May 11 2021 11:53 AM
In SharePoint Online, when I drag a picture into a page, the picture is stored in the SiteAssets library. Also, if I upload a file to the Quick Links web part, they are stored in SiteAssets.
However, whenever I drag a PDF/DOCX/PPTX/video into the page, the file is uploaded to the "Documents" library (same folder for all the pages). This storage location ends up quite messy. I noticed that this always happens, when the File Viewer web part is used to display the uploaded file. Also, if I add the File Viewer web part manually and upload a file it is stored in "Documents" instead of SiteAssets.
How can I change the behavior such that files uploaded to the File Viewer web part are stored in the SiteAssets folder of the page?
May 12 2021 06:02 AM
May 14 2021 06:37 AM
@Susan Hanley I understand that some use cases the upload to SiteAssets is not the desired behavior. Nonetheless, in our case, I think it is the better option. I think there should be a way to decide where uploads shall be stored and it should be consistent for different data types and web apps (otherwise it confuses the users). Especially, when the uploads are placed in the Documents root directory, this leads to a gigantic mess with hundreds of unrelated files in the same place.
May 14 2021 07:03 AM
Mar 15 2023 02:32 AM
Mar 15 2023 06:29 AM
@JaneauJanssen I don't know if this has changed recently, but it is at least consistent with other web parts that do the same thing (even if it would be my first choice to give the user an option of where the document should be stored). This is why I always train people to upload to the library of your choice FIRST and THEN use a web part to reference the document on a page.