How do I clone data from a metadata column into a standard column

Hi,

My users need to be able to filter a Sharepoint list by a number of Metadata columns - this functionality is missing and the work around suggested is to clone the metadata column info into a dummy column that the users can filter by. I think I need to create  workflow to do this, but can anyone point me to a link that shows steps on how to automatically clone a metadata column?

August 18th, 2015 2:20pm

Hi Agricolated,

If you want to automatically clone a metadata column using workflow, I recommend to create Retention Policy for the list items to start the workflow at a specific date to set the value of the new column to equal to the value in metadata column.

However, 2013 workflow cannot be used in retention policy, so you need to use 2010 workflow instead.

Here is an example about how to create retention policy to start a workflow for your reference:

http://www.wardpeter.com/?p=1055

Thanks,

Victoria

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August 19th, 2015 9:40pm

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