Category Archives: Taxonomy

Create a local term set

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #12 Instead of creating term sets that are available farm wide, it’s also possible to create a term set that is only local to a particular site collection. Create a site column as normal, selecting Managed Metadata type … Continue reading →

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Export MetaData Terms

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Stu

Central administration provides a way to import metadata term sets and terms by uploading a CSV file. However, it does not provide a mechanism for exporting terms to a CSV. There are quite a lot of PowerShell and command line … Continue reading →

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Managed Metadata Feature

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Stu

If you’re trying to add a managed metadata column to your site, you may see the text “The required feature is not enabled for this column type” in the Term Set Settings. section. The message is simple enough but does … Continue reading →

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Updating Term Store Field Value

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Stu

There appears to be various different recommendations of ways for updating a term store field value and I’d like to chip in with mine. Some recommend updating by setting the list item’s hidden taxonomy field, which looks something like the … Continue reading →

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