Sharepoint Online filter by group

jorfernand

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I have a Sharepoint Online list, I need to create a view that has a filter, the filter must allow to create a condition that displays some elements of the list taking as a value a Sharepoint group, for example Show elements only when / Some column / is equal a / A Sharepoint Online group (which I have already created with 10 members).
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To create a SharePoint Online list view with a filter based on a SharePoint group, you can follow these steps: 1. Open the List in SharePoint Online: - Navigate to your SharePoint Online site. - Open the list for which you want to create the view. 2. Create a New View: - Click on the "All items" dropdown on the list page. - Select "Create View." - Choose the view type, such as "Standard View," and provide a name for the view. 3. Set Group-Based Filter: - In the view settings, find the filter criteria section. - Look for the option to filter items. - Choose the column you want to filter (e.g., the "Some Column"). - Set the filter criteria to "Is equal to" or another relevant condition. - For the value, you typically...
To create a SharePoint Online list view with a filter based on a SharePoint group, you can follow these steps: 1. Open the List in SharePoint Online: - Navigate to your SharePoint Online site. - Open the list for which you want to create the view. 2. Create a New View: - Click on the "All items" dropdown on the list page. - Select "Create View." - Choose the view type, such as "Standard View," and provide a name for the view. 3. Set Group-Based Filter: - In the view settings, find the filter criteria section. - Look for the option to filter items. - Choose the column you want to filter (e.g., the "Some Column"). - Set the filter criteria to "Is equal to" or another relevant condition. - For the value, you typically enter a specific text value. In this case, you need to reference the SharePoint group. 4. Referencing a SharePoint Group: - Unfortunately, SharePoint list views do not natively support directly filtering by a SharePoint group. - An alternative approach is to create a column in your list that indicates membership in the SharePoint group. You could use a Yes/No column or a People/Group column to indicate this membership. 5. Update List Items: - Update the entries in the list where applicable. For members of the SharePoint group, set this new column to "Yes" or select the appropriate user from the people/group column. 6. Filter Based on the New Column: - After setting up the new column to represent the group membership, you can now filter your view based on this column. - Choose the new column in the filter settings, combine it with other filter conditions as needed, and save the view. By creating a specific column in your SharePoint list to denote membership in the SharePoint group, you can then use this column to filter the view, effectively achieving the filtering based on the SharePoint group indirectly. It's a workaround due to the limitation of directly filtering by SharePoint group membership in standard SharePoint views.
 

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