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Enable sync client to allow editable synching of team sites with mandatory metadata columns

As at 23rd Jan 2017 the newly relased One Drive for Business synch client enables synching of Team sites BUT if any libraries have mandatory meta data or require check out, the synched folder/library is read only. This cripples collaboration by teams on documents. This needs to be fixed

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  • Dmitrijs commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agree with Philine: "Required check-out is a hugely useful feature, this has to be working within the sync app too." 100% true and right. If there is document management functionality - then it should WORK (inside Office365 at least - it is your product and it has no required integration between interconnected apps)! We pay money for our licenses that are not crippled, or disfunctional for a product that does not perform as intended...

  • Vicki Little commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We've been talking about this for 2 years now. FIX IT! How much dissatisfaction do you need. We are only asking that you put it back the way it was. How hard is it to make the new One Drive client do something the old one did. This is ridiculous and needs to be handled by your uncustomer friendly company.

  • Anton Gubarkov commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please get things back to how they were. I still remember this functionality working: both checkout and required metadata columns.

  • Philine commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Any updates on this? Required check-out is a hugely useful feature, this has to be working within the sync app too.

  • Simon commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Just discovered today that a user can't sync a OneNote notebook stored in a document library which has check out enabled to the OneNote desktop application, probably due to this issue.

    As per the previous comments, please can this feature be added to the roadmap and implemeneted asap, our users currently have to resort to using mapped drives to SPO document libraries in File Explorer which is far from ideal and has its own set of problems!

  • nicolle.brice2@bhp.com commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We have a premiere support ticket. Ticket #:13695302

    A few weeks ago, several document libraries started syncing in Read Only mode. The cause – several columns suddenly became mandatory behind the scenes.

    The site content types show the columns as optional, but mandatory columns from the base content type have re-appeared behind the scenes – hidden from view.

    Fix
    1.Go to “Library Settings” > “Advanced Settings”
    2.In the first option, choose “No” on “Allow management of content type”
    3.Then the column will display the “Required” tab in the library settings as my following first screenshot
    4.Click the columns which are required, and change to option “Require that this column contains information” to No

    5.After changing the columns back to optional, the folder in OneDrive should become available immediately

    6.Then go back to “Advanced Settings”, and enable content types again

    7.Finally, check that the files are again editable in OneDrive.

    this is a bug. We have asked Microsoft to investigate what changed. We have this problem for thousands of libraries and the workaround is unacceptable.

  • nicolle.brice2@bhp.com commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    About a month or maybe two months ago, several document libraries started syncing Read Only. The cause – several columns suddenly became mandatory behind the scenes. We had a premiere support ticket #:13695302, but the only solution provided was a manual workaround and no admission that something had changed.

    The site content types show the columns as optional, but mandatory columns from the base content type have re-appeared behind the scenes – hidden from view.

    Fix
    1. Go to “Library Settings” > “Advanced Settings”
    2. In the first option, choose “No” on “Allow management of content type”
    3. Then the column will display the “Required” tab in the library settings as my following first screenshot
    4. Click the columns which are required, and change to option “Require that this column contains information” to No
    5. After changing the columns back to optional, the folder in OneDrive should become available immediately
    6. Then we could go back to “Advanced Settings”, then enable content type again
    7. Finally, check that the files are again editable in OneDrive.
    this is a bug. We have this problem for thousands of libraries and the workaround is unacceptable.

  • Koen Vereecken commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    My first day of testing with required metadata and I'm bumping into this horrible shortcoming... yes very much needed

  • Dion commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    What is the rationale behind required metadata and syncing files in read-only mode?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This syncing issue is a horrible user experience and may be the reason why my company chooses not to move forward with its O365 license.

  • Vicki Little commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This has been going on far too long and now there are issues syncing with the old groove.exe One Drive for Business, I'm sure orchestrated by Microsoft. If One Drive for Business could do it, I'm sure that Microsoft can figure a way to make it work with the new one Drive Client since that is what they want us to use. This is ridiculous!!!!

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