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Check in issue with Document Library
I am having an issue with files in a document library remaining checked out to the user who edited it - I have raised with MS support who so far have no resolution for this.
The files in the document library are all images - all are edited with the default editing feature in SharePoint.
When these are edited, they used to save instantly and be visible to all users. Now, upon saving, the image remains "checked out" and needs to be manually checked back in. This is not ideal for my scenario - it needs to be automatic and instant.
I do have JSON formatting on this library which is the only difference I can see between this library that doesn't work well, and another on a different site that does what I expect it to.
All advanced/version settings have been checked and all are set to NOT required files to be checked out.
Does anyone have any guidance as to why the JSON formatting is affecting this? What can I try?
kkbomb Thanks! But this wasn't the issue I was having - my settings were already set to Require Check Out to No. Yet my library still was checking files out when I did not want them to, nor were they doing it previously.
After MUCH testing I found the issue which appears to be a very random bug! One column have "Enforce Unique values" set to Yes. When I switched this to No, the file checking out problem disappeared.
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kkbomb Thanks! But this wasn't the issue I was having - my settings were already set to Require Check Out to No. Yet my library still was checking files out when I did not want them to, nor were they doing it previously.
After MUCH testing I found the issue which appears to be a very random bug! One column have "Enforce Unique values" set to Yes. When I switched this to No, the file checking out problem disappeared.
In a SharePoint document library, you can bypass the restriction by selecting a checked out file and clicking Check In, or by setting Require Check Out to No in Version Control in the library settings.
