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What does it mean to create a site column?
A Site Column is a template of a configured column. By creating a Site Column, you can reuse it anywhere else in the site and not have to manually rebuild its configuration at each reuse. When creating a new column in a list or library, you have a choice to either “Create column” or “Add from existing site columns”.
Can you create a site column in an intranet?
If you create the site column at the root (top-level site) of a site collection, then all of the subsites in your site collections/Intranet will be able to take advantage of the site column. At the end of the day, it comes down to each specific situation.
Is it better to create site columns or managed properties?
If in future, you think you will be building custom or enterprise search for your Intranet, you are better off creating site columns. That is because when you create site columns, behind the scenes, SharePoint indexes and maps the indexed properties (called crawled properties) to something called managed properties.
How do I add a site column to a list?
When creating a new column in a list or library, you have a choice to either “Create column” or “Add from existing site columns”. Selecting the latter will add a replica of the Site Column to the location you are working.
Is it possible to change the site column?
You can make a change to a site column (say, add a department name) and not have it propagate through to the lists and libraries that use it, but I honestly don’t know why you would do that (defeats the whole purpose of the site column) In some cases, just by reusing site column, might not get you what you need.
How to add a site column to a list?
To do that: Go to the document library (or list) where you want to add that column Click on Library Settings (or list settings) Under the Columns section, click on Add from existing site columns On next screen, choose the column your want to add and click Add button. You will now see your site column added to the library!
Can a finance column be a site column?
So if you decide to create your site column at Finance Department subsite – only that Finance site plus its subsites will be able to reuse that site column. If you create the site column at the root (top-level site) of a site collection, then all of the subsites in your site collections/Intranet will be able to take advantage of the site column.
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