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jhammons
Jan 12, 2023Copper Contributor
Sharepoint Document Library Error when drag / drop files populating column data
When I drag and drop a document into my Sharepoint Document library, my column data automatically populates with random information from another document in the library. My defaults are not set...
Paul de Jong
Aug 07, 2023Iron Contributor
Looks like property promotion is causing this (as ganeshsanap suggested).
This will mainly affect Office files.
Avoiding this is tricky:
- use different columns names in the other library
- clear the Office properties prior to uploading (manually for each file)
- manually change the values afterwards (or use Power Automate to clear the values)
This will mainly affect Office files.
Avoiding this is tricky:
- use different columns names in the other library
- clear the Office properties prior to uploading (manually for each file)
- manually change the values afterwards (or use Power Automate to clear the values)