{"id":378,"date":"2013-10-23T00:16:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T05:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brainlava.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2013-10-23T00:16:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T05:16:13","slug":"adding-metadata-to-a-folder-in-sharepoint-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/adding-metadata-to-a-folder-in-sharepoint-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding metadata to a folder in SharePoint 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on your requirements you may need to assign metadata to a folder. At first I thought it would be fairly straight forward but realized it required a few very specific steps in order to accomplish this task.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Go to a Document Library that has a Managed Metadata Column and create a folder<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-379\" alt=\"Document Library\" src=\"http:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.26.40-AM-900x240.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.26.40-AM-900x240.png 900w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.26.40-AM-200x53.png 200w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.26.40-AM-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.26.40-AM-624x166.png 624w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.26.40-AM.png 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Click on the Library tab and select the Quick Edit icon<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-383\" alt=\"Quick Edit\" src=\"http:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.36.02-AM-300x103.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.36.02-AM-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.36.02-AM-200x69.png 200w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.36.02-AM-624x215.png 624w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.36.02-AM.png 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Click into the metadata column and type in your Metadata Value and then click on &#8220;Stop&#8221; to stop editing the list<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-384\" alt=\"Quick Edit View\" src=\"http:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.38.56-AM-900x215.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.38.56-AM-900x215.png 900w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.38.56-AM-200x47.png 200w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.38.56-AM-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.38.56-AM-624x149.png 624w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-12.38.56-AM.png 1634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 4: Go forth and create views using the Metadata<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-1.02.38-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-386\" alt=\"Document Views\" src=\"http:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-1.02.38-AM-900x707.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-1.02.38-AM-900x707.png 900w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-1.02.38-AM-200x157.png 200w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-1.02.38-AM-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/brainlava.com\/admin\/assets\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-23-at-1.02.38-AM-624x490.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on your requirements you may need to assign metadata to a folder. 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