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Patrick Leroux
May 30, 2019Copper Contributor
Sharepoint online, views with custom columns, document properties
I have created several views within our Document Library that will help with sorting of specific information. Within each view I have created new columns that are relevant for that specific view. Swi...
kevinmckeown8
May 30, 2019Steel Contributor
Patrick Leroux The columns you added are technically not view-specific, but they are actually added to the entire library, which is why when you go to view or edit properties for an item you see all of the columns.
The way to create item/document specific properties/columns is to create Content Types. Basically, it sounds like each of the views you created should instead each be created as different Content Types. Each Content Type can have its own defined set of columns/properties.
I would recommend doing some reading and research on Content Types.