Through this post I will show you how to setup the send to connector in SharePoint 2010 with this enabled you can move or copy documents from one location to another in your SharePoint install exactly the same way that you can in windows. This post is really a continuation of a previous post “SharePoint 2010 drop Off Library” as to use the send to feature the drop off library needs configuring so please check out the previous post before trying to set up the send to connectors.
In this demo site I have set up 2 document libraries with the aim to be able to move a document from one to the other. I have set these libraries up on the same page but they could be on any sub site that you create.
The first step is to load up central admin and navigate to General Application settings -> Configure Send to Connections
When you click on the “Configure send to connections” link you will be presented with the page illustrated below.
You have to append the connection string with _vti_bin/officialfile.asmx so on my test setup it was http://dave1/_vti_bin/officialfile.asmx i also chose to move the file but you can choose to “copy” or “Copy and leave a link”. When all the details are filled out test the link and you should get the same output as illustrated below
When you go back to your main page and click the down arrow next to a document you should now see a new send to connector displaying whatever text you put in the display name field when you set up your connection.
After clicking the link you will be presented with a success screen and in my case the document will appear in the location that you specified in the connection setup.
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Michael
November 23, 2010 at 7:52 am (UTC 0)
Can you configure a Send To connector between different site collections?
Example: I have a team site where I have a document library with a “send to” option enabled, which points to a drop off library located in Document Centre located in a different site collection.
I don’t seem to be able to make this working.
Thanks
Michael
Dave Coleman
November 23, 2010 at 8:00 am (UTC 0)
Hi Michael
I will look into this and get back to you
Dave
Mark
December 2, 2010 at 6:39 pm (UTC 0)
I applied the send to options to the library and individual documents seem to work fine.
When I create a document set, I cannot use the send to option. It does not appear when selecting the document set. I can go into the document set and it will allow send to for each individual document??? Do you have any guidance you can provide?
Dave Coleman
December 2, 2010 at 6:41 pm (UTC 0)
Hi Mark
I have not notice that but i will check and try to answer your question.
Dave
zee
December 27, 2010 at 2:04 pm (UTC 0)
Nice info. Thanks
zee
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Firoz Ozman
July 18, 2011 at 4:53 pm (UTC 0)
Hi Mark or any one out there.
I face same issue as Mark’s.
Please share if any solutions know of.
thanks
Firoz
Reyno
November 1, 2011 at 1:41 am (UTC 0)
Hi Michael and Firoz
the documents you are trying to send to the Drop Off library, have you configured them as Content Types?
I ask this because content types cannot move from one Site Collection to another unless you have configured the Content Type Hub in the Managed Metadata Service. By doing this, the site collection you nominate as the content type hub, will be used to share content types across the whole farm.
So define content types in the hub so they can be used in any site collection and moved between them, if the need arises.
This works with documents but I have not tested this with Document Sets. Let me know how you go.
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