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Communications Site "Promote Page" feature flaw
- Quick edit will only work in a “flat” view. Only the default All Pages view of Site Pages is flat, so be sure you are looking at a flat view. Or, in a grouped view that has items grouped by Promoted State, you should be able to select and drag items between groups. That will also “re-set” the Promoted State.
I'm not able to add grouping by promoted state, even though the field is visible. Am I doing something wrong? It just isn't a choice.
Also, could anyone tell me what a Promoted State value of 1 means?
Try doing this from the "front end." Use the dropdown in the view to "Group by Promoted State" and then select "Save as" and save to the current view.
I am pretty sure that Promoted State = 1 is for unpublished pages.
Susan_Hanley thank you for taking the time to explain in such detail. I never knew such a thing existed! That worked perfectly, THANK YOU!
You will not see this in the check list until you "expose" the field from the modern front end. First, from the Site Pages library (I usually start with the All Pages view), select + Add column. Then, from that drop down, select Show/hide columns. You will now see Promoted State as an option and you can select it and then be sure to save the view. Once you have done this, you can group by Promoted State (from the "front end," not from Edit View) and then save the view again using the "modern" Save As experience. This should do it!
The field "Promoted State" does not appear in the drop down.
I have the field shown in the view too. It is also not available to filter on, only to view.
