SharePoint 101: Columns & Content Types

SHAREPOINT 101:COLUMNS & CONTENT TYPES

SharePoint Columns & Content Types arethe core of the platform. Start your SharePoint

Journey by learning everything there is to know about them!

Different kinds of SharePoint Columns Exist: List & Library Columns, and Site Columns

SHAREPOINT COLUMNS

Before going further, take a few minutes to review what SharePoint columns are

Refresh My Memory

http://en.share-gate.com/blog/start-to-learn-sharepoint-2?utm_source=Sharegate&utm_medium=slideshare&utm_campaign=ContentTypes

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LISTS & LIBRARY COLUMNSThe column is created inside a list or library, and is

only available there.

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Easily created

Can be customized for theneeds of any list or library

Cannot be reused in other lists or libraries

Ease of creation contributes to a lack of architecture control and overall governance

PROS: CONS:

LISTS & LIBRARY COLUMNS


Created in SharePoint sites, they are availablein all the subsites

SITE COLUMNS



Reusable in any subsites

Centralization helps updates

Allows all sites to look up information in a single list.

Not as intuitive

Requires administrative rights

More thinking required


PROS: CONS:

SITE COLUMNS


A way of grouping Site Columns into reusable groups that presents some kind of content


CONTENT TYPE

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Necessary to organize reusable content and configurations

Helps you centralize all of these configurations in one place

Way more powerful than what we looked at here

Not so easy to understand at first

Can be misused or help destroy SharePoint solutions very quickly

Huge impact on your SharePoint Architecture -> Consider these cons before creating

PROS: CONS:

CONTENT TYPE


Learn SharePoint - Columns and Column Types

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READ MORE:



http://en.share-gate.com/blog/start-to-learn-sharepoint-2?utm_source=Sharegate&utm_medium=slideshare&utm_campaign=ContentTypes

http://yourock.share-gate.com/111-new-hot-features-in-sharepoint-2013?utm_source=Sharegate&utm_medium=slideshare&utm_campaign=ContentTypes

http://en.share-gate.com/blog/recording-sharepoint-webinar-understand-content-types?utm_source=Sharegate&utm_medium=slideshare&utm_campaign=ContentTypes

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