Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Site Columns Practical Applications

Previously in this chapter, a variety of columns have been created for the examples. Each of these columns exists in only one place: inside of the list where it was created. For example, in one example a column was created that was named Project Name and used the Choice variety of column, and had several values added to it: Project ABC, Project DEF, and Project GHI. This is fine if that column needs to be used in only one list or library, but if the administrator suddenly finds that this column needs to be used in multiple lists and libraries by the project managers, for example, several things can be done:

• The administrator can manually create the same column in the other lists and libraries that need ...