I am writing our company policies and would like to store them on a site only accessible by senior management. I have created a company handbook as a Sharepoint site that is accessible by all staff.
I would like to show on one of these pages, the word versions of the policies using a web part - file viewer. When I use the web part, I navigate to the other site and select the file in the pop up asking me to select the file.
Once selected I get an error message that says:
I would appreciate someone giving me a pointer on this. Is it because it is coming from another site and limited to only 3 members where the place I am trying to show it is seen by the whole organisation?
If this is the case, what would you guys suggest? I don't want staff to be able to see the folders or interact with where the policies are stored, I just want them to be able to read the policies.
@Adamhumbug So I did test out a scenario using File Viewer web part on a Site page and I was able to see the file in File Viewer web part using "From a Link" option. Here is the scenario that worked for me.
- Site 1: https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 -> Document Library TestDocLib1 -> Word Document TestWordDoc1.docx -> All Company users have Read Permissions on this Document (But no one has been given link to this site so they don't know where this document is coming from)
- Site 2: https://contoso.sharepint.com/sites/companypolicies -> Pages Library -> Created a New Site Page -> Added a "File Viewer" web part -> In the pop up to choose the file, I chose "From a Link" option and then provided URL of the document TestWordDoc1.docx from Site1 here.
- Look at the warning message above "This isn't a file from your site, so it may have different access permissions. Make sure that your site members can view it." . This is to ensure that the users have permissions to access the file in other site.