How to import Terms into the Term Store in SharePoint
Whenever I explain metadata on my blog or during a training session, I show how easy it is to create metadata values on the fly just by typing them in.…
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How to create Term Hierarchies in SharePoint Term Store
Using Term Store or managed metadata vs. the regular Choice column has many advantages. One of them is the ability to create term hierarchies. This is super powerful, as you…
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3 ways to hide or remove Terms in the SharePoint Term Store
If you use Term Store to manage metadata (and I hope you do), it is inevitable that, at some point, you will end up with large hierarchies of tags within…
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Need ideas for Metadata? Use Enterprise Keywords!
If you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I am a big advocate for metadata. And not just any metadata – but one that is…
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Choice vs. Managed Metadata
Life is full of choices. And when it comes to creating metadata in SharePoint, you have some important decisions to make. The way you create metadata in SharePoint will have…
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Site-Level vs. Tenant-level Term Sets
When you create a Managed Metadata column, you have to point the column to a term set within a Term Store. As I documented in one of my previous posts,…
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Lookup column vs. Managed Metadata column
With the recent user experience improvements for the Lookup column, I got a great question from one of my clients the other day. The question is this: what makes the…
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How to create site level term sets in SharePoint Online
If you are a fan of metadata, I am sure you heard about the Term Store. I blogged quite a bit about it and its wonderful features. However, to utilize…
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How to access the Term Store from a SharePoint Site
If you are the Site Owner and would like to utilize Managed Metadata, you need to access the global Term Store that is typically maintained by the IT department and…
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How to rename metadata tags
This happens quite often – you have been using the metadata tags/labels for a while and now need to rename a few or change spelling or something. It sounds like…
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I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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