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Anthony-123
Iron Contributor
Jun 18, 2024

What is going on with LISTS?

All of the sudden, one of our SharePoint Lists has completely changed its appearance and function. It has more of the new list style now. We have to change this back to retain its functionality immediately.  

 

I found this post about the change https://oneminuteofficemagic.com/2024/05/10/new-list-view-layout-in-sharepoint-online/comment-page-1 

 

Apparently using Power Automate to add something to a List no longer works. Thanks for breaking a workflow that's been the core of our operations for over three years.   

 

 

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER. I CAN NOT BELIEVE MICROSOFT IS ADMINS OVER SO HARD LIKE THIS. GIVE US BACK SHAREPOINT LISTS!!

THIS IS UNUSABLE!!!!

OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION RUNS OFF SHAREPOINT LISTS AND NOW WE CAN NOT USE IT. WHY DO YOU INSIST ON INCREASING COMPLEXITY AND DECREASING USABILITY? STOP MAKING MY JOB HARDER EVERY SINGLE DAY. 

 

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  • grant_jenkins's avatar
    grant_jenkins
    Steel Contributor

    We are starting to see this change across our business too and not a good experience. A lot of our custom list/view formatting is breaking, which is causing havoc, the ability for people to clear our filtered views is horrible, and the tabs (views) across the top are also not great, especially when you have a lot of custom views. In addition, the filters labels are showing the internal names of our columns (how hard can it be to get this right).

    We are only seeing the new MS List view in some of our SharePoint lists and only for certain users which is making it an even worse experience. We have approx. 50k users, so a massive impact for us.

    Please provide us a way to disable this change until you fix everything (should have been done before the initial rollout).

  • There are also changes in the standard form layout. We see less columns than before and the comments are always ON. I ha really bad comments from our users. They want their old UI back.
  • Anthony-123's avatar
    Anthony-123
    Iron Contributor

    Update from Microsoft support:

    The core functionality of SharePoint Lists has been updated to resemble Microsoft Lists. It’s important to note that rolling back the core functionality of SharePoint Lists to a previous state cannot be possible.  

     

    Microsoft has removed Wiki which we relied upon HEAVILY for organization instructions. 

    Microsoft is changing Power Automate which I work in EVERY DAY to build automated workflows. 

    Now they've altered a core platform that 500 people rely upon to observe and maintain thousands of projects around the world.  

     

    It has become readily apparent that we have made the wrong choice to partner with (pay for) Microsoft to build and sustain our business. I'm exhausted with having to undo and research alternatives to things Microsoft has killed or broken. This is not what my job should be. 

    • AndyM4c's avatar
      AndyM4c
      Copper Contributor
      The core functionality of SharePoint Lists has been updated to resemble Microsoft Lists. It’s important to note that rolling back the core functionality of SharePoint Lists to a previous state cannot be possible.

      Meaning it is possible but we wont do it so there
    • rgentile's avatar
      rgentile
      Brass Contributor
      Dare I ask what changes they are making to Power Automate? I use it regularly too.
      • Anthony-123's avatar
        Anthony-123
        Iron Contributor
        There's what's called New Designer now with a toggle on the top right. I have to assume you've encountered this by now. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/flows-designer

        Sometimes the toggle on the top right is there, sometimes it's not. If not, you can change the end of the page URL from &v3=true to &v3=false

        To keep a flow in classic designer, add a comment to the trigger and save it.

        For now, this is working but I'm just waiting for the shoe to drop. I have tried the new designer and it's just atrocious and inefficient. I'm still relatively new to Power Automate but in the past four years, I've learned how to work with the platform. They're now asking / mandating people relearn the platform and retrain their brains to work with something that's slower, less intuitive, and less logical. Practically, they're squeezing a drafting table down to the size of a cell phone screen.

        It's a weekly, if not daily, occurrence now that Microsoft rolls out some update that just adds inefficiencies to my job. I can not think of a single thing they've implemented that was helpful to me in any way.
  • AndyM4c's avatar
    AndyM4c
    Copper Contributor

    I had a simple set of lists for various sites across the country that we used to track the movements of backup tapes. Nothing flashy and no formulas in the spreadsheet. Everything worked fine until today.

     

    The list of views used to appear in a drop down menu now it appears every view has its own tab.

    The filter stayed remembered the last state in that if the filter was open when you closed the page it would still be open when you logged in again. Now you have to click on the filter icon every single time.

     

    When updating the date column if you change the 1st cell then drag down to update the rest of the column random red flag errors appear saying there is an error in the cell. This never happened before.

     

    And last but not least if you hit ctrl +p to print the page as a pdf most of the time only the first column of data appears but if you close and repeat a few times (usually no more than 2 or 3) suddenly all the data on the page miraculously appears in the pdf.

     

    I know and understand Microsoft can make whatever changes they want to their products and we choose to use them but come on guys these changes  look like someone forgot to lock the desktop when they went for a comfort break and someone fraped their code

    • AndyM4c's avatar
      AndyM4c
      Copper Contributor
      When updating the date column if you change the 1st cell then drag down to update the rest of the column random red flag errors appear saying there is an error in the cell. This never happened before.

      On further digging these red flags are sync issues and appear at random when updating any format of cell using the drag down menu. Meaning if a user isn't paying attention and doesn't notice this flag then the relevant cell they thought was updated with new data isn't.. This is potentially an extremely serious issue for organisations with a large number of users who are using lists for high volume data management.
  • rgentile's avatar
    rgentile
    Brass Contributor
    I am struggling with this change as well. In my case, when a SharePoint list displays like a Microsoft List the Gallery layout option is not available so my JSON formatting no longer works.

    I tried forcing the list to display in SharePoint as suggested at the URL below, but the SharePoint List still displays as a Microsoft List. I have tried this with lists on different tenants. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/sharepoint-now-displays-as-microsoft-lists/2f6d7cca-1e10-4925-b700-a9dca326df2b.

    Also, on the same SharePoint site some lists display as a Microsoft List and other lists display as a SharePoint List.

    Quite frustrating indeed.
    • ProzirB's avatar
      ProzirB
      Copper Contributor
      Workaround:
      In order to get the "Gallery" view option back, create a new Page and add the List view webpart. Configure the webpart and select your desired List. This should display the usual List ribbon (SharePoint List UI). Now you can create a new view as a Gallery and Save it. Navigate to your List from Site Contents and your newly created "Gallery" view should be available there and you can apply your formatting as usual. Hope this helps.
      • AskSaurabh's avatar
        AskSaurabh
        Icon for Microsoft rankMicrosoft

        Regarding "Gallery layout option is not available" issue please note that the Gallery is now available as a View. To setup Gallery view, click on "+ Add view" and select Gallery. Hope that helps.

    • Anthony-123's avatar
      Anthony-123
      Iron Contributor
      I really hate when Microsoft makes needless changes just to create confusion and frustration and loss of productivity for my staff. And more work for me.

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