Deleting Folders as part of retention
I have a query about how to delete empty folders after retention policy has been applied. Some users set up folders in document libraries. Regardless of whether we apply retention at library or folder level, only the files within the folder will delete at the specified time but the actual (now empty) folder remains. How can we automatically get SharePoint to delete the empty folder as well as the files with in? I've seen a solution to create a flow but that will delete any empty folder, not just the ones where files have come to the end of their retention.
Show the total number of files in a SharePoint library
My users (non developers) are often complaining that it is so hard in SharePoint to show: - The total number of files (not items) in a library I know that its possible to see the total number of items if I go to "site contents" and find the document library there. But this includes the folders. Often people are interested how many files are there. Is there any way to do this? - The total number of files inside a folder In the Windows Explorer I can right click a folder and see the number of files in the details. But in SharePoint I can only show the top level children via changing the view: But this info is worthless for most of the people. They want to see the number of files including all sub folders. - Is there a way to archive this? We have huge document libraries and it is not recommended to sync those via OneDrive client. This would be a (bad) way to archive what we need via Windows Explorer. But there must be a way in SharePoint how to do this that does not require a PowerShell skript. Any idea how to (easily, for normal users) do this in the GUI?Search of new folder (library) not working for some users
Hi All, My client has requested I create multiple document libraries for them by adding folders and subfolders for each requested topic/subject. The client uses the search function for each document library to either search the document library as a whole or to search the respective (sub-) folder. Creating new libraries/folders has worked successfully since the beginning of the year and we had no problems with the search. Recently, when we add new folders in already existing document libraries, the "Search this Library" search does not show results for certain users. The creator of the library can generally search the library. However other users (owners and members alike) cannot search this library. All the current advice provided by Microsoft (re-indexing...etc.) under the following link (and all relevant links in this area of the site) does not solve the problem: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/search/search-results-missing Any new ideas out there concerning this problem? Any support would be much appreciated!SharePoint Online - Security Groups - Inheritance
Hello, I have on interesting question about SharePoint Online and Security Groups. I site for example "Customer", where is document library. In that library is folder "IT" and in that folder are two subfolders "Administrative" and "Technician". Folder "IT" - two security groups SG_ALL_READ everyone in this security group have permission read folder IT members of this groups: SG_ADM_RW SG_TECH_RW SG_ADM_FC everyone in this security group have permission full control in the folder "IT" members of this groups are users administrators Subfolder "Administrative" - Inheritance is disabled SG_ADM_RW members of this groups are users from administrative with permission read and write Subfolder "Technician" - Inheritance is disabled SG_TECH_RW members of this groups are users technicians with permission read and write When administrator from security group SG_ADM_FC will create new subfolder in folder "IT", for example "Others", this folder "Others" will automatically inherit security groups SG_ALL_READ and SG_ADM_FC. Which means that all users (administrators, users from administrative, users technician) have access for new folder "Other" (no matter what permission). My questions is: Is there any way how to tell security group SG_ALL_READ "do not automatically inherit yourself" when new subfolder is created? This scenario is for regular users. That is why I need this. I know me as administrator can do it but I need something more easier for regular user. I tried to create diagram .. hope it is understandable :-). Thank you very much for your help!!SharePoint Online Access Rights on Shared Folders.
Hello! We have a web-site on SharePoint Online, specially dedicated for our developers team, and i have a specific request from them. Teams asking me: can we make a specific access rights for the clients where they can upload files in the shared folders, but can't delete same files afterwards. What i need to have for this?List items not saving in folders
Morning all - tearing my hair out with this one! Here's the scenario: Using SharePoint Online. I've created a list using site content types to collect relevant fields of data dependent on the content type. I've enabled folders in the list so that I can control view / edit access at folder level. Here's the problem: I select a folder to go into it. Click the '+New' button and select the relevant content type. Complete the relevant fields and click Save. The list item saves in the root of the list, not the folder I was in when I clicked the New button. I've also noticed that when I right-click on a folder there's no 'Rename' option as there would be in a Document Library. There's an Edit option which shows the path and folder name, but no option to change it. It's as if the list is treating the folder as a list item and not a folder. I really hope someone can help as this is causing me real headaches! Thanks as always. Oz
user gets access denied when adding new document in folder
0down votehttps://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/225550/user-gets-access-denied-when-adding-new-document-in-folder# In my SharePoint 2013 environment I have a site where the admin user group has design rights + security management rights. A readers permission group has read access on the site. I have a document library with one folder. On the folder I break the inheritance and give the readers group contribute access. When the user from the readers groups wants to add a new document (Ribbon --> new document --> document) he gets a pop-up with an access denied message. Why can't the user add a new document with contribute access?
