Upload multiple documents to different folders

Question

Hi. I'm fairly new to SharePoint, and I have a document library that contains a number of documents and one folder. I'd like users to be able to upload two documents at once - one in the library itself, and one in the folder within the library. What would be the best approach to make this doable? 

I know there's an option to choose the folder location when you upload a document, but is there a way to specify the folder location for each document when you're uploading multiple?

Would this involve having to mess around with the upload.aspx form?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Look into the SharePoint content organizer - https://sharepoint.protiviti.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=153

Other than that, you might need to have custom solution like workflow or event receiver to implement this.

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Answer 2

Hi, thanks for your reply! I looked at the link and went through the steps for the content organizer, though I don't have access to Central Admin so the documents are still sitting in the drop off library.

If I have a workflow for my document library, will documents that are added through the drop off library still have the workflow applied to them?

Answer 3

Hi sabina.yim,

You could upload the multiple documents by windows explorer. You could open the document library in windows explorer and upload the documents with explorer. For more detailed information, you could refer to the article below.

Upload Multiple Documents with Windows Explorer and SharePoint.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/upload-multiple-documents-with-windows-explorer-an.html

And you also could consider creating event receiver for document library. When the document is uploaded, the event will be triggered to specify the upload location for documents. For more detailed information, you could refer to the article below.

Walkthrough 2 – Developing an Event Receiver for a Document Library.

https://karinebosch.wordpress.com/walkthroughs/event-receivers-walkthrough2/

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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Answer 4

Look into the SharePoint content organizer - https://sharepoint.protiviti.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=153

Other than that, you might need to have custom solution like workflow or event receiver to implement this.

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Rajesh
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Dont go down this rabbit hole :)

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