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Oz Oscroft
Sep 12, 2017Iron Contributor
Export document library meta-data to Excel
Hi all - how do I export meta-data from a document library in SharePoint online to Excel? It used to be easy in previous versions of SharePoint when you had the ribbon, but I can't find the 'Export ...
CarstenB
Sep 12, 2017Iron Contributor
What is missing for you with the Quick Edit view? (not troling, just asking)
Oz Oscroft
Sep 20, 2017Iron Contributor
Hi Carsten - when you export it creates a link in Excel to the source information in SharePoint. When you update any info. in SharePoint it automatically updates in Excel. Using copy & paste from Quick Edit doesn't have this link so you'd need to go through all the manual steps every time you wanted to report on the current situation.