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A Document Library in SharePoint is a centralized repository for storing and organizing documents, such as Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, images, videos, and more. It provides a secure and structured location to store, manage, and share files with team members, or others. It also offers features such as version control, content approval workflows, metadata management, and search capabilities.
Requirement: On a huge document library, We needed to analyze all documents stored and figure out what files are taking up the most space to move documents into individual libraries/folders, as this larger library causes latency issues. PowerShell script to generate storage metrics report on SharePoint library: Are you looking for a…
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Requirement: Enable item level permissions in SharePoint document library. SharePoint Lists provide item level security options such as “Read items that were created by the user” or “Create items and edit items that were created by the user” under “Advanced Settings” page in SharePoint list settings. But you don’t get these options…
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Problem:Metadata navigation settings in the SharePoint document library is missing! Metadata navigation makes it easier to find and dynamically filter content in large lists and libraries. Once enabled, it uses a navigation tree in the quick launch. Solution: You must activate the “Metadata Navigation and Filtering” Feature from the Site features page!…
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Requirement: Copy Attachments from SharePoint List to Document Library How to copy attachment from list to document library in SharePoint? SharePoint keeps attachments under “List >> Attachments >> ‘List Item ID’” folder path. So, if you want to copy an attachment from list to document library, follow these steps: Open your SharePoint…
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Requirement: Backup and restore a SharePoint 2013 list between sites. Solution: While saving a list as template, including its content is one solution, it doesn’t work for lists larger than 50 MB! So, follow below steps to export-import lists in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell. Export a SharePoint list using PowerShell: Use Export-SPWeb…
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Ever wanted to download all files from a SharePoint Library (Document Library, Picture Library, etc.) to your local drive? While downloading a single file or document is fairly straightforward by clicking “Download a Copy” from the documents tab of the Ribbon or From the ECB Menu of the document >> Send To…
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There is a requirement to change the SharePoint document library draft item security on all document libraries in a sub-site. We used to achieve it by going to: Document Library settings >> Versioning Settings. Change “Draft Item Security” from “Any user who can read items (default setting)” to “Only users who can…
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In a migration project, we had to move a few lists and libraries to a different site collection. In SharePoint 2010, using granular export, we can export SharePoint lists and libraries from one site to another with the SharePoint Central Administration web interface. Once exported we’ve to use Import-SPWeb PowerShell cmdlet to…
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The requirement is to create a Shortcut link inside the SharePoint document library. OK, tried uploading the URL shortcut (.url) file, and got the error message saying “The following file(s) have been blocked by the administrator: URL Shortcut.url”. Solution: Add “Link to a Document” content type to the document library. Here is…
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Requirement: Upload a File to SharePoint Library using PowerShell We had a PowerShell script code to generate Large Lists reports in D:\Reports, and now want to periodically upload them to a document library “Reports” in my Admin site. So, scheduled a PowerShell script to do so. Here is my PowerShell code to…
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