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What is custom list template in sharepoint site
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Inbuilt SharePoint provides some predefined list of templates like Announcements,Calendar,Picture Library,Links...etc. If none of templates are meeting you requirement, you can create your own custom list instance and define columns/views for the list. This list is called Custom List.
In-order to create new custom list, Go to Site Contents -> Add an App -> Select Custom List -> Provide Name for Your Custom list.After creating list, add columns and views to it. Create Column/View for List: Open created Custom List -> List Settings -> Create Column/View
Note: By default every Custom List will have 5 columns (Title, Modified, Created, Created By and Modified By).
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What are the default columns added to SharePoint Custom List template
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When we create a Custom List in SharePoint site, By default 5 columns are added to custom list which are - Title (Single line of text) - Mandatory field that defines a title for each list item.
- Created (Date and Time) - When the user has created the current item.
- Modified (Date and Time) - When the last user has modified the current item.
- Created By (Person or Group) - User who created the current item.
- Modified By (Person or Group) - User who last modified the current item.
We can modify the column properties by clicking on Column Name from List Settings.
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What are the view formats for SharePoint Custom List template
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When we create a Custom List in SharePoint site, we need to map the list to View. By default when we create List, it will be mapped to "All Items" standard view. But we can change the view for the list.
Each view is created from View Type and below are the available view types - Standard View - View data on a Web page. You can choose from a list of display styles.
- Calendar View - View data as a daily, weekly, or monthly calendar.
- Datasheet View - View data in an editable spreadsheet format that is convenient for bulk editing and quick customization.
- Gantt View - View list items in a Gantt chart to see a graphical representation of how a team's tasks relate over time.
- Custom View in SharePoint Designer - Start SharePoint Designer to create a new view for this list with capabilities such as conditional formatting.
In order to see the available view types, Go to Custom List Settings -> Create View -> View Type.
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