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Awesome Video, If you could kindly reply, 1. when creating a new doc set, can I create a children doc list to inherit properties of the doc set instead of a word doc as demonstrated? 2. What is the best way to auto-updating a file for a doc to use lookup on?
@@SharePointMaven Okay thank you. Because in IE it works. But in Edge and Chrome unfortunately not. Had hope that it would work in Chrome and Edge then.
@@SharePointMaven Sorry in my ineptitude at having multiple windows open and testing, I commented on the wrong video! : ruclips.net/video/PTjbVIZy9AQ/видео.html - I'll re-post there, please feel free to delete this thread.
Based on your example of the PDF file, is it possible that people who don't access to that file can request access directly over SharePoint? Something like "Request access to owner"?
Hi there. Thanks for the video. Is there a way to create a new Team that doesnt create a new document library, but instead uses an existing folder within an existing Sharepoint document library? Thanks!
Is there a way to synch libraries ? I.e a new policy appears oln policy site and maybe sales people wont realize but if the libraries are synched they will know... thanks !
@@SharePointMaven i was thinking in power automate, doing something like if a document its created in library A create a link of it in library B, this simulates a library synch, right ?
Is it also possible to link editable files like word or excel? So it is possible to make a change in one file in one of the two libraries and it automitically updates the file in the other library?
Correct, this is exactly what this does and exactly what I demonstrated in the video. The link is just pointing to the other file, so as soon as it updates, the link just points to the revised file
@@SharePointMaven Thank you for your quick response! It this a one way only edit (only the 'main' file can be changed), or doesn't it matter which of the two files is changed?
@@MrLihogames It is a one way edit. There are no 2 files here at all. You have 1 file in 1 library and the link to that file from another library. It is just the one file.
Hello. let's say I have two Word documents, "DocA" and "DocB". I am looking for a way of referencing "DocB" (and also specific sections of it) from within "DocA". I know this is possible in the desktop version of Microsoft Word, but can I achieve it while using Sharepoint? Thanks.
When a document library is added as a web part to a page, then some/ most of the links do not open. But still on All Items Page in the list itself they open. Is it a known problem? Thank you
If we use share the link option on the linked item and open that Link the it opens in a Preview if we have a word document as the url. Can that be changed or is it a bug? Looking for your response Thanks
Hi! I have been working on creating these linked files in my Sharepoint site and the links work great until I go to share the linked file. When I share it opens up a small static version of the file. Any advise on what could be causing this issue? Thank you in advance!!
Hi, very useful, thank you. Is there a way to sync/link a local drive folder to SharePoint site? I tried to sync local to onedrive and then add as url, it did work. Yet would like to know is there any direct way to sync local>Sharepoint (bypass onedrive) or any better way.
@@SharePointMaven I got it sorted. If I link to the template.docx instead of the master word.doc The user will open up a new, editable, document (word.doc) which will not impact the original. The new document has no file name or path and can be saved to a specific location of their choice.
@@SharePointMaven apologies. Template is ‘.dotm’ and word master is ‘.docx’. Same rationale applies but corrected my file naming error in comment. Thanks
Hello, thank you for your video. My problem is when a send an email with power automate, I want to return the name of parent folder which contains the file...For exemple I have folder /F inside of this folder a have files with pdf format A, B, C.... and when I send the mail I add "path" and he return me F/A.pdf , but I want he return me juste the link to open the folder F and not the path to the file
How do you link a document to a document? I'm having a main document with some attachments. Those attachments are separated document and I want to add to the main document the links to those documents
Hi, when I tried to link an url it showing an error-- sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later. I have tried many times but shows the same. Could you please help me with that?
@@SharePointMaven i am working on large project where we only use metadata, no folders and previous we use the document set , but that ended up with so much confusion and so much clicking up and down in folders and binders. I had one suggestion with a metadata field (text field) could be called related items or keywords, where you then could write what ever code, word or number to cluster documents
Thanks, but as soon as the original document is moved, like when you create a subfolder and put it in there, the link would stop working, right? Is there any way to actually have a singe document saved in several sharepoint folders? Like a document that several teams should be able to access, read and edit but which I do not want to create a separate sharepoint site for?
@@SharePointMaven Thanks for responding! Did not seem to work for me but anyway, I guess from your answer that it is not possible to save one document in several folders without making it become different documents? I would like the document to be saved in both folders A and B but still be one document, editable from both folders.
Can you link just one "tab" within a excel spreadsheet to another excel sheet inside of sharepoint. I need to pull only information for individual reps. I do not want them to see everyone else information... only there own.. can this be done?
