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SharePoint Online : Enable Document Set in Document Library

Please verify below things Go to site setting and features and make sure that the DocumentSet Feature is activated. Go to library setting and navigate to Advance setting and make sure that Allow ...
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How To: Every Document Set Has Its Own Tasks List

I don't know how many projects will be created throughout the span of your application or the background of your requirement , but i would suggest an alternative plan of considering to make your ...
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Create Document Set In Document Library Using CSOM : SharePoint 2010

Finally with the help of code given in this post I was able to achieve the task. The code which I used is: NetworkCredential creds = new NetworkCredential(userName, password, siteURL); ClientContext ...
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REST to retrieve items in folder and metadata

You might need to take a look at expanding the deferred call for ListItemAllFields. I had a similar situation and my call looked like this site/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/teams/lscsp-...
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SharePoint Online : Enable Document Set in Document Library

Go back to Library Settings > Advanced and check "Allow management of Contemt types" and save. Back in Library Settings you can scroll down to Content Types and add a default Document Set Content Type ...
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Can we rename a document set using REST API?

Yes, a Document Set is basically a folder. Here's an example for "Shared Documents" and a folder or doc set named "Toys". URL: https://yourServer/sites/training/demoworkflow/_api/web/...
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REST to retrieve items in folder and metadata

You're retrieving the File Object, which only has 'Properties'. Metadata is defined on the Item. To view the Properties on that File, try adding '/Properties' to the end of the Query. To view the ...
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Adding folder to Document Set programmatically JSOM SharePoint 2013

Your URL shouldn't have /Lists in it, since document sets are in a library, not a list.
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Connected Web Parts on Document Set Homepage Causing Error

If you want to manually navigate to the doc set, here's the correct URL: [site]/Applications/Forms/Application/docsethomepage.aspx?ID=4&FolderCTID=...
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Creating Document Sets with Sharepoint CSOM API

SOLVED! Interesting that others are having this issue as well. My code stopped working yesterday 11/14/2016 around 5pm EST, was working perfectly fine for months until then. Anyways here's the ...
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Add as a new version to existing files?

If you upload a file with an already existing filename in the document library, it will overwrite this, creating a new version. If you uncheck the option "Add as a new version to existing files" and ...
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Using a Lookup field to reference a document set that clicks through directly

This can be done with the following jslink code: (function () { var linkFieldContext = {}; linkFieldContext.Templates = {}; linkFieldContext.Templates.Fields = { ...
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Create a document set in a document library using csom

The trick is to use the long id of the content type i.e use the content type id from the list. Not really sure, why the content type id at web level is not working. You can try either of the 3 ...
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Move/copy document set to another library in SharePoint Online

Have you tried using the Manage content and Structure option? Site settings Site Administration Manage content and structure Navigate to the folder you wish to move Select tick box and use the ...
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Enable Document Set Missing from Site Settings - Site Features

It sounds like you are looking for the Document Set in the Site Features. Please note that Document Sets are enabled from the Site Collection Features level. There are "Site Features" and "Site ...
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Allowing folder creation in Document Sets but not within the containing Document Library

Yes, in theory this is possible. Though people have a tendency to find ways around restrictions! I'll explain. In your document library - check the content types, you'll want to have a Document Set ...
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SPD 2010 Workflow: Intermittent item creation issue

I had a similar issue. I have a workflow for a list that creates a document set (folder) when user triggers the workflow. Sometimes the workflow failed, I looked at the data and noticed a common ...
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SPD 2010 Workflow: Intermittent item creation issue

You might make sure the string you are using to populate the "Path & Name" for the document/item does not contain any invalid characters. I was getting this error, and after a day of ...
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Document Set "Name" Link is taking me to the wrong location

Something about making these document library out of templates caused SharePoint to think the Document Sets were folders. My solution was to get an intern to painstakingly recreate all the Doc Sets ...
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define content types available in a document set

The content types used (and available from the New Document button) in a document set is controlled from within the specific document set settings. This has to be set up before creating the actual ...
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Incoming Email in SharePoint should have option of opening email from Outlook and reply

Create a calculated column and set it to return a number datatype. This allows you to enter and run code. Copy paste the following (enter the actual name of the senders email column): ="<a href='...
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Using JSLink with Document Set Contents web part

You can add the document library itself as a Web Part and it will give you a little more control, including toolbar settings and JSLink. I've found that it will filter down to contents of the document ...
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Customize NewDocSet.aspx form?

I have discovered a simpler method, so I am updating with an alternate solution here: Navigate to the SharePoint library containing your document set Create a new Edit Form, based on the Document ...
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Getting "Save Conflict, Your Change Conflicts..." while creating document set using CSOM C#

Try splitting the Create and Update into two actions ListItem newListItem = documentLibrary.AddItem(newItemInfo); newListItem.Update(); //HERE GET THE ITEM BY ID AGAIN AND PERFORM UPDATE newListItem ...
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can we create/ access History of Document viewers

Yes, you can Configure Site Collection Audit Settings as the following Site Settings > Site Collection Administration > Site collection audit settings select first option . opening or downloading , ...
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Creating Document Sets with Sharepoint CSOM API

There might be a permission issue. I was getting the same error. In my case the document library had unique permissions and the credentials under which the client context was created didn't have ...
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How to migrate same name files from share drive to SharePoint 2016

No, you cannot store multiple files with same file name in document library without using folder, not only SharePoint this is case with any files on physical drive also presented on your computer/...
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How to migrate same name files from share drive to SharePoint 2016

You cannot have same name without the folder structure, but you can have multiple 'Title' with same value, consider substituting that as your main column.
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Do Document Sets work like Folders as far as the List View Threshold is concerned?

Document sets are more advanced form of Folders in SharePoint and yes it can be used to alleviate the list view threshold problem But to counter the threshold limit problem in SharePoint it is ...
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Update document set property using Javascript

Try below code using JSOM: var folder = context.Web.GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl("/sites/test/Document/DocSetName"); folder.ListItemAllFields("Title") = "NewDocSetName"; folder.ListItemAllFields("...
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