Metadata / Customized Views in Files Tab
Show Metadata in the Files Tab to easily see, add and change metadata. (It seems that now you have do all that in Sharepoint)
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Customizing the files view has been announced and is coming soon! This will include viewing metadata from document libraries and lists.
Here is the link to the blog post that details the features that are coming: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/rich-new-file-and-sharing-experiences-throughout-microsoft-365/ba-p/960129
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Francis
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Will the additional customization permit showing fields like "filesize" and "last modified date" ?
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Mohamed Mubeen
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It will be helpful - if we bring in all SharePoint file operations in Teams directly (without doing it in SP every time). I could see individuals request for specific file operations in other threads.
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Dirk Gueldner
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What's the point in changing things in the "Files" tab, e.g. the "All Documents" view, then saving the view, then leaving the tab, coming back and realizing it's all as it used to be - sorted by "Modified"...?
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Anonymous
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Yes, the new files experience has launched, but it only allows viewing and filtering by metadata from within Teams. However, it seems you still have to open the library in SharePoint to actually edit the metadata. This extra step will continue to encourage users to create folders within Teams libraries instead, which leads to Ragnarok... or maybe just really annoyed Teams/SharePoint champions. Nearly there, but please complete the job!
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Nouha
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Updating Columns / files properties is essential for our Agency Teams adoption. Can't wait for this feature to be available
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Renier
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This feature is launched as of today, go check the road map..
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Gavin Haak
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The ability to edit metadata should be viewed as a priority. Many enterprises want to use Teams as their front door for document management - having to go between Teams and SPO experiences for a fully functional DMS is not a great experience.
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Anonymous
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This functionality needs to be implemented asap, I don't understand why Teams doesn't have it. It drives user adoption to the ground, the folder structure is archaic.
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Kevin Townend
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Another vote for this. Metadata is essential to our company and it is becoming disused because it can't be seen in Teams.
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Ian Blann
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Another vote for this! Folders are so 1990's, surely we should all be using metadata instead by now. If it's not supported in all client applications then it prevents uptake, and Teams certainly seems to be Microsoft's flagship client for collaboration, so this feature is essential.
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Daniel
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Using the default views within SharePoint would seem to be a relatively simple unified approach to providing this functionality. Coupled with the same edit-ability of fields would provide a flexible solution to meet future needs on top of just metadata.
The work around is messy as you can't hide the 'Files' tab so you end up with a wasted tab within the team room. -
Fabian
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I voted for this feature as well.
Currently added another TAB using Website APP linked to the document library view with the metadata I wan't to show.
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Anonymous
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Really would love this feature to be available...
The workaround is to embed your view as webpage but that actually also useless because now you would be using teams as a browser....
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Jeet Sohpal
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20th November 2019 and still no return from Microsoft on this??? I would have thought this would be something fundamental that they should fix/rollout.
Just to confirm I am on the same page as everyone else - we are talking about the absence of Meta Data columns within Teams right?
At the moment for any filing of documents or emails we are using an application called Repstor which plugs into outlook and in turn it plugs into a SharePoint repository/document library. Providing you have your email content types setup correctly then voila you have your metadata columns populating correctly in outlook and SharePoint. However I do not want to digress too much because the company I work for is in the process of moving ahead with MS Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint Document Libraries and as such the absence of meta data columns is preventing me from moving my users from Repstor onto Teams.
Any come back from Microsoft on this would be VERY much appreciated.
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Trish Gillham
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I just convinced my company to use metadata to optimize search (as recommended by Microsoft), and of course, it doesn't work in Teams which means none of our users can see or maintain it.
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Maggie
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Hi yes please, this is much needed functionality and very confusing that's not available. We instruct all our clients to not use folders and use metadata. Now that Teams is a primary interface to document libraries, it doesn't make sense as to why metadata isn't showing. Or customized views! Come on Microsoft!
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Adrian
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Document Sets (as in SharePoint that support metadata inheritance) in Teams instead of plain-old Folders would also be great.
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Brano
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It is couple of years already in Teams, but I cannot change or manage view in Files tab or remove "Open in SharePoint" tab?
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ErikR
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In the Teams desktop app this works fine. In the online Teams you get a error the first time saying somthing like cannot use frames. But when you open an other Tab and go back you see the folder content. We use the same function to add an Excel document als TAB. This works only in the Teams desktop app because Excel cannot be used because off frames.
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ErikR
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Our Company has a document structure with Metadata set to Mainfolders. The files Tab cannot be redirected and the add Document library can only set to document library and this without Metadata and view functionality. We use the add webpage feature as a bypass
Go to the filestructure in SharePoint that you want to use, click on the 3 vertical dots, copy link, Go to teams -> Add TAB -> Website -> Give a name -> Paste the link. You now have a tab with functionality to a folder in the Documentlibrary with view an Metadata ability.
