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Document Library Retention Labels
Hi. I'm extremely confused about the implementation of labels for a docuent library.
- I turned on the Site Collection Feature,
- Went to Settings --> Information Management Policy Settings
- Chose Document Content Type
- Set it up as seen in attached images
- Went back to library, returned to Information Management Policy Settings to verify it took since I dont trust microsoft products to do anything they're apparently designed to do and lo and behold, back to square one, nothing kept.
- Went to the library, set all fields with "Label" in it and no labels showing.
- Tried "Apply labels to all items". Nope.
- Eventually, as expected and anticipated, looks like I have to implement a workaround/hack by creating my own labels using power automate.
- Followed this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/apply-retention-labels-to-files-in-sharepoint-or-onedrive-11a6835b-ec9f-40db-8aca-6f5ef18132df and I dont have any of these options.
- Yes, it's in modern mode, yes I'm admin. There's only one person in this M365 Business subscription: ME.
What I'd really like to know id why all the msft docs show it as such a simple matter but never works?????
2 Replies
Hi Carl_Williams , have you already created your retention labels/policies in the M365 Compliance portal? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/retention?view=o365-worldwide#retention-policies-and-retention-labels
If that's complete and you don't want to apply your label/policy to an entire site, here's how to apply to files/folders/libraries Apply retention labels to files in SharePoint or OneDrive - Microsoft Support
I hope that helps!
- Hi Kelly. No, I had no idea about the M365 Compliance Portal (????). I was simply trying to follow the intuitiveness of the links in the document library settings as I've always done.
Had no idea that the links in Library Settings are just left there as a bread crumbs leading to frustration. NO WHERE does it say goto the M365 Compliance Portal.
Why would they (msft) provide an intuitive experience when you can waste valuable time??
Thanks very much for your reply, obviously very much appreciated!
CW
