The ability for your users to add metadata to the documents and files in a list or library is truly beneficial. With the use of other features like lookup columns and search filters, you’ll be able to find things a lot faster. Unfortunately, there’s only so much you can do to ensure that they enter the correct information. On the bright side, you can at least minimize the errors by setting up validation on the data with Excel-like formulas. In this article, let’s discuss column and list validation in SharePoint and what you have to do to set them up.

If you have plenty of lists and libraries on one of your sites, then you may have wondered at some point if there was a way for you to show some columns from one list or library to another. With a lookup column, that’s certainly possible. In this article, I’ll show you how to easily create one on your SharePoint site. Note that although the use case for this feature is incredible, it comes with some limitations too. Let’s get started! Table of Contents:What is a lookup column?How to create a lookup column?Step 1: Add a Lookup ColumnStep 2: Configure

If you’re a long-time user of SharePoint, then you must have stumbled upon calculated columns in a list or document library. You must have seen it on some site and you’re probably wondering how to implement it to your as well. The cool thing here is that the steps you need to take are quite the same, whether you’re using the classic or modern experience of SharePoint. In this article, I’ll show you what a calculated column in SharePoint can do and how you can implement it yourself in only a few steps. Let’s get started! Table of Contents:What do

It is often a problem for SharePoint users when the number of their items in their library hits the 5,000-mark. If you have experienced this and you’re worried that you can’t access or find your files anymore, you have come to the right place. In this article, you will learn more about what exactly triggers this issue, how you can possibly prevent it in the future, and what you can do to fix it. Let’s get started! Table of Contents:The Truth About the SharePoint 5,000 Item Limit ThresholdWhat happens when you reach the item threshold?How to Prevent the Item Limit

SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform from Microsoft that can be used to store and share content with others. Users can manage, collaborate, and access documents and other resources simultaneously. This platform has existed for two decades, but the modern experience was only introduced in 2016. Classic SharePoint is the legacy framework. A lot of organizations still use the old one, though because of the introduction of the new experience and Microsoft’s clear intention of focusing on it, a lot of people have been transforming old sites into modern equivalents. Modern SharePoint, on the other hand, visibly looks better and