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Contacts / Address Book
Good morning!
Am I blind? Is there no built-in list template or app for a 'Contacts or Address book list' in M365 in 2023???
Yes I can build another............again based on an existing, just wondering why I'm not seeing a template for such an everyday requirement.
Tx
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Carl_Williams Unfortunately, no such list template is provided by default by Microsoft yet.
However, you have below options:
- If you already have similar list in your SharePoint tenant, you can create a new list using the columns in the existing list. Follow: Create a new list based on the columns in another list
- Create your own custom list template in SharePoint.
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- Thanks. LOL, don't forget, we're talking about M365 here.
Yes, I eventually had to create a contacts list based on the contacts list in another site. Fine and dandy BUT, now try an populate the new list with those items from the original. I set up a flow to copy items, it worked on one list but obviously not on the contacts list. Why would it? Why would msft set something up to work flawlessly???? I suspect it had an issue with some metadata fields but, hey, as a user, IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM POWER AUTOMATE CAN'T DEAL WITH METADATA FIELDS!!!!! If they actually stopped to complete their tech instead of jumping ahead making dumb connections for services hardly anyone uses, then we might get somewhere.
Man, I've got modern lists that open up to SharePoint 2013 style edit forms?????????!!!!!!!!!!
It's SharePoint ONLINE. It's their tech, nothing I can do to update that nonsense.
Each and every time I attempt to do anything, not matter how simple there HAS to be a fly in the ointment. "Oh this only works if it's a Tuesday with a full moon."
I've dared msft to take me on in these discussions, but all you ever get is rhetorical responses and msft lovers try to defend the stupidity as though you've hurt their feelings.- You're handling it wrong, of course you can copy fields with metadata fields. That's no issue if it's the same field pointing to the same term. Power Automate can handle metadata fields without issues.
Also There's not a template for everything because SharePoint is so widely used an a contact list is 99% used within Outlook which has that functionality.
- Why do you need an adress book ? You can just search for the person?
NicolasKheirallah Because not everything in the world is a company.
These are all external people and/or companies. There's nothing to search on, "I" am the only member of this subscription. This is what I use to "TRY" and keep my personal effects and documents managed.
