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List View Threshold Exceeds 5000 even after moving items into folders
The 5000 includes files and folders. The 5000 is per root folder. Moving files another root folder, same site, is how we got around that issue. From a practical standpoint, our SPO searches quit finding items after this number reached about 8000.
I also realized my practical-experience info of 8000 may be old. That comes from Jan 2014.
I'm not sure I understand. When you say 'moving files to another root folder' are you referring to a root folder in the same document lib or are you talking about creating a new document lib altogether?
In theory these lists can hold millions of records correct? So I'm assuming the 5000 threshold is a view/query issue. If that's the case then it would seem that folder restructuring does nothing to change the message since it still shows up.
I don't know, I feel like I'm missing a vital bit of understanding here.
What I mean by creating a new root folder ... is creating a new document library.
To me, the root folder is the one at the very beginning/top. The additional folders are subfolders. The 5000 limit is per document library.