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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...
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
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.
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.