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how to collect sharepoint online column names and datatypes to a list

  • April 1, 2019
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I'm trying to collect a list of column names and datatypes to track changes to the sharepoint custom list.  does anyone know how to do this?  I'm hoping there is a practical way of doing this through a workflow instead of a powershell or c# script.  

thanks 

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  • April 2, 2019
You should be able to just enable auditing for the custom sharepoint list. In theory you shouldnt need to create a workflow to do so.

https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/view-audit-log-reports-4293e8d5-4e7d-4201-b8ac-c8e63a100131

Let me know if I've misinterpreted your question.

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  • April 2, 2019

this article seems to only apply to sharepoint 2010.  I need this for Sharepoint.com custom lists.  It did give me the idea to check the workflow%history/allitems.aspx but that didn't work either.  

 


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  • April 2, 2019

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  • April 9, 2019

after testing the audit settings, you have to manually run the audit report to get the list of column changes.  i was hoping for a list where a nintex workflow could export on a scheduled basis.  .