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Rick Segal
Brass Contributor
Mar 15, 2019

Copying files between different site libraries fails.

Greetings, I have created several libraries on my SP (O365) site. Documents Photos Team Materials Support I also have a site call External Sharing with Documents Photo Support I want to ...
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ChrisWebbTech
MVP
Mar 15, 2019
It should work. My guess is you created a photo library type instead of a document library that might not be using a modern template could be causing the issue?

Any metadata involved on the two libraries? It should still allow it if so but would be nice to know for next steps if the above isn’t the case.
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    Rick Segal
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 15, 2019

    ChrisWebbTech 

     

    Thanks for this answer.  Seemed odd to me the the photo library is treated differently, but you nailed the problem!  Thanks

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      ChrisWebbTech
      MVP
      Mar 15, 2019
      You should use a modern library for your photos. You can essentially have thumbnails and similar features now on a normal library. I use a regular one for my photos.
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        Rick Segal
        Brass Contributor
        Mar 15, 2019

        ChrisWebbTech,

        Not sure if I'm missing something dead obvious but I selected the photo library.  Is that not the modern one? 

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      Rick Segal
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 15, 2019

      Norman Young and ChrisWebbTech 

       

      Thank you very much for your quick replies.  The situation is indeed as you suspected.  I have a document library on site one that is named photo assets and a photo support library that is a the photo library app added from the menu of adding apps.   Both of them are called libraries when you add them.  And if you have ten document libraries on site one and ten on another, no problems, everything can be copied from everywhere.

       

      What surprises me is not being able to take a folder of jpgs and move them to a photo library from a document library. Either on the same site or between sites.

       

      I do appreciate your responses and all the people here who answer my questions.  This is invaluable assistance.

       

      Thanks,

       

      Rick