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R3d3mpt10n
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Aug 06, 2019

Document Library Properties Dialog Box

Greetings Everyone,    Fairly new to SharePoint and need guidance.  I am using SP Online (modern pages) and I set up a document library with a few required fields such as category, subject and docu...
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R3d3mpt10n
Copper Contributor
Aug 06, 2019

ChrisWebbTech - unfortunately, I tried refreshing and opening a new browser instance and the same issue still persist.  Thank you though for the response and assistance. 

 

 

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ChrisWebbTech
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Aug 06, 2019
Yeah, seems they modified the way this works again. It used to pop out when you drag files. Even upload doesn't prompt. Only option you might have is having a link for adding files go to classic view for now, then use modern UI for lookup etc. Not the best solution but I don't think there is a way. There might be a 3rd party solution that can accomplish this on the upload event thou, not 100% on that. I'll see If i can't find something.
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    Paul de Jong
    Iron Contributor
    Aug 07, 2019

    ChrisWebbTech 

    There are indeed 3rd party solutions that provide this functionality. See e.g. https://directory.collab365.community/office365-sharepoint/best-document-management-tools-for-sharepoint/

    They provide the user with a popup window to select one of the available content types and specify metadata fields. In case the content type contains required fields the user is required to provide values prior to uploading. This way you do not end up with "orphan" documents in your system that are checked out and do not have metadata attached.

    Some tools (e.g. SLIM Companion Explorer) also allow mapping properties from the source files (e.g. keywords in PDF files, GPS coordinates in jpg files, ...) to Sharepoint columns. 

    Paul | SLIM Applications

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      ChrisWebbTech
      MVP
      Aug 07, 2019
      Yeah but that’s what happens with classic with the checked out documents. Different story when using modern UI. Not sure I’ve see. A tool use for modern yet as Juan said doesn’t think it’s possible yet.

      OP your only option right now might be going back to classic but you run the whole check out risk if you stay with default SP UI.

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