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Forcing the addition of required metadata in file upload to Teams
Hi all, So, when we upload files to SharePoint, we have mandatory metadata fields that we must fill in, for multiple reasons. Right now uploading to Teams just... uploads. Is there a way to for...
- Nope not possible and won’t be either when new files tab comes out. You can have views to encourage required metadata but that’s about it in the modern UI.
You can force a classic view library and use the website tab in teams to point to it which will force metadata but that’s only work around I can think of.
You could also have a flow nag people about missing metadata by sending a daily list of files with missing metadata and linking them to the files missing metadata view filtered to files their created etc. as well.
This is by design, Teams does not force metadata and the same happens if you upload the files through the SPO UI
jcgonzalezmartin Huh, this is an strange choice to not allow it at all, since metadata often controls records retention and is the method in which a taxonomy is utilized. At the very least, wouldn't this cause a violation of records management practices in most organizations? I can see the option of doing it or not, but it almost seems dangerous not to have the option. Hope it comes along in future dev.
