Link to Parent Documentset

The purpose of this sample is to enhance the use of documentsets. Assuming you have a SharePoint Library with documentsets, it can be useful to create a view that shows all the files without the documentset (folder) structure. By adding a column to this view using this sample, users can open the parent documentset of a file.

Shared by Geert de Kooter
Updated Jan 20, 2023

{ "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json", "elmType": "a", "txtContent": "=substring(substring([$FileRef], 1, lastIndexOf([$FileRef],'/')),lastIndexOf(substring([$FileRef], 1, lastIndexOf([$FileRef],'/')),'/')+1,1000)", "attributes": { "href": "=replace([$FileRef], '/'+[$FileLeafRef],'') + '/'" } }

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How to use this sample

Summary

screenshot of the sample

View requirements

A library with documentsets
A view showing all the recent documents -- Folders: "Show all items without folders" -- Filter: Content Type is not equal to NameOfTheDocumentSetContentType
A "Single line of text" column, the column doesn't need to be linked to any content type

Sample

Solution	Author(s)
generic-link-to-parent-documentset.json	Geert de Kooter

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	April 7, 2022	Initial release
2.0	January 20, 2023	Changed txtContent formula - based on the idea of Chris Kent

Additional notes

none

Disclaimer

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