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Imported term sets, and renaming a term set
I created a term set consisting of around 450 entries, by importing from a CSV. I've now been asked to add another 100+ terms to the set. I've just read that we can only import a term set once - that there's no way of re-importing into the existing term set. I'd like to avoid adding the new terms manually! If I create a whole new term set so I can import all 550 terms from scratch, would I have to manually update all the site columns which reference the termset? Or could I rename the two termsets - give the original one a random name, then rename the new one so it has the same name as the original one?
JSON formatting within SharePoint not functioning?
Hello! Has anyone noticed a sudden degradation with JSON formatting across SharePoint? I have code on a SharePoint list that has suddenly stopped working properly when I use it on another view. I cannot see to even be able to modify simple, out of the box things, like the width or height of the tile. Anyone know if there is a bug with JSON formatting at the moment?
Create a SharePoint list with documents from multiple libraries
Hi there, I have a set of 7-8 documents libraries containing documents that need to be updated regularly by various subject matter experts (SMEs) in my organisation. These individuals are listed in the metadata of each document in a 'person or group' column. It's important that we keep the data in this format as we use Microsoft approvals set up to manage the reviews. Another key consideration is that the person listed change fairly regularly as people leave the firm and roles and responsibilities change. What I would like to do is create a SharePoint list that lists each document across the libraries and which people are assigned as the reviewers. Can anyone help me with this? I understand that the lookup column doesn't support the 'people or group' data type. I have seen suggestions for setting up dynamic filtering but this might be a bit cumbersome given the number of document libraries. I could potentially use a Power Automate workflow but am not very literate in this platform so would need pretty detailed instructions. Any help would be much appreciated!Nested Dynamic Filtering on web parts does not work
I created a Sharepoint page and added an MS list web part, which I use as a "filter" selection. Then, I added a second MS list to display the main list of content items, configured with Dynamic filtering based on selecting the "filter" list. Then, I added a Document library web part, which is again configured with Dynamic Filtering based on the selection of the second content item list. Unfortunately, when you select an item from the "filter" list and then select an item from the second "content" list, the document library does not update based on the selection. HOWEVER.. If I select an item from the second "content" list without selecting an item from the "filter" list, the document library updates and shows the filtered content correctly. Any idea why it would not work and how to fix this? Seems like it should work
Site Level retention policy Vs Content type level retention policy
Inside the "Data Life Cycle management" we can define a retention policy that get applied to the whole site collection, as follow:- Also at the content type level inside our lists and libraries we can apply a retention policy, as follow:- so if the site has a retention policy applied from the "Data Life Cycle management" and we also have a retention policy applied to the content type.. which one will get applied to the underlying documents and lists and why? the one at the site level or the one at the content type level? ThanksHow approves or users can see all the pending approval requests?
We have 10++ sites and on some lists and libraries, inside those sites we define content approval at the list/library level:- Now the users are bit confused, on how they can access those approval requests? is there a screen they can access to see all those pending approval requests? either for all sites or the current site? as currently most of the items and files are pending approval and no one is taking action on them ThanksSuddenly can't edit page banner if it's a "color block" style.
Over the past two days all three content creators in the company have had this problem crop up on their systems when attempting to edit any page in our tenant that uses a banner set to the "Color Block" style. When we click edit, the edit page comes up, but most of the banner isn't displayed. We see the bottom half of the banner, and it's not clickable, we can't get the controls to change the image. Note that the scroll bar is at the top - we can't see the whole banner. If we click "Accessibility Issues" on the right, we can see "no alt text" in the banner as a problem. If we click on that, the banner properties will appear and we can change away from the "Color Block" style and things go back to normal. We've tried this in three browsers, three people, rebooted, cleared caches, etc. MSFT, guesses?
Upload Documents ANd Require check out on Modern Vs Classic Experience Document libraries
Recently switched SharePoint Online site libraries from Classic to Modern. Getting following experience. Classic Behaviour: when we drag and drop new versions (same name) of existing library items, SharePoint automatically checks out the existing items > we update metadata > check in Modern Behaviour: when we drag and drop new versions (same name) of existing library items, SharePoint requires that we first manually check out existing library items of same name before we can drag and drop the new versions into library > drag and drop new versions > update metadata > check in This is very frustating for our document controllers as they upload hundred of documents daily. Any workaround or configuration?
Handling duplicate files in a Sharpoint library
Hi, I need some help regarding an issue I have in Sharepoint library. We have several libraries containing files (Word, Excel, PDF, PPT). Once these are in Approved status they are moved to a library called "Published". The problem occurs when the file has the same name in 2 (or more) libraries and are copied to "Published" library. Right now it is renaming with a suffix number after the name, but this is not ideal. Is it possible to have the same name on both (or several) files if the metadata is different?