Not aware of a way to do this. I know you can embed a specific tab into a SP Page, but not aware of how to link to a specific tab in Excel. Doubt it is possible
@@SharePointMaven Thank you... I have over 2K reps worldwide. I didn't want to post a "main" sheet (PI reasons), thought there should be a way to pull data by tab for each rep. sharepoint... really isn't good at "sharing" lol lol.... I can do this in a normal excel, it just will not transfer to sharepoint
I want to add a link to a Microsoft forms , however, the links are very long.. is there a way to make it shorter so that it is more presentable for free...?
Copy is the new feature within the modern SharePoint doc library. "Send To" had different purpose in classic library, so I would not call it a replacement
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Awesome Video, If you could kindly reply, 1. when creating a new doc set, can I create a children doc list to inherit properties of the doc set instead of a word doc as demonstrated? 2. What is the best way to auto-updating a file for a doc to use lookup on?
Thanks for the feedback
Thank you so much. Saved me a lot of frustration with SharePoint :)
My pleasure, happy to hear
Hello,
Is there a way to open a linked Excel file directly in Excel and not save it first in Chrome?
No, not possible
@@SharePointMaven Okay thank you. Because in IE it works. But in Edge and Chrome unfortunately not. Had hope that it would work in Chrome and Edge then.
@@NightcoreStern OK
Thank you! this is very handy... but... the document link goes to the DispForm, is there no direct way to open the document?
Don't know what you mean by DispForm. When you click on the link, it does display the document itself
@@SharePointMaven Sorry in my ineptitude at having multiple windows open and testing, I commented on the wrong video! : ruclips.net/video/PTjbVIZy9AQ/видео.html - I'll re-post there, please feel free to delete this thread.
Can you link to documents within the same library? Also, what happens to the link when the linked file moves?
Yes, you can kink docs and if they move - you will need to update the URL manually
Based on your example of the PDF file, is it possible that people who don't access to that file can request access directly over SharePoint? Something like "Request access to owner"?
No, not possible. You can only request access to a site, not a file.
If you update the document that you've created a link for it - do you have to re-establish the link, or will it automatically update?
It will automatically update :)
Hi there. Thanks for the video. Is there a way to create a new Team that doesnt create a new document library, but instead uses an existing folder within an existing Sharepoint document library? Thanks!
No, not possible. The team will always use a library from the associated team site
Hi! It's very usefull, thanks! There is a way that I can be notified if that document linked was modified?
Thanks. No, not possible to be notified unless you set up a rule on the source library: sharepointmaven.com/how-to-create-rules-on-a-list-or-library/
Thanks a lot!
sir your linlk document topic is awesome
Thanks
Is there a way to synch libraries ? I.e a new policy appears oln policy site and maybe sales people wont realize but if the libraries are synched they will know... thanks !
No way to sync libraries among themselves
@@SharePointMaven i was thinking in power automate, doing something like if a document its created in library A create a link of it in library B, this simulates a library synch, right ?
@@ifunny05 you would need to discuss this with Power Automate Experts
Is it also possible to link editable files like word or excel? So it is possible to make a change in one file in one of the two libraries and it automitically updates the file in the other library?
Correct, this is exactly what this does and exactly what I demonstrated in the video. The link is just pointing to the other file, so as soon as it updates, the link just points to the revised file
@@SharePointMaven Thank you for your quick response! It this a one way only edit (only the 'main' file can be changed), or doesn't it matter which of the two files is changed?
@@MrLihogames It is a one way edit. There are no 2 files here at all. You have 1 file in 1 library and the link to that file from another library. It is just the one file.
@@SharePointMaven Thank you!!
@@MrLihogames Sure thing! Thanks for being my loyal follower!
Hello. let's say I have two Word documents, "DocA" and "DocB". I am looking for a way of referencing "DocB" (and also specific sections of it) from within "DocA". I know this is possible in the desktop version of Microsoft Word, but can I achieve it while using Sharepoint? Thanks.
Yes, you can. You can insert link in both desktop version of Word and Word Online
@@SharePointMaven Like in this example, can you jump to specific section/page from Doc A to Doc B
@@prashant_warankar No, not possible
Thanks for this usefull video. Is there an easy way to Get the original URL for this new created Link ?
My pleasure. Not aware fo a way to do so, other than clicking on a link
When a document library is added as a web part to a page, then some/ most of the links do not open. But still on All Items Page in the list itself they open. Is it a known problem? Thank you
Not aware of this, but you might want to open a ticket with MSFT and see what they say
If we use share the link option on the linked item and open that Link the it opens in a Preview if we have a word document as the url. Can that be changed or is it a bug?
