Build your modern intranet with SharePoint in Office 365 – Microsoft Ignite 2018 announcements

Hi Mark-Kashman,

Such good stuff happening, it is an exciting time to be immersed in SharePoint!  It is clear that Metadata and the Highlighted Content web part are a work in progress that is moving fast--it seems there is a new enhancement every time I interact with them. 

I have document libraries throughout my SharePoint ecosystem of sites that all use the same site columns and Document types.  I would like to use the highlighted content web part to reveal docs from across all sites, based on a common metadata column. 

Today, I can specify the filter and everything work A-OK with the source of 1 document library.  But when the scope is expanded (to This Site, All Sites in Hub, Select Sites, or All Sites), the Managed Property options no longer show my metadata columns--It appears that only "Default" columns are available when the scope is expanded beyond that one library.

I see this as important functionality to collect distributed docs and reveal them in a Gallery setting.  Galleries of all Forms, Job Aids, Templates, Reports, Proposals--are good use examples.

I know that I can create a Flow to copy all these docs to a central location anytime they are created or modified.  But that gets a bit complicated when dealing with docs that get deleted (at least complicated for my citizen developer mind).  I'd also lose any permission control, as that would reveal everything to everyone.  Alternatively, I know I can push for people to put them all in one place, but that is an ongoing challenge for all of us.

Is this expanded scoping something you guys are working on, or will be working on?

I'm very patient, and don't want to create a bunch of wonky solution options if it is something that you guys'll get to.

Cheers!

Meta-Beth  ;-)