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JonathanPerkins
Nov 23, 2021Copper Contributor
Sharepoint list showing hashtag # marks in filters
Hello, all... After having established an extensive Sharepoint list to track some ongoing work, we've suddenly seen our main filters in some columns being replaced with non-functional filters lik...
nsherman1200
Jan 10, 2022Copper Contributor
This is happening to us as well.. Cleared Cache and cookies and less than an hour later the hashtags are back.
- nsherman1200Jan 10, 2022Copper ContributorDid everyone who is experiencing this happen to import your list from a CSV? If you created the list from scratch do you think it would still do this? I assume the Spreadsheets have some hidden characters that are showing through.
- lexiko80Jan 11, 2022Copper ContributorWe created from scratch. Happens when we have multiple choices. Exporting the list to Excel also exports the #; symbols. Our workaround has been to link the list to a PowerBI and use tables and visuals to filter down to what we need.
- Suzi2Jan 10, 2022Copper Contributor
nsherman1200 I think ours were created from scratch
- JonathanPerkinsJan 11, 2022Copper Contributor
Suzi2 Our list was originally created from a CSV file, but the issue with the hashtags only occurred a month or so after we had the list in use -- roughly November 10/11 timeframe if that helps anyone narrow it down.