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What SharePoint library columns might be recognized as columns (details/fields) in File Explorer?
Bear in mind, I'm no expert...
What SharePoint library columns might be recognized as columns (details/fields) in File Explorer for Windows 10? I've found that if I set up a Single Line of Text co...
I have almost the same question, however I did not find the answer here.
My collegues would like to start using metadata but also want to synchronize the document library they work with on a regular basis with their PC (in case Internet does not work when they want to access a document).
Unfortunately, none of the metadata colums we add seem to be available in the explorer, which makes it kind of difficult to find documents in long lists.
What am I missing?
I add a printscreen (example) of what we see in both situations.
There is nothing you are missing.
In short:
- SharePoint additional columns are mapped to document properties for Office files and hence are visible locally in the backstage of the Office application when the synced file is opened.
- SharePoint additional columns are, in general, NOT mapped to document properties for non-Office files (e.g. PDFs). In the article that I referenced in a previous post in this thread are listed the file types for which additional properties could be actually mapped. Again, not PDFs.
- In any case, additional properties are not visible as columns in File Explorer.
Hope it helps...