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Jul 26, 2019

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Can Published Content Type update if it is not read only?

I have 2 scenarios: - If on Subscribed Site, we change the Published Content Type from Content Type Hub into not read only status and add another column to it. Can this content type update normally ...

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paulpascha
Jul 30, 2019
ca_remI've just checked the results of yesterday's tests. For this test I defined and Published a Content Type from my Content Type Hub. I then created a new (classic) site to have my Published Content Type available immediately after creation. In this new site I changed the subscribed Content Type to not read only and added a column. I've also Created a new Content Type inheriting from my Subscribed Content Type and added another new column to that one too. Next I've added a column to the Content Type in my Hub and republished the Content Type...

To summarize the results:
The change I've made to my subscribed content type was lost after the published Content Type was synchronized. My subscribed Content Type was reverted back to read-only and the column I added in my subscribed site was removed. The column I added from my Content Type Hub was added.
The Content Type I created by inheriting from my subscribed Content Type was untouched. The column I added to this one was still there as well as the new column I added in my Content Type Hub

paulpascha

Bronze Contributor

Jul 30, 2019

ca_remI've just checked the results of yesterday's tests. For this test I defined and Published a Content Type from my Content Type Hub. I then created a new (classic) site to have my Published Content Type available immediately after creation. In this new site I changed the subscribed Content Type to not read only and added a column. I've also Created a new Content Type inheriting from my Subscribed Content Type and added another new column to that one too. Next I've added a column to the Content Type in my Hub and republished the Content Type...

To summarize the results:

The change I've made to my subscribed content type was lost after the published Content Type was synchronized. My subscribed Content Type was reverted back to read-only and the column I added in my subscribed site was removed. The column I added from my Content Type Hub was added.
The Content Type I created by inheriting from my subscribed Content Type was untouched. The column I added to this one was still there as well as the new column I added in my Content Type Hub

ca_rem
Brass Contributor
Jul 30, 2019
paulpascha . You are so amazing.
Base on your analysis, I will create another content type base on the Published Content type and I can customize as I like. The new Content Type will inherit from the Published Content-Type, It also will receive a new column added to the root content type. Really Amazing.
Thanks a lot.