Copying a document to another folder, from the document itself
It seems that MS is missing the functionality to copy a document to another folder, from the document itself. When working in a Google Doc you can use the 'file' drop down to 'add shortcut to drive', which then allows you to add a copy of the document to any of your Google folders. This is especially helpful when collaborating on a document created by a member of another team (within their own folder structure) and you want to add a copy/shortcut of that document into your teams' folder structure. Does anyone know if this is indeed missing or a way to do this?
SharePoint copying files back to originating folder in off hours
Hi all, I work in IT, and we have employees using SharePoint to collaborate on work orders. Their work flow is to create the work order in a folder for new jobs, and after edits are made, they're moved out of the new jobs folder into the parent folder. Our employees are noticing that the edits that are made to the work order sync just fine across employees, but sometimes the file will copy and place itself back into the new jobs folder even after it was moved. Usually this happens in off hours around 10pm-2am and we're struggling to figure out why. My assumption is that someone has it open on their computer originating from the new jobs folder and it syncs during off hours, putting itself back in the new jobs folder thinking it belongs there. I'm not exactly sure how SharePoint works, though, so I figured I'd ask the question here to get a more educated answer. Would that be the cause, or could it be a general issue in how the folders are being updated? Why would it sync just fine for everyone, and then suddenly copy itself back to where it was first created?
How can I save a Downloaded document - directly to a SharePoint Document Library from File Explorer
Hello Can you help? We are using Teams and SharePoint document libraries, but we need to be able to save downloaded files directly into the folder structure in SharePoint. Scenario:- Basically we have download a file from the internet - for example a statement from the bank, when it starts to download it asks you to save the file, and you can choose a local folder on your computer or a Shared location on your network via a mapped drive, I need to be able to save a file directly to the SharePoint library, but when you try to paste the link id for the SharePoint folder in the Windows file explorer save window is not able to connect to the sharepoint site? Is this possible , if not why not? Is there a way round this, the only way I can think of is saving the file to your desktop then uploading the file to SharePoint then deleting the file? Seems bizarre with the push to Teams and SharePoint that this function is not available, it just adds more steps and duplication of files on the local machine and SharePoint. I do know you can sync the SharePoint document library with Overdrive so the document library is listed in your file explorer window, but the problem with this is if your on a slow internet connection and the sync is taking ages to upload your changes but you have a business requirement for the documents to be there immediately because you don't have the required time to let the sync take place, not being able to save directly is slowing the business down. Also say you have a sharepoint site the whole company uses, you save the file to the onedrive synced folders then the file has to sync to online but also sync on everyone else computers, so on your machine there is a upload happening, surely it would be better to save to the online first and then let your machine sync and download the changes? If you can save to online first the file is there available for everyone via Sharepoint online if they need it now. Hope this makes sense, am I missing something here? I haven't been able to find a clear answer, please help thanks.