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Files Disappearing in Document Library
Matt9915 Did some from your team enable content approval settings for your document library? If yes, you can disable it from Library settings > Versioning settings:
If this is not the issue, check if there are any filters applied on library view you are using which might hide the files from library view.
OR if there is any Power automate flow added on your document library which is moving/deleting files from document library.
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ganeshsanap - Thanks for the reply/suggestions. Much appreciated.
The problem has affected document libraries on this specific site since around last Thursday evening. None of the affected libraries have had Content Approval enabled and none of them have been filtered. There are no power automate flows running on the libraries in question.
Prior to last Thursday, users could upload a file and complete the metadata columns via either the Details Pane or 'Edit in Grid View'. Now they can upload a file, and it appears as the top item in the library (which it should) but when the user accesses either the Details Pane or 'Edit in Grid View' the file disappears from view. It remains in the library, but can only be traced via the file type and created/created date (because no other metadata has been applied).
The problem only seems to be affecting libraries on this particular site. Similar libraries on other sites are allowing users to apply metadata to uploaded files as normal.