Stefan Feenstra

Today I found a workaround for the bug I reported a few weeks ago: “Version comments not saved in SharePoint 2013“.

When you have one content type available in the library the version comments cannot be saved when you upload a new file. If you have more than one content type available the version comments can be saved in SharePoint.

Steps to add a content type to the library

1. Go to the “Library Settings”
   
2. Click on “Advanced settings”
   
3. Change “Allow management of content types” to: “Yes” and save the settings.

   

4. On the “Library Settings” page click on Add from existing site content types.

   

5. Add a content type to the library e.g. ‘Basic page’ and save it again.
   
6. Now try again to upload the file. Select a file. Fill in the version comments and click on OK.
   
7. Click on “Save”
   
8. Now when you view the library you will see the version comments you entered at step 6.
   

Yesterday I discovered a new bug in SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 (2013 experience). When you upload a file to SharePoint using the upload button in the ribbon you get a dialog where you can fill in some version comments. These version comments aren’t stored in SharePoint when you check in the file you uploaded.

Steps to reproduce: 

Make sure you have the same version settings as in the screenshot below.

Go to your documentlibrary and click in the Ribbon on Upload Document.

You will get the following dialog. Select a file and fill in some version comments.

Click on Ok and wait untill the file is uploaded to the server. Then the following dialog appears and click on Check in.

Now when you check the version history the version comments are missing.

When you follow the same steps in SharePoint 2010 the version comments are stored in the version history.

Some companies heavily rely on the version history and the comments that are submitted.

Update (31-10-2013): Workaround for this problem

Update (27-11-2013): Microsoft released a cumulative update to fix this problem