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Knowledge Base - setting up within O365/Sharepoint
Mark, so far I would say using the SP Modern library updated features to present the MSWord pages in page view is working well. Not perfect, but better than anything else we have tried. We did spend some time planning this out and have setup it up with a document numbering system with a three (3) letter prefix, Section Titles, and sub section titles. This combined with some defined metadata fields are proving to work well. All of which feed nicely into SP's search function.
Our need pushed us to keeping documents grouped by topic and in a logical order, which drove the numbering, titles, and sub titles.
One thing we did was to provide blocks of number between startup documents to allow us to slip additional document into the mix. The use of the dot (100.001) also allows us to create additional document in between existing documents if needed. We based a lot of our concept of ARINC document generation as these documents are continually updated and having pages added. They may be worthwhile looking at.
When sorted properly the library itself looks like a table of contents. However, we do keep an excel sheet for tracking and helping to place new documents into the mix. Once we are more comfortable with the scheme, we might be able to eliminate the excel file.
At this time we have 200 plus MSWord files in the library. The nice thing, most everyone involved knows how to use work, and with a little training they can learn the proper way to add the information to a template and not create a page like it was created on a manual or electric typewriter. Much eaiser than working with Wiki pages.
Thanks Merritte for the detailed response. Very interesting way of attacking the problem. Looks like you have a great solution for your team. I really like the idea of MSWord pages in page view as they can deliver much richer content as you state. I'll look into it, thanks again.
Cheers, Mark
- AnonymousJun 22, 2018
Great solution! Also i would like to see if Microsoft can make this Techcommunity as a Site template in SharePoint. This would be very helpful in creating a knowledge community, organize information and for user engagement.
- AnonymousJun 22, 2018I like your idea bout making this a SP Site template. I know we would use it.