When you create any type of web content in SharePoint Online it is called List. For an example it can be calendar, task list, contact list or any kind of data with columns and rows which you create depending on your needs or you can use predefined templates. If you would like to create a list from the scratch, you should go into the Team Site, open the Settings menu and choose Add app link.
Here on this location you may see that there are a lot of options and according to your needs you can choose those which most suits you. Not to get confused, there is also app under name Custom list here.
When you open it, on the first view it will seems like it is the same thing as Document library, but there are major differences! This is how the Custom List and Document library look like when you first time open them:.
Now, because they look similar with small differences on the first view, we have to see what is Document library and then we can proceed with the comparison. Document library is the place where you can upload, create, store and share all of our documents, files, folders.
You can share them directly from the Document library, or attach them via Outlook. You can sent link, open as new message or copy-paste link to that particular document or folder location, and you can sync with your OneDrive. When you create Team Site — one document library is automatically created.
You can add additional libraries if you need according to your needs of organization of the team site. As shown on the screen show above, you can create documents directly into SharePoint. You can collaborate on one document in the same time as your colleagues or you can also check in and check out the document which means that if you work on that document, you make a restriction and the other members of the team can open it, but they cannot make any changes until you work on that file do not forget to check out.
As you may notice on the screen shots below, the first and one of the most important differences is that in Document library you can create and upload documents and folders and in the List you can just add an attachments.
This is major difference since attachments cannot be searched as uploaded documents. The second difference is that in Document library you can do check in and check out , and in the List there is no such capabilities. Every time the battle is long if we need to choose between SharePoint List vs Document Library while designing the application. We have created a comprehensive list of differences between both that will help you to decide, which one is best for your requirement over the other.
When I suggested this feature in my team, most of the people were not even aware that such a feature is available. Please do write to us in the comment section below if we have missed covering any difference that you know. Name is a mandatory field. Email is a mandatory field Email format is not corrent.
Suggestion is a mandatory field. The reason for that is because lists allow you to attach documents to the items. The example below shows that ability to attach documents to a task in a Task Web Part. While this is OK on an occasional basis i. Skip to main content SharePoint lists vs.
Email Address Required. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. You may also like How to limit the selection of choices in a People column November 2nd, You may also like How to notify team members about the uploaded file using the Notify your team feature October 28th, You may also like Add Shortcut to OneDrive vs.
OneDrive Sync July 29th,
0コメント