client who has two different SharePoint environments (both 2010). In the older environment, when they check out a document and make changes, any time they click on the X to close word they ...
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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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SharePoint 2013 - Versioning when uploading file via webdav (in windows explorer)
We have a DocLib with versioning (only major versions), without content approval and documents are not required to be checked out before they can be edited.
Unfortunately when overwriting any ...
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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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SharePoint Version History - “Ignore” Certain Changes and Not Report Them?
Does anyone know of a way to have the version history "ignore" and not report on changes made to certain columns?
thanks
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