SharePoint - Disappearing files from Multiple Upload

Asked By Radtherap

04-Jul-07 07:24 PM

We are using WSS 3.0 with various versions of Office 2003 and 2007.  A user
with Office 2007 Pro is uploading multiple documents to a folder on our site
(she has Contribute rights) and other users cannot see these documents.

She sent me a screen shot which shows these files, but even when I'm logged
in as Administrator I cannot see these files (I'm also using Office 2007 Pro).

I've also tried to go through SharePoint Designer to see if the files are
listed under the folders there, but again nothing.

Has anyone heard of anything like this before?  Is it possible that these
files are still on her local computer and not uploaded at all?

Very bizarre.

04-Jul-07 07:26 PM

This is a new feature of WSS 3.0.  If a user uploads files that require
metadata to be filling out, the files will remain hidden from EVERYONE
(including administrator) until the metadata has been filled out.

Have the user who uploaded the files go to the document library and fill out
all required metadata and then the files will be visible to all.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Paul Liebrand

04-Jul-07 08:34 PM

Thanks for your help and answer - I suspected that had something to do with
it.

Now can I ask you why this field (Title) is still showing as a required
field (i.e. it has an asterisk next to it on the Edit Page), even though it
is not marked as required when I look at the column settings?

04-Jul-07 09:04 PM

The title column is a required column the the WSS architecture, you cannot
change this.

Paul Liebrand