(This post was written using a SharePoint 2010 environment)
Document sets are a pretty awesome way to convert people from traditional folders to using metadata in SharePoint, but retaining the ‘feel’ of a nice folder structure.
When you start using document sets you might want to play with the default view of your files, this isnt as straight forward as just setting a new default view. Here’s how to do it
Create and configure the view
- Create your view
- Under Folders > ensure show this view is set to In folders of content type: document set
- Press OK
Select the view for the Document Set Content Type
- Navigate to the Library Settings
- Under Content Types Select the Document Set
- In Settings > Select Document Set settings
- Under Welcome Page View > select your view
- Press OK
Now the changes made to your custom view will be present inside each document set!
Bonus
For more on document sets, check out my write up of the quirks of document set routing.
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