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Customizing and Extending SharePoint Online
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SharePoint site columns can be thought of as reusable metadata for list items and documents that can be added to multiple lists and libraries. Site columns can be used to describe, group, sort, and filter items and documents. They can be used in search queries, templates, and refining and sorting search results. Site columns can be created at the site level. Columns created on the site level are reusable in all lists and libraries on the site. Site columns can be also published with centrally managed content types from the Content Type Gallery, which is accessed from the SharePoint Admin Center. Centrally published columns are created in a special site called Content Type Hub and copied to sites that use published content types.
There are 19 different data types in SharePoint; in this book, we will focus on column types that can be used in modern user experience. Each column requires a name, optional description, column group, and may require a value, as well as specific...