Comments on: Folders? No Way! Way!!! http://spinsiders.com/ruveng/2008/10/16/folders-no-way-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=folders-no-way-way by Ruven Gotz Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: artykul8 http://spinsiders.com/ruveng/2008/10/16/folders-no-way-way/#comment-7 artykul8 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:36:33 +0000 http://spinsiders.com/ruven/?p=35#comment-7 never use folders sounds like a great idea, until you hit 2,000 items per container performance restriction for document libraries, then you have no other choice but to start splitting them up into those evil folders :-) never use folders sounds like a great idea, until you hit 2,000 items per container performance restriction for document libraries, then you have no other choice but to start splitting them up into those evil folders :-)

]]> By: Mike Bunyan http://spinsiders.com/ruveng/2008/10/16/folders-no-way-way/#comment-6 Mike Bunyan Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:07:41 +0000 http://spinsiders.com/ruven/?p=35#comment-6 I find use of metadata very difficult to put into practice. Lets take the simple case of accounts where separation by year and regions. Additional metadata and/or columns in a library appears the way to go. However, if the same file name is used, it will over write the previous version. So the file name would have to be different, and why not include year and region in the file name. Examples, from experts, do not seem to remark on this trap. While I agree the metadata assists in Views and filtering, it is not the full answer. Any good ideas on how to deal with the scenario I have suggested? Mike B I find use of metadata very difficult to put into practice. Lets take the simple case of accounts where separation by year and regions. Additional metadata and/or columns in a library appears the way to go. However, if the same file name is used, it will over write the previous version. So the file name would have to be different, and why not include year and region in the file name.

Examples, from experts, do not seem to remark on this trap. While I agree the metadata assists in Views and filtering, it is not the full answer.

Any good ideas on how to deal with the scenario I have suggested?

Mike B

]]> By: Andrew http://spinsiders.com/ruveng/2008/10/16/folders-no-way-way/#comment-5 Andrew Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:17:24 +0000 http://spinsiders.com/ruven/?p=35#comment-5 I have a very similar set-up for a customer. However, we have many layers of folders (roughly 40 at the root with multiple sub folders under each) - all the top level sub folders have unique permissions. The flat view worked great in web parts of the doc lib for a while, but now it is all the sudden broken. No results are returned in web parts from the sub folders. Everything works fine if you go to the flat view inside the Document Library itself. But web parts of the doc lib on web part pages - no results. I've tried so many things I've lost track. It seems like there is some folder or level limit (bug) that the web part view query is hitting. It is also affected by permissions. Site Collection administrators see all results in the flat view from all folders no matter what the Item Limit is set to in the web part view settings. Any ideas? Thanks! I have a very similar set-up for a customer. However, we have many layers of folders (roughly 40 at the root with multiple sub folders under each) – all the top level sub folders have unique permissions.

The flat view worked great in web parts of the doc lib for a while, but now it is all the sudden broken. No results are returned in web parts from the sub folders. Everything works fine if you go to the flat view inside the Document Library itself. But web parts of the doc lib on web part pages – no results.

I’ve tried so many things I’ve lost track. It seems like there is some folder or level limit (bug) that the web part view query is hitting. It is also affected by permissions. Site Collection administrators see all results in the flat view from all folders no matter what the Item Limit is set to in the web part view settings.

Any ideas? Thanks!

]]> By: knight parsifal http://spinsiders.com/ruveng/2008/10/16/folders-no-way-way/#comment-4 knight parsifal Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:59:01 +0000 http://spinsiders.com/ruven/?p=35#comment-4 Great post, thx! Great post, thx!

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