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Mysticode
Copper Contributor
May 19, 2021

Column from parent content-type is missing

Sometime within the past few days, I noticed that a column from a parent content type is not being inherited by any children's content types. This is a custom column that we created that we use across all of our sites.

The problem is not site-specific, it happens on any site that I test adding the child content type to. One of the parent columns is not available.

Any way to troubleshoot this? I re-published the parent and child last night, and there is no change so far.

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  • jonface's avatar
    jonface
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 21, 2023

    Mysticode 

     

    Hope you are still around, did you ever solve this? I have the same issue and it does not make any sense.

     

    I have sites where it works fine, and a site where it doesn't. 

     

    Eg,

     

    Parent Type (PT)

    Col A

    Col B

    Col C

     

    Child Type inheriting from PT

    Col D

    Col E

    Col A

    Col B

    Col C - missing .

     

    It does not always happen and I'm starting to lose it with Sharepoint. 

    • Mysticode's avatar
      Mysticode
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 21, 2023

      jonface Sorry, I can't recall now where this issue happened for me. We currently are not having this problem, so I assume the content type updating process was bugged - but I can't say for sure. 

       

      Best of luck!

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        jonface
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 22, 2023

        Mysticode thanks for taking the time 3 years later to reply, you clearly understand the SharePoint frustrations and how inconsistent it can be for no good reason. All the best!

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