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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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Catherine Feldman's avatar
Catherine Feldman
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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 

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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

  • Marco Henrichs's avatar
    Marco Henrichs
    Copper Contributor
    May 08, 2023

    Why is this still not fixed? We have the same functionality when it comes to files shared with me. So I am certain that an implementation is not a big deal. Can you Catherine Feldman or StephenRice give us an update on this? Thank you.

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    kcsmith88
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 01, 2020

    HiCatherine Feldman 

    It's been 6 months since my last post on this topic, and still no sorting options for "Shared by me" files in OneDrive.  Is this still on Microsoft's radar?  It would be very useful.  It seems like it wouldn't be too difficult to implement as this feature is already available on the "Share with me" section.

     

    Thanks!

     - Kurt Smith

  • Catherine Feldman's avatar
    Catherine Feldman
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    Dec 16, 2019

    Hi Kurt (kcsmith88 ) - Thanks for piling on with the feedback. We agree this makes sense to have as functionality in this view and have it on our radar. If you have other feedback to share about either Shared By Me or Shared With Me please do let us know and we will take it all into consideration. 

     

    Cheers,

    Catherine 

  • kcsmith88's avatar
    kcsmith88
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 11, 2019

    HiCatherine Feldman 

     

    It looks like lots of people are very patiently waiting for some "Shared by Me" sorting options.  I'd like to add to the wish list.  It would be great if I could search by "to whom shared".  This isn't exactly a sorting option, but in a way it is.  It's more of a filter.  I'd like to see every file and folder that I've shared to a particular person.  I'm sure others would value this feature as well.

     

    Thank you for considering this.

     

     - Kurt

  • Catherine Feldman's avatar
    Catherine Feldman
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    Aug 16, 2019

    Hi Annie02 ,

     

    No problem at all! Thanks for sharing your feedback - it helps us ensure we can prioritize implementing this functionality in an expedited fashion. We will share updates as soon as possible.

     

    Cheers,

    Catherine

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