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Tanya Denton
Iron Contributor
Mar 27, 2019
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Approval Status Column Formatting - gone!

I may be having a senior moment, but the column formatting on a document library with Approval Status switched on has disappeared. It was there the other day but looking at it now it looks like this ...
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  • escipion's avatar
    escipion
    Apr 01, 2019

    Tanya Denton  . We faced the same issue the same day, it seems that Microsoft have removed  that option. I managed to remove JSON format by going to hidden field in this way:  https://sbseguros.sharepoint.com/sites/facturacion/_layouts/15/FldEdit.aspx?List=%7B84A2577F-043C-4821-B9DC-2B7F871A6EA6%7D&Field=_ModerationStatus

    You can go  to another field's settings  of the same list and replace that field  name for  "_ModerationStatus" in the url. 

Norman Young's avatar
Norman Young
MVP
Mar 27, 2019

Hi Tanya Denton,

 

If you share the JSON I am happy to test for you. I have a number of lists with custom formatting and they are all behaving as expected.

 

Norm

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Tanya Denton
Iron Contributor
Mar 27, 2019
@Norman thanks for such a quick reply. My problem is the JSON has gone (if it was there in the first place) in the Format VIEW, and there is no option on the Approval Status column to add a column format. This is why i am confused!
  • Norman Young's avatar
    Norman Young
    MVP
    Mar 27, 2019

    My custom JSON is working and so are my "Format Status column" settings.

    Did the choice values happen to change?

     

    Is there any JSON code listed in the list settings > edit column?

     

     

    • Tanya Denton's avatar
      Tanya Denton
      Iron Contributor
      Mar 27, 2019

      We have the OOTB Approvals switched on so the [Approval Stauts] column is provisioned automatically. I have just created a brand new view and it still shows the below so this tells me i must have used Column formatting and not View formatting (I think!)








      The options I have for that column are

      I have just used the browser developer tools and that shows I used .sp-field-customFormatter

      • Norman Young's avatar
        Norman Young
        MVP
        Mar 27, 2019

        I follow now. You are using the "Content Approval" feature.

        I don't see the OOTB format column feature, so you must have formatted via the view. I will try to reproduce.

         

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