How to Add Site Column to a List in SharePoint

 

We have already explained the procedure to create new site column in our previous tutorial. The new site column can be used on any list/library in your SharePoint site collection. In this way, your time and energy needed for recreating list-centric columns gets saved.

This tutorial guides you through the stepwise process of adding a site column to SharePoint list or library. Rather than creating a raw column on the list, you will be adding an already existing site column to SharePoint list.

 

Following are the steps for adding site column –

Step 1:-

Go to your team site’s main page.

 

Step 2 :-

Select Documents library

 

Step 3 :-

Click Library tab on ribbon

 

Step 4 :-

Select Library Settings option to get redirected to Library Settings page

 

Step 5 :-

Scroll down the page to get Columns section

 

Step 6 :-

Select the option that allows adding from already existing site columns. Now, you will be redirected to page “Add Columns from Site Columns”

 

 

Step 7 :-

From the drop-down “Select site columns from”, select Corporate Columns group

 

Step 8 :-

Select Corporate Regions filed

 

Step 9 :-

Click Add button

 

Step 10 :-

Click OK

That’s how you can add a site column to your SharePoint list or library.