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SharePoint 2010 : Document Library Settings Page Tools Reviewed (part 1) - Versioning Settings

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As one of the most commonly used libraries, the document library is a good starting point for the tools that are available for list and library administrators. The document library settings page is reached by entering the document library, clicking the Library tab on the Ribbon, and then clicking the Library Settings icon on the right-hand side of the toolbar. The resulting array of tools will vary based on whether SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 Standard, or Enterprise is being used. Only users with the Manage Lists permission will be able to click the Library Settings icon, as it will be grayed out for other users.

Figure 1 shows the document library settings page for a document library created with the team site template in SharePoint Foundation 2010, and Figure 2 shows the document library settings page for a document library created with the team site template in SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise. It is immediately apparent that the SharePoint Foundation 2010 document library has fewer tools in the General Settings, Permission, and Management and Communications sections of the page. Because of this, the job of the library or list administrator is technically easier with SharePoint Foundation 2010 than with SharePoint Server 2010 Standard or Enterprise, simply due to there being fewer tools and features available.

Figure 1. Document library settings for a SharePoint Foundation 2010 document library.

Figure 2. Document library settings for a SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise document library.

Table 1 provides an overview of the different tools available on the Document Library Settings page for the three different versions of SharePoint 2010, and for sites that are publishing enabled sites. The tools available depend on which version of SharePoint 2010 is being used and which site and site collection features are enabled. So, for example, if SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise is in use, and the site administrator doesn’t see a tool in the document library settings, the culprit is most likely that a feature for the site or site collection has not been enabled. These can be configured from the Site Settings page in Site Actions, by clicking Manage Site Features in the Site Actions section, or by clicking Site Collection Features in the Site Collection Administration section.

Table 1. Document Library Settings Tools for Document Libraries
 SharePoint Foundation 2010 Document LibrarySharePoint Server 2010 Standard Document Library (in Nonpublishing Site)SharePoint Server 2010 Standard Document Library (in Publishing Site)SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Document Library (in Nonpublishing Site)SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Document Library (in Publishing Site)
Title, description and navigationYesYesYesYesYes
Versioning settingsYesYesYesYesYes
Advanced settingsYesYesYesYesYes
Validation settingsYesYesYesYesYes
Column default value settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Manage item schedulingNoNoYesNoYes
Rating settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Audience targeting settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Metadata navigation settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Per-location view settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Form settingsNoNoNoYesYes
Delete this document libraryYesYesYesYesYes
Save document library as templateYesYesYesYesYes
Permissions for this document libraryYesYesYesYesYes
Manage files that have no checked-in versionYesYesYesYesYes
Workflow settingsYesYesYesYesYes
Enterprise metadata and keywords settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Generate file plan reportNoYesYesYesYes
Information management policy settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Record declaration settingsNoYesYesYesYes
Incoming email settingsNoYesYesYesYes
RSS settingsYesYesNoYesNo

Note

To access the Site Collection Administration tools, the user must be a member of the Site Collection Administrator’s group, whereas the Site Actions tools can be accessed by members of the Owner’s group.


Versioning Settings

Document versioning is often one of the driving goals for a SharePoint or other document management platform implementation project. This is a “basic” functionality not available with a standard file share and allows users to save copies of the document as it evolves without having to change the actual filename of the document. An example is given of a document uploaded as a draft and then approved below to illustrate what an end user would experience when interacting with a document library with major and minor versioning enabled.

Figure 3 shows the Versioning Settings page for a document library, which includes the Content Approval, Document Version History, and Draft Item Security sections of the page. Not visible in the figure is the final option to require documents to be checked out before they can be edited.

Figure 3. Versioning Settings page for a document library.

As with many SharePoint 2010 features, this one is complex, and there are many different combinations that can be configured. In this example, the library is configured for maximum control because Require Content Approval for Submitted Items is set to Yes, major and minor versions are enabled, a maximum number of major versions is set, as well as a number of major versions for which minor versions will be kept. Finally, at the bottom of the page, the library is configured so that only users who can approve items and the author of the item can see the item. So, a sample flow of a document submitted to this library is as follows:

1.
User2 uploads a document to the library.

2.
The document is saved, but in Draft Status (version 0.1), and no one but users of the site with approve items privileges and the author (User2) can see the document.

3.
User2 believes the document is ready for others to see it, and decides to “publish” the document, which will create a major version (version 1.0). User2 selects the document and clicks the Publish button in the Documents tab Ribbon. User2 enters comments about this document and clicks OK.

4.
User1 checks the document library regularly and in the Approve/Reject items view of the document library, available from the Browse tab, sees that there is one document with approval status Pending. User1 accesses the drop-down menu for the document and selects Approve/Reject. The Approve/Reject window opens, as shown in Figure 4, and User1 selects Approved, enters comments, and clicks OK.

Figure 4. Approve/Reject window.

5.
User2 now can see that the approval status of the document is set to Approved, and after checking version history for the document, sees that there is now only one version, version 1.0, because the version number was incremented at the approval stage.


Returning to the concept of planning lists and libraries, Table 2 provides some guidelines for when to use versioning, page approval, content approval, and scheduling features. A recommendation that can be seen in this table is to enable only major versioning in environments where “basic collaboration” is required, and where the users are new to SharePoint. This is a generalization, but after testing the different configuration options, most organizations realize that the process can easily become overly complex and frustrating for users who only need basic collaboration (“some place to store my files other than the file share”) and haven’t used SharePoint or another document management or enterprise content management system.

Table 2. Guidelines for Using Versioning, Page Approval Workflows, Content Approval, and Scheduling in Document Libraries
 Basic Collaboration (New SharePoint Users)Basic Collaboration for (Experienced SharePoint Users)Managing Content That Should Be Approved Before the “General Public” Can View It (New SharePoint Users)Managing Content That Should Be Approved Before the “General Public” Can View It (Experienced SharePoint Users)Date-Sensitive Materials (Negative Effects if Released Too Soon)
Require Content Approval EnabledNoNoYesYesYes
Major Versioning EnabledYesYesYesYesYes
Minor Versioning EnabledNoNoYesYesYes
Draft Item Security Locked Down?NoNoMaybeYesYes
Require Check Out Before a Document Can Be Edited?NoMaybeMaybeYesMaybe
Page Approval Workflow EnabledNoNoNoYesMaybe
Scheduling EnabledNoNoNoNoYes
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