Looking for your response
Thanks
It is not a bug. It is by design - links always open in the browser and not a native app
Hi! I have been working on creating these linked files in my Sharepoint site and the links work great until I go to share the linked file. When I share it opens up a small static version of the file. Any advise on what could be causing this issue? Thank you in advance!!
I think I have seen similar behavior before. Suggest you open a ticket with MSFT and see what they say
@@SharePointMaven Thank your for the suggestion I will get a ticket open!
Hi, very useful, thank you. Is there a way to sync/link a local drive folder to SharePoint site? I tried to sync local to onedrive and then add as url, it did work. Yet would like to know is there any direct way to sync local>Sharepoint (bypass onedrive) or any better way.
Thanks for the feedback. No way to achieve what you need. It has to be in SP to sync
@@SharePointMaven thanks
@@poojanair04 You are welcome
Is there any way I can create the link as show, but when a user opens the link to the file, they get an editable word or xls document?
It is editable already. Depends on the permissions they have
@@SharePointMaven I got it sorted. If I link to the template.docx instead of the master word.doc The user will open up a new, editable, document (word.doc) which will not impact the original. The new document has no file name or path and can be saved to a specific location of their choice.
@@calumramage8258 Awesome, happy to hear!
@@SharePointMaven apologies. Template is ‘.dotm’ and word master is ‘.docx’. Same rationale applies but corrected my file naming error in comment. Thanks
@@calumramage8258 Thanks again for clarifying. Will note this!
Hello, thank you for your video.
My problem is when a send an email with power automate, I want to return the name of parent folder which contains the file...For exemple I have folder /F inside of this folder a have files with pdf format A, B, C.... and when I send the mail I add "path" and he return me F/A.pdf , but I want he return me juste the link to open the folder F and not the path to the file
I am not an expert in Power Automate, so would not know the response to your question.
How do you link a document to a document? I'm having a main document with some attachments. Those attachments are separated document and I want to add to the main document the links to those documents
Just generate links fo those docs and link within document
Hi, when I tried to link an url it showing an error-- sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later. I have tried many times but shows the same. Could you please help me with that?
It is hard for me to help you as I need to see the setup. This could be the environment issue - that's why Microsoft might be best to answer this.
How do you easy related document to each other. E.g. Assembly drawing and 1,2,3.... detail drawings or Drawing and its related Comment Sheet
You can do so via metadata or document sets
@@SharePointMaven i am working on large project where we only use metadata, no folders and previous we use the document set , but that ended up with so much confusion and so much clicking up and down in folders and binders. I had one suggestion with a metadata field (text field) could be called related items or keywords, where you then could write what ever code, word or number to cluster documents
Thanks, but as soon as the original document is moved, like when you create a subfolder and put it in there, the link would stop working, right? Is there any way to actually have a singe document saved in several sharepoint folders? Like a document that several teams should be able to access, read and edit but which I do not want to create a separate sharepoint site for?
If you are moving a document within the same library - the link will still work.
@@SharePointMaven Thanks for responding! Did not seem to work for me but anyway, I guess from your answer that it is not possible to save one document in several folders without making it become different documents? I would like the document to be saved in both folders A and B but still be one document, editable from both folders.
@@citizenkane7937 Yeah, this i snot possible, for sure
Can you link just one "tab" within a excel spreadsheet to another excel sheet inside of sharepoint. I need to pull only information for individual reps. I do not want them to see everyone else information... only there own.. can this be done?
Not aware of a way to do this. I know you can embed a specific tab into a SP Page, but not aware of how to link to a specific tab in Excel. Doubt it is possible
@@SharePointMaven Thank you... I have over 2K reps worldwide. I didn't want to post a "main" sheet (PI reasons), thought there should be a way to pull data by tab for each rep. sharepoint... really isn't good at "sharing" lol lol.... I can do this in a normal excel, it just will not transfer to sharepoint
@@dbmnfinity1 Get it. Understand
I want to add a link to a Microsoft forms , however, the links are very long.. is there a way to make it shorter so that it is more presentable for free...?
Don't think so
Can you please tell me if this copy function replaced the 'send to' function?
Copy is the new feature within the modern SharePoint doc library. "Send To" had different purpose in classic library, so I would not call it a replacement
can you also link to the metadata of the linked file?
No
Is it possible to make links appear in search results? Right now I don't see the links that I have created in search results
No, not aware of this
Link is showing as sorry something went wrong pls help with this issue? After migration from on prem to online this issue cause
I suggest you reach out to Microsoft for support on this issue
@@SharePointMaven can't we do it by our own?
@@shaiknilofar4702 You can try, but they would be able to tell you why you are getting the error message since they will see the setup
Thanks!
You bet!
Excellent
Thank you!
useful!
Happy to hear!