This post is an updated to the previous post of mine about the Task List item manipulations. Apparently the method I described in the previous post works only for different task lists, not for the sub-folders which belong to the same task list moved from.
When I tried to move the list items into a sub-folder inside the same task list on Manage Content and Structure page, and got the error below
“An error was encountered performing this operation.
Attempt to move url(s): http://site/Lists/Tasks/1_.000; failed. Please try again
known issue in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.
The way how move items work is usually that it creates a list item on destination first setting same column values. Then delete the list item on source. This works perfectly for moving an item from one list to another list. However in case of moving an item to a sub folder in same list, MOSS tries to re-use the existing list item. It does not fix up the path of the item. As a result, the item is not moved at all.
We’ve filed a problem report to the Product Group for their evaluation. While the issue is not fixed, you can use following as a workaround:
OK, here is the workaround
- Create a new Task List from the Site Action menu on your own team site. (Namely, Temp Task)
- Use the same method I described in the previous post and temporarily move items which you want to change their locations to this new Temp Task list library.
- Then, move them back from Temp Task to your preferred folder in the old original list.
I successfully did that following your instructions. thanks a lot. but I got the issue that I was not able to Edit in the datasheet. It shows READONLY. I was able to. any suggestion? thanks!
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