A link straight to a SharePoint document’s metadata

Alexis Daniel

May 10, 2013

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Often users want a link direct to a document’s metadata. That’s easily done using this format:
ht tp://SharePoint/sites/SiteCol/DemoMajorV2/forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=[x]

Here’s a sample link to a document’s metadata properties, just add the ID:
ht tp://SharePoint/sites/SiteCol/DemoMajorV2/forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=285

I took a random document:
h ttp://SharePoint/sites/SiteCol/DemoMajorV2/TestDoc.docx

Found its ID in the browser by adding it to a View:
ht tp://SharePoint/sites/SiteCol/DemoMajorV2/Forms/My%20Documents.aspx

Then took the format:
ht tp://SharePoint/sites/SiteCol/DemoMajorV2/forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=[x] and added the number to it:

ht tp://SharePoint/sites/SiteCol/DemoMajorV2/forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=285

That same format can be used within the search XSL to add a reference to view the document’s metadata in search results. Here’s the XSL to paste into the XSL field in Core Search Results:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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