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SharePoint published content type & template query
MicrosoftSeems like the template is not identified from the repository of templates from another SC. Cant you create a separate library in CTH hub site collection. for this solution, Can you ensure that all have access to template location.
Once you have rechecked all this, pleas republish the Content type and test is tomorrow. You must wait for all changes to cascade to all site collections.
Thanks... is that some sort of bug or is it not possible to link to the library in another SC? Surely it must be possible - given that they allow you to specify a URL?
- Ashish Ranjan
I dont think you can provide another site collection url. But also agree that if allows to add an url from another SC, which can be confusing. With following article, it seems that the template must reside in same Site collection.
- We ended up with a solution using workflow and Azure Functions to copy the templates from the content type hub to the same location in all other Site Collections. When the file is update in the CTH it is then pushed out again to all sites. You then use a relative link so it is always pointing to a local doc library.
It's not ideal but was the only way to make this work.
Alternatively, you could use the framework extensions to add your own template picker in the document libraries with your own custom picker. You can also pass through to Office the source library so save defaults to the correct location.
