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Sharepoint Document Library- Metadata
Hi, We have a document library in which the requirement is to add 20+ custom columns (Meta data). Adding custom columns (Meta data) to document libary helps to search the documents easily by provi...
There are limitations around the use of columns. These are described in this article (written for SharePoint 2013 but still applicable as far as I know)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396#Column
I don't think you will run into the technical limits described in the article above.
A potential downside of this many columns is they ultimately have to be filled with data. If some person is required to fill in all those columns manually the experience might not be that good. If an automated proces is used to fill in the columns this is less of a concern.