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Apr 17, 2019

Update: Document Sets in Modern Document Libraries

I am pleased to announce some updates on the plan and timeline for improving the Document Set experience in modern document libraries. In January, we communicated a March delivery date for thes...

Copper Contributor

Aug 27, 2019

@WackMac50 that is correct. That blog only shows you how to get the modern experience when inside a document set. The Welcome page and its webparts are only in classic mode today. I don't think Microsoft has any roadmap information on when modern will be available for the Welcome page.

For now, any metadata you have with your document set, they are ALL listed in the detail/info pane on the right. If you have 6 to 12, it is tolerable. If you have 80+, it is difficult to control the user experience. "Edit all" is a good way to open up a cleaner interface. But if the user only has Read access to the document set, they have to use the detail/info pane on the right to view the document set metadata. There is no "View all".

Ryan_McConville

Brass Contributor

Oct 23, 2019

LincolnDeMaris

Hi Lincoln

Is there a way to have calculated column values display in the details/information pane for modern document sets?

I’ve tried adding the calculated columns as welcome page columns, but they don’t appear in the details/information pane.

There are certain calculated column values that my users need to copy to clipboard and paste in documents (eg case reference no), and unfortunately this can’t be done directly from the column in document libraries (although you can in lists via right click).

I was hoping to have the calculated fields appear in the document set details/information pane so my users could highlight/copy/paste that way.