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versioning fails when copying
Hi mtarler,
I thought a custom permission level would work but it did not. I could not find a site, document library or versioning setting that would help either.
This is not ideal, but you can create a trigger to notify you when a file is deleted using Power Automate. This will provide an opportunity to intervene and restore the file (and version history) from the site recycle bin.
I hope this helps.
Norm
Hello mtarler and Deleted,
This is interesting behavior and not what I would have expected. I've reached out to others for confirmation of the behavior. I will follow up when I hear back
I hope this helps.
Norm
Norman Youngthank you for looking into this. I have some more information to add:
If you map a network drive to sharepoint I found everything appears to work correctly from there. Specifically:
a) copying a file from another library to the controlled library (both using file explorer windows) will say 'no' if it isn't checked out or create a new version if it is checked out and you 'over write'.
b) copying from another library using file explorer and dragging to edge window with controlled library will also create a new version when you over write a checked out file
also interestingly:
a) in the mapped drive in file explorer you can rename a file in a controlled library without checking it out
b) you can right click (or ctrl click) to copy a file you are dragging (in edge it will only move the file using the click and drag)
c) a down side to using the mapped drive in file explorer appears to be the inability to check out/ check in documents (although you are prompted when you open documents and such)