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Copper Contributor

May 09, 2017

Modern Document Library Webpart Issue (Managed Metadata displays as [object Object])

Is anyone else having problems with the new Modern Document Library webpart and managed metadata? Columns with managed metadata display as '[object Object]' rather than their actual values. I've ...

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danholme

Microsoft

Jun 04, 2017

Thanks so much for reporting this! Chris McNulty and I are escalating this to the engineers to look at, asap.

YannickReekmans
MVP
Jun 26, 2017
Any updates to report? I'm seeing the same issues with Lookup Columns as well.
I don't need full blown support, if it prints out a text value instead of [object Object] I'm happy ;)
- YannickReekmans
  MVP
  Jul 06, 2017
  Chris McNulty or danholme
  Any updates? Same thing also occurring with lookup fields...
Michael Peacock
Copper Contributor
Jun 05, 2017
Thanks for the response! It would also be good to get an update on the handling of non-Office files (PDF, TXT, etc) in the new document library webpart. Lack of support for managed metadata columns and inability to view PDFs is very limiting:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Modern-Document-Library-Webpart-can-t-view-non-Office-docs-such/m-p/70970#M6700
jcgonzalezmartin
MVP
Jun 04, 2017
And just for providing the whole picture: the problem is also in the modern List View WebPart...something that by the way I suspected It was going to happen