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I can't find my favorite documents (star) in my SharePoint
Hi All, I have marked some documents as favorites (using star) in my SharePoint online. And now I can't find those documents. In the left sidebar when I click on "My list", Favorite is empty. Where and how can I find my documents that I have marked as favorites? Thanks a lot.
SharePoint Classic Templates
Hello community! So we all know that classic sites need to be converted to modern sites, however, if you have a site that was built on a classic template (but has since been converted to a modern site), do you really need to do anything else? I could honestly give less of a crap what happens to classic templates, I just want to make sure that my site which was originally built on a classic template isn't in jeopardy. My knee-jerk reaction is "no" because otherwise there would be thousands upon thousands of sites that likely break. Thoughts, feelings, and opinions appreciated. Thanks!
Restrict shareing files in a document library to members of that document library
Hi, I have a site with multiple document libraries, lets call them Accounts, Managers and General. Each document library has removed inheritance and the Members and Visitors groups removed and a security group added with edit permission. e.g. SP_Managers group Is there a way for me to be able to restrict sharing links to files to only users that already have access to the document library? i.e. someone in the Managers library can only share a link with others with access to that document library. In my current case, if someone in the managers library (who is a member of the SP_Managers security group to get access) shares a file with a general user (not in the security group), that general user can not only access the shared document but, can now see the Managers Document library listed in SharePoint (Not any content) which I don't want to happen. Another option may be to make it so the top level folder isn't visible to non members even if a file is shared (I don't know if that is possible either) but the restricting of sharing would be a better soloution. Thanks for any advice Ian
Microsoft Lists, bad links at pictures
About a year ago, I created a list in Microsoft Lists and filled a "Picture" column with photos. It's now located at https://lists.live.com/. The images stopped displaying in March 2025 and several times before that. Only a placeholder image with an ID (e.g., "https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/5a9a22e9-7005-4772-a54f-9ca6434db3bb?platform=QnA") is shown. The problem occurs in the browser (Chrome), in the Lists desktop application, and in the Android app. I've tried it on three PCs and two mobile devices, and the problem appears the same everywhere. I suspect there's something wrong with the link between the image in the list and the Microsoft server. How can this problem be solved? When clicking on a corrupt picture/link I end in a new browser tab showing this: { "error": { "code": "invalidRequest", "message": "Invalid request" } }
JSON for list form body
JSON for list form body. Hello all, I am looking to conigure tge layout of the list form into sections, nothing fancy, just section heading with nominated fields. However i would like to also specify fields per row, and if there is a single field on a row iy measures the full width etc. Here is a sample of JSON i am using. Could someone please advise on inclusions to achieve tge above? "sections": [ { "displayname": "", "fields": [ "Title", "Hyperlink" ] }, { "displayname": "", "fields": [ "Title", "Hyperlink" ] }, { "displayname": "Primary Category", "fields": [ "Primary Technical Function" ] }, { "displayname": "Related Categories", "fields": [ "Related Technical Functions", "Related Supporting Functions" ] } ] }InvalidRequest Error for Attachments in Personal Microsoft Lists
Hello Community, I’m experiencing a persistent issue with Microsoft Lists (personal account, accessed via web on Windows 11 using Microsoft Edge). Problem: All attachments in my personal Lists return the following error when clicked: {"error":{"code":"invalidRequest","message":"Invalid request"}} This happens for both my oldest and recently uploaded attachments. This does NOT happen to NEW list items as of today and onwards I verified that attachments were successfully uploaded at the time, but now none are accessible. Age of my uploads stretch from 2023 to this time Environment: Windows 11 (fully updated) Microsoft Edge (latest version) Lists accessed via web (not the app) Personal Microsoft account (not work/school) No recent migration, rename, or permissions changes. Steps Tried: Renamed the list (removed special character “ø” from the name). Uploaded new attachments Checked that both my sub-items are inaccessible (attachment and personal attachment fields used separately from item to item. No double uploads) Checked OneDrive and Recycle Bin — no attachments visible. No access to “Site contents” since this is a personal account. Questions: Is this a known issue with personal Lists attachments? Are attachments stored in a hidden folder in OneDrive/SharePoint for personal accounts? If so, what is the usual path? Is there any way to recover these attachments or fix the invalidRequest error? Impact: I used Lists to manage and store receipts, and now all attachments appear broken. This is critical for my workflow. Any guidance or escalation would be greatly appreciated!
