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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.

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