Viewing files (without folders)

[hjKGag]

Hi, I am part of a Teams channel. And we have many files and folders there.

There is one particular folder that has many sub-folders and files in it. I would like to view (only) all the files (inc. all the files in those sub-folders) all at once.

For this, I tried creating a view where I configured it to show without folders. But, when I come back to the relevant Teams channel and open that view, nothing is loaded, i.e., no files and no folders are shown. Maybe I am doing it wrong.

I look forward to a resolution, if any. Thank you!

[#2]

Hello Gag,

Thanks for your contribution to asking questions we are happy to help your needs or concerns and questions.

Regarding:
"For this, I tried creating a view where I configured it to show without folders. But, when I come back to the relevant Teams channel and open that view, nothing is loaded, i.e., no files and no folders are shown. Maybe I am doing it wrong."


Could you explain the steps a little more clearly and further so we can help you out? 🙂


The issue may lie in the folder settings itself.

[#3]

bryson,

thanks for the reply.

these are the steps I followed:
- open the relevant folder in sharepoint
- i click on the tab where i can create a new view
- then i open the same tab to edit this new view, the only change i make to is the default configuration in the 'folders or flat'. i change it to "Show all items without folders", and click enter
- what happens now is that i am redirected to 'Documents'.
- i go back to my sharepoint folder, and then click on the new view i created
- but, then nothing is shown or loaded

maybe this is the expected behaviour. perhaps the use case i am looking for does not exist, as the files i like to see in that folder (that particular folder is also within another folder). i wanted to confirm if i am looking at it right. thanks for the guidance.