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ErdYar
Brass Contributor
Oct 21, 2020

Best way to find Related documents/subfolders in "document library" with litle or no coding

  Hi,   We have office 365 with a Teams-Sharepoint site.  The physical teammembers uses the main document library with a folder structure in a following manner.   Sales Services SoldProducts ...
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ErdYar's avatar
ErdYar
Brass Contributor
Oct 21, 2020

ArefHalmstrand 

 

Hi,

 

I know it's just a hint that you are giving, but never the less, the hint seems to point at a direction with a lot of custom coding. This could be interresting if a clear path to a solution is available, but I'm assuming your suggestion would not lead to an improvement, unless I spend a significant amount time on it (I'm guessing atleast several fulltime weeks).

 

Currently, I'm trying to gather ideas on  how others are handling a simular situation  where they have related documents in a folder system and want to find related documents/subfolders.

 

Perhaps it is best I ask this question in a  Microsoft Teams forum.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

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ArefHalmstrand
MCT
Oct 21, 2020

ErdYar You are correct! Creating a custom solution would take a lot of time.

Please check this blogpost regarding metadata in MS Teams:
https://microsoft365pro.co.uk/2020/01/12/teams-real-simple-with-pictures-teams-files-and-adding-metadata-part-1-choice-columns/

 

Please note that there are some limitations at the moment, for example: The metadata can not be updated from MS Teams, it has to be edited from SharePoint. However, this might improve findability and get you one step closer to your goal!

Yours sincerely,
Aref Halmstrand