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Mehmet Demirörs
Feb 24, 2021Brass Contributor
SharePoint List column formatting - CardProps not working if input column is hidden
JSON Formatting Level: BEGINNER I am trying to hide some column in oder to have a clean list view and to provide information if required via CardProps (info column). If the input column (Descrip...
- Feb 24, 2021
This is the expected behavior in SharePoint online modern experience.
In order to add the reference to the column in JSON (column/view) formatting, you have to show that column in the list view (as you are referencing it using [$Description]). Hiding the column from list view will not work in this case.
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ganeshsanap
Feb 24, 2021MVP
This is the expected behavior in SharePoint online modern experience.
In order to add the reference to the column in JSON (column/view) formatting, you have to show that column in the list view (as you are referencing it using [$Description]). Hiding the column from list view will not work in this case.
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- gianmaria_leoniMar 12, 2021Copper Contributor
Dear ganeshsanap and Mehmet Demirörs,
Do you know if there is an existing uservoice entry to allow using hidden fields? If not what about inserting it? Which section of https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/ would be better? I suppose SharePoint Dev Platform but I'm not sure.
Regards
Gianmaria
- Mehmet DemirörsMar 15, 2021Brass ContributorI am not sure if there is already a existing uservoice but I can give a hint how i solved the issue.
In the column settings I chose calculated value to make currentfield value same a hidden column value. This way I could show content in a cardprop even if the value where the content is coming from is hidden. Hope this may help you as well. - RobElliottMar 12, 2021Silver Contributor
gianmaria_leoni there doesn't appear to be an existing uservoice request to allow hidden columns in the JSON view format. The list of JSON-related requests is here.
Rob
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Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User- gianmaria_leoniMar 15, 2021Copper Contributor
RobElliott ganeshsanap Mehmet Demirörs User Voice created, you can check it and vote it here