Forum Discussion
Tammy Bruns
Jan 02, 2019Copper Contributor
Why is Sharepoint auto-populating value in a choice column when I create a document?
I am creating a new document by using a custom content type. When I create the document the "Urgent" field is auto-populating and should not be. I have it set to Optional and default value is blank. ...
AndrewWarland
Jan 17, 2019Steel Contributor
Thanks Tammy. When you add a site column to a library, any default settings in the Site Column settings can be modified. Can you check each library and see if the 'Default value' (as shown below) is different? I added this site column to a different library, changed the default value in the library itself, and it added it when a document was uploaded.
Tammy Bruns
Jan 18, 2019Copper Contributor
They are all the same as the screen shot below.