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Copper Contributor

May 20, 2019

Best Approach Sharepoint Lists

Our company is brand new to Sharepoint/O365 and still getting a feel for all the tools. I am looking for some advice/guidance on the best approach to using lists. My goal is this: I want to be ab...

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cschonhaut

Copper Contributor

May 21, 2019

RobElliott thank you so much for the info, I appreciate it. Does Planner allow for you to create list templates? This is an essential part of the process, it will take too long to create these lists manually each time.

RobElliott

Silver Contributor

May 22, 2019

cschonhaut no it doesn't, sorry.

Rob
Los Gallardos

cschonhaut
Copper Contributor
May 24, 2019
Does anyone know of any tools using Sharepoint / O365 that DO allow for list templates?
- RobElliott
  Silver Contributor
  May 25, 2019
  Hi cschonhaut , I've just seen that Microsoft have started rolling out the ability to create lists from other lists which will copy over everything, including custom metadata, but not content. This is very good news and looks to be just what you need. The blog post is at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Create-SharePoint-lists-from-Excel-or-other-lists/ba-p/533395
  Rob
  Los Gallardos