Create a site column for active documents

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Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2008-03-24

A site column defines an item of metadata that can be associated with a content type, list, or library. Define site columns when you want to standardize the metadata that you assign to content types. This process enables members of your organization to consistently apply relevant attributes to their documents and other content.

Important

Membership in the Owners group for the active documents site is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

To create a site column for active documents

Use this procedure to create a site column for active documents.

Create a site column for active documents

  1. From the home page of the top-level site in the site collection, on the Site actions menu, point to Site Settings, and then click Modify All Site Settings.

  2. On the Site Settings page, under Galleries, click Site columns.

  3. On the Site Column Gallery page, click Create.

  4. In the Name and Type section, type the name that you want for the site column in the Column name box.

  5. Select the type of information you want to store in the column, such as currency, date and time, or text. For a table describing the columns that are available by default, see the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 online Help.

  6. In the Group section, select the existing group in which to store the new site column or select New group to create a new group to store the column. Groups provide a way to organize columns and make it easier to find them.

  7. In the Additional Column Settings section, select the additional column settings you want. The options available in this section differ depending on the type of column that you select in the Name and Type section. For example if the type of information to store in a column is Choice, you can define the choices to enumerate in the Additional Column Settings section.

  8. Click OK.

See Also

Concepts

Create content types for active documents
Create a new content type for active documents
Add a column to a content type for active documents
Add an expiration policy feature to a content type
Add an auditing policy feature to a content type
Add a workflow to a content type for active documents
Associate a content type with a document library