6 Reasons to Steer Clear of Folders in SharePoint
At Collabion , we build products for Microsoft SharePoint and Power BI . Our products enable you to get quick insights from your data , through meaningful visualizations that work across desktops and mobile devices .
Our flagship product , Collabion Charts for SharePoint , is a charting web part that provides a quick & easy way to create insightful charts and dashboards in SharePoint . It works with SharePoint 2016 , SharePoint 2013 , SharePoint 2010 , MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 , without the need of PerformancePoint Server . Built keeping the business user in mind , this product is a DIY dashboard creator , which doesn ’ t require any coding at all .
We have a wizard based charting solution available for SharePoint Online , called Collabion Charts for SharePoint Online . It is very easy to use and enables the user to create beautiful charts from SharePoint lists in less than 5 simple steps .
While Microsoft SharePoint does support folders for storing documents , many SharePoint experts discourage users from doing so , since it robs the platform of many of its advanced and flexible features . We did our own research on the subject and found 6 major reasons to avoid creating folders in SharePoint , which we have presented in the infographic below . Take a look .