Office documents not inheriting Shared Columns from Document Set

Brandt Smith 96 Reputation points
2020-07-26T15:56:45.523+00:00

I have a (many) document sets that has shared columns that only appear on pdf files. Word, Powerpoint, email msg are not getting their metadata set properly. I am using a Flow to copy the files into the document set.

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Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
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  1. Brandt Smith 96 Reputation points
    2020-07-27T13:05:02.517+00:00

    This is the issue...hard to find!
    https://www.sharepointblogs.be/blogs/vandest/archive/2011/10/19/sharepoint-default-library-content-type-is-folder.aspx

    Must still be using 10yr old code 🙂

    Steven Van de Craen's Blog - SharePoint - Default Library Content Type is Folder
    Ever enabled Content Types on a library, removed the default “Document” Content Type and then added your own document Content Type ? If you do it in that order it will set “Folder” as the Content Type for uploaded files.
    www.sharepointblogs.be

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