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Content Type Summary Report
Sometimes I get challenged with questions as to which fields are used in which Content Types. All too often I need to know quickly know the internal name of fields used in Content Types. I wrote a...
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Metadata Defaults for Folders
SharePoint Libraries can be configured with metadata defaults for documents added to specific folders. Column Defaults are manually configurable in Library Settings. For each folder that has metadata...
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Folder Metadata Web Part
An interesting challenge I faced was programmatically exposing custom folder metadata within a specific Document Library View, for specific Folder Content Types. As background, I already created Folder...
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Add a Taxonomy Field into Every Site Collection and to a Content Type
Introduction I recently had to add a Taxonomy Site Column into a range of Site Collections, and then add the new Site Column into a Content Type. Lastly, I needed to update all libraries in the site...
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How to delete a hidden library field in SharePoint
Hidden fields do not appear in the user interface when viewing Library settings. One reason to delete a hidden field is after a field is removed from a Content Type in a syndication hub, the field...
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Content Type Syndication tips
Content Type Syndication is a must for enterprise-class structured SharePoint document management systems. There are some limitations to be aware of. A site column has an internal name and an...
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Removing a stubborn Content Type from a SharePoint Library
Having a single content type in a library can make a library sing for end-users, by avoiding choices and prompts. However removing an existing Content Type can be a problem. Primarily, if it is still...
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Programatically reassigning Content Types in a library
It is useful to be able to change the Content Type for each document in a library to a new Content Type. Perhaps you are consolidating, or just moving to a new Content Type hierarchy. There are a few...
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Report on every library in a SharePoint Farm
It is very useful to be able to examine attributes from every library in a SharePoint farm. Here’s how to generate a report of useful library summary information, such as what level of versioning is...
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when creating Content Types in SharePoint, it’s nice to script the process, for planning and repeatability. Here’s a nifty routine that allows a single line creation of Site Columns and Content Types....
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