How to share document library across subsites-Microsoft Community?

How to share document library across subsites-Microsoft Community?

I will be creating multiple sub-sites (Document Centers) per client group which will house documents specific to those clients. I have a f0123e6b-d631-4645-9f7c-392fa23c7657 f8c6c70f-6b58-4452-9743-be47baca7483 Sam Zotto 2016-11-18T14:59:31 2021-04-06T21:49:07 en-us QnA false msoffice 000000 000001 000000 000000 000000 000043 000043 000007 009017

How to display document library on root site?

On my root site, I have a Document Library which contains a lot of important documents. For this Library, on its owning site I can create a webpart which views the folders and items in a nice manner. I want to display the library from the root site in a similar (or the same) manner on a subsite of the root site.

Is it possible to open folders in a library?

This created a good looking view of the items in the library, but it is not possible to open folders or add/remove items… I created the list view webpart on the site where the library is, downloaded the webpart, edited its code to reference correct IDs and uploaded on the subsite.

Where can I find the Microsoft document library?

I was able to get the library to show through the web part on the sub-site, but when I start clicking into the folders in the web part, I get the following error.

How to share documents between different site collections?

There are several ways to share documents between site collections, and we are going to show some of them here. Common for all is that you should have the shared documents in one place, so that you don’t have to change in several places when the documents are edited. That is why copy and paste documents is a bad idea.

How to add a document to the SharePoint library?

Click on the Web Part button under the INSERT tab in the ribbon. Select the ‘Content Search’ web part in the ‘Content Rollup’ category. Click on Add. Edit the web part to only show documents that are tagged in a certain way. Click on the ‘Change query’ button.

How to link SharePoint lists across different sites?

I used this tutorial. He mentions “Please note: If your lists are on another site collection you will have to use the Connect to another library… link” and he includes a screenshot. Aonther way to go is to roll your own field type and make it similar to a lookup field but instead make it go fetch data from a list in a different sitecollection.

How to create a lookup column for multiple subsites?

If all these subsites are in the same site collection, why cant you create a list at the top-level site, then create a “site column” ( a lookup column), based on this list. You can then use this site column on any subsite. (or am i missing something)

Where can I find a list of SharePoint subsites?

General questions about SharePoint 2013 can be answered here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral and for versions prior to 2010 here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgenerallegacy 1 6 I have several subsites with lists.

Is it possible to have multiple site collections?

If you wish to have multiple Site Collections from the beginning, a lookup field will not work – without code (and probably a custom lookup field), you will not be able to do a Cross-Site Collection lookup. If you are eventually able to do this sort of lookup, performance will eventually suffer with enough clients.