r/sharepoint 9h ago

SharePoint Online Sorting files with tags

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I want to switch our company's files system to use tags. For example, we currently have a folder structure:

  • Folder for each supplier
  • 3 sub folders (Technical, Sales and Prices)
  • In each folder, another sub folder for different products

Sometimes this makes sense, but let's say you want to list all documents agaisnt a specific product, the structure doesn't work well.

So ideally I'd like to set up what are essentially saved filters. However, as far as I can tell, I can only do this for files in the same folder level. So I'd have to dismantle the existign folder structure?

A perfect solution would be to set up 'folders' that are essentially saved searches. For example, I could set up a folder for a specific product that just displays any files with a given tag.

I'm probably missing something obvious but any help is appreciated.