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Requiring Check-in of Documents in a library
How do I require each time someone uploads a file to the library, they have to enter the meta-data required before it is uploaded (similar to making a list entry). Using classic SharePoint, I remembe...
Hello RobertB1270
you mean a pop-up when you upload a file, right?!
This is not available, i think, the pop-up appears only when you upload a sinlge document and you use mandatory fields in the classic library.
In modern you can use version settings (main and draft) and you can use mandatory fields in your library...same like in classic. A pop-up is not appears in modern, but the information panel will open when you upload a single document:
As additional feature in modern you have a view "Files that need attention", with the new uploaded files without mandatory metadata...
Hope this helps.
Best, Dave