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Rob Bowman
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Mar 13, 2018

Shared by me - No Sorting Options?

Really excited to see the much awaited Shared By Me in OneDrive for Business. We definitely see the benefits and will use this in our continued effort to educate users on why they should share a docu...
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StephenRice
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Hi sarfraz536,

 

There is no sorting/filtering in Shared By Me today but this is certainly a request we have heard and are looking at. I'll make sure to pass this along as well :) Thanks!

 

Stephen Rice

OneDrive Program Manager II

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sarfraz536
Copper Contributor
Jul 22, 2019
Thanks for the response.
  • Annie02's avatar
    Annie02
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 13, 2019

    It's now August 2019 and I've gone seeking a solution to the sorting/filtering dilemma for Shared by me...still nothing...nearly 1.5 years later since StephenRice first reply on 13.03.18 to Rob Bowman initial query and subsequent comments.  On 19.05.19 another SP user njgyomtov  and sarfraz536 noted that nothing has changed and again on 22.07.19 asking for a response.

     

    Totally appreciate that it takes time and resources to make changes to a program. And I also understand the concept of prioritisation...but this is a fundamental request...why can't the configuration be set up in the same way as Shared with me or any other list capabilities in SP?

    Its a total pain in the posterior in terms of locating items I've shared but hey, it's a third world problem and it's not the end of the world, it would just make things a lot easier.

    Look forward to hearing an ETA on a fix for this one.

    Thanks for reading. 

    • Catherine Feldman's avatar
      Catherine Feldman
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      Aug 13, 2019

      Hi Annie02,

       

      Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback on this experience. We are actively working on adding sort functionality to Shared By Me and hear your need to be able to sort this view. We don't have an exact ETA for it currently, but know that we are actively working to improve the view to support sorting.

       

      How many files do your users share on average? Any other considerations as we are working to improve this experience? 

       

      Cheers,

      Catherine 

      • Annie02's avatar
        Annie02
        Copper Contributor
        Aug 14, 2019

        Hi Catherine Feldman Thanks for your speedy response and I appreciate your honesty in terms of not having a definite ETA for the fix.

         

        It would be very difficult to know even approximate number of files shared due to GDPR but I would hazard a guess that it would be hundreds on a daily basis. Having sort/filter functionality for Shared by me, and even an A-Z Name sort capability would be really helpful, as I would use Shared by me to open documents too.

         

        Again, I really appreciate you taking the time to come back to me and will eagerly await the fix implementation (in the near future hopefully!).

         

        Kind regards

        Ann

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