Contents
- 1 When to use site columns across site collections?
- 2 How to exclude certain content types from migration?
- 3 When to change SharePoint columns to site columns?
- 4 Is there a common solution for SharePoint lookup column across site-collection boundary?
- 5 How do you move a webpage in SharePoint?
- 6 How do you move content from one site to another?
When to use site columns across site collections?
If you have a requirement to use site columns across site collections, you probably should consider creating a content type hub in order to centrally manage your content types. Even if you do not have the same content types in each site collection, you will probably be able to find a common base content type from which these would derive.
How to exclude certain content types from migration?
Enter the content types you want to exclude from migration. This setting is available only when the source selected is all lists, libraries, pages, and web parts. Four options are available: Preserve all settings: Migrate all site level settings supported, including title, logo, features, audit settings, and others.
Do you have the same content type in all site collections?
Even if you do not have the same content types in each site collection, you will probably be able to find a common base content type from which these would derive. This base content type would include the columns that you want to use across the different site collections.
When migrating from SharePoint 2007 to 2010 or any other version like Office 365, you should always look at the columns you are using and see if they could be changed into a Site Column instead. If you haven’t heard about content types before, I strongly recommend you read this short description on Microsoft own site.
The contacts are referenced from a list within that site, and I would also like to be able to reference them from a list in another site collection. Lookup columns can only lookup values from a list within a site, but this is the functionality that I would like across site collections. Is there a common solution to this sort of requirement?
Is there a look up column in SharePoint?
The SharePoint GUI only supports lookup columns in the current site. But if you create a normal lookup programmatically, or use one of many free cross-site lookup columns you can point across sites in the same site collection.
You can accomplish this with site manager page. Just go to your sharepoint site and append _layouts/sitemanager.aspx You will be redirected to hierarchical tree structure view of your site with its contents. – In the Move..Webpage Dialog that pops up, select the destination to move the item you selected and click OK.
How do you move content from one site to another?
– click on the down arrow of the content name, select Move. – In the Move..Webpage Dialog that pops up, select the destination to move the item you selected and click OK. Moving site/ site content from one site to another. You can see that your content is moved to the destination.
What does a SharePoint site column do in SharePoint?
Simply speaking, SharePoint Site Columns allow you to add to the list of standard SharePoint columns used in a site or its sub-sites. A SharePoint Site Column is a little like a template you can use over and again across your site.