Different languages in different sites
Hi, My Sharepoint sites are appearing in multi languages and it's really annoying. I have changed my account language in to Japanese once and then changed back to English. However, almost sites still appears in Japanese. Could anyone guide me away to change back to English for all. Thank you,Heading styles appearing differently on SharePoint Online
I’ve noticed that the heading styles are now appearing differently on SharePoint – has anyone else noticed this? Heading 2 now looks like heading 3, heading 3 now looks like heading 4, and heading 4 looks really small. I assume it's something that been rolled out recently (this week?). I have only checked in Edge as I don't have Chrome set up on my work computer, but I wondered if anyone else has noticed this? Has there been an update to heading styles across SharePoint Online? (And if there's a better place to ask this question, please let me know. This is the first time I've posted on this forum.)
Get the URL behind link items in SharePoint document library via REST API
I have a custom web part that I can connect to different data sources (e.g SharePoint Document Libraries). Then I can map the item properties from that document library to one of my different view templates. The problem is when I add a Link item (external Url) in that document library, I cannot find an item property that stores the external Url. Right now I get the item properties via SharePoint REST API. I checked the values of FileRef and EncodedAbsUrl, but these are URLs pointing to the SharePoint document library file, and not to the external URL. After some investigations, I've seen in the dev tools (F12) Network tab, there's a call to https://{siteurl}/_api/SP.Utilities.ShortcutLink.GetShortcutLink(@a1)?@a1={siteUrl}/Shared%20Documents/http://www.dummysite.com.url which will retrieve the actual linked external URL, but this not a good option for me, since making another REST call for each item will impact my performance. So is there any item property that I could expand to get the external URL, via REST API?Calculate difference of days
I have two columns in a SP list. One is called 'Date Started' and the other one is called 'Date Ended'. I would like to calculate the difference in days. The problem I am facing is that the 'Date Ended' column has a timestamp whilst the other column does not. I only want to know the amount of days passed and dont need anything with the timestamp really.Order of Server Shutdown and Restart in SharePoint Farm
Hello, I'm planing to restart my company Sharepoint 2019 farm, and i need to know if there is an order to respect in shutdown and starting the servers. The farm is composed of Two Database server in Failover cluster, App Server, Web Frontal Server, Search server and Office Online server. Thank you
Validation rule for postal code is being ignored
In the SharePoint list, there is a column “Country” and a column “Postal Code.” A validation rule has been configured in the list validation settings to ensure that when the country “Germany” is selected, only postal codes with exactly 5 digits can be saved. Currently, this validation rule is being completely ignored. Regardless of whether the postal code contains fewer, more, or no digits at all, the entry can always be saved. The validation does not take effect. Expected Behavior: When Germany is selected in the Country field, the entry should only be saved if the postal code contains exactly 5 numeric characters. If the input is invalid, an appropriate error message should appear and prevent saving. Actual Behavior: The validation rule is ignored. All inputs — including invalid postal codes — are saved. No error message is displayed. Impact: Incorrect or incomplete data is stored in the list. Manual corrections are required afterward, causing additional effort and increasing the risk of errors. The english version of formule we used =IF([Land]="Deutschland", IF(LEN([Postleitzahl])=5, 1, 0)) Why doesn't the validation work? Thank you in advance for your comments !Quick links webpart will not open link
Hi, I'm new to Sharepoint and trying to create a simple site using sharepoing on web. I'm having issues with quick link webpart. I have created multiple links with custom image icon(see below) and assigned links to a different page within the same site. The issue is after publish none of the links work when user clicks on any of the icon link. If however I link to a document it opens fine. What might be issue here?Column width resize in modern list
I am using modern list, and it is truly great, very well designed. Anyway, I am using 6~7 columns, and "title" column's width is unnecessarily long, thus i have to scroll right to see entire columns. I've tried resize title column's width and saved it, but when I go back and come again, width sizing is not saved. Is there any way to save this resized width or setting defalut width of columns?PnP Search Results Handlebars template saves but does not reflect on UI
Hi everyone, I am working with the PnP Search Results web part in SharePoint Online and facing an issue where a custom Handlebars result template saves successfully but does not reflect on the UI. I created a table-style Handlebars template with columns Document, Region, Country, Language, Status and Validation Date, one row per document. Documents are returned correctly and filters based on the same refinable properties work as expected. Debug output using JSONstringify(item) confirms that all refinable values are present. The same if-condition logic using item.RefinableStringXX works in a list-style layout, but in a table layout the template saves without errors and either does not reflect on the UI or renders rows with empty metadata columns. Inline bindings do not render unless wrapped in if blocks and even after fixing this the UI sometimes continues to show the previous layout. Managed property mappings, selected properties, indexing and library reindexing have already been verified. Has anyone experienced this behavior with PnP Search Results templates or knows if this is related to caching, result types overriding templates or a known limitation with table-style Handlebars layouts?
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