Automatic Document Library creation with CRM Online and SharePoint Online

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by Community Member

Hi Everyone,

I need to automatically create document locations and subfolders for each entity in CRM Online on SharePoint Online, I was wondering if anyone knew of a good way to do this? We have created a workflow in CRM and it works great on the CRM side but we can’t get it to create the folders on the SharePoint side. We would prefer our employees not have to go to every account in the CRM system and manually create the file structure for each and every account (as well as other entities) so I was hoping someone had more experience with this in the ways of bulk creating document libraries. Also, I’d love your opinion on using SharePoint as a Document Management system (the good, the bad, and the ugly) for CRM Entity documents. We are not 100% sold on using SharePoint to house our documents but we would also need a way to automate the folder creation on a file share if that is the consensus.

Thanks for the help!

Stephanie

*This post is locked for comments

I have the same question (0)

All responses (3)

Answers (0)

Suggested answer

flavia.takushi on at

Like (0)

Report

Hi Stephanie,

I think this link may help you:

community.dynamics.com/.../bulk-creation-of-sharepoint-folders-and-automated-integration-with-dynamics-crm

SharePoint and CRM Online integration is a good way to manage your files, but it is important to check the requirements and know how the integration works before integrating. Please check the link below about important considerations for server-based integration:

technet.microsoft.com/.../dn792527.aspx

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Community Member on at

Like (0)

Report

Hi,

There is no out of the box way to create the associated SharePoint folder automatically when a record is created in your crm system.
We have a functionality in our DocumentsCorePack which can do that for you. It can create the SharePoint location and if you want also some subfolders if necessary.

If you are interested in a 3rd Party tool, please take a look at www.mscrm-addons.com

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
ScottDurow 21 on at

Like (1)

Report

Hi - I did a blog post series on how to do this with CRM online - community.dynamics.com/.../sharepoint-integration-reloaded-part-1

Hope this helps!

Was this reply helpful? Yes No