SharePoint Field Definition

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I inherited a SharePoint 2007 site collection that has a myriad of subwebs.

To simplify things, though, imagine the following hierarchy:

SiteCollection SC SiteCollection Site SubWeb1 SubWeb2

SubWebs 1 and 2 were created from the same site template years ago. They each have a List called ProjTasks that contain the same fields as each other, and even have the same InternalName and Guid. These subWebs do not talk to each other, but they can share the same parent information from the SiteCollection.

What's the best way to update the field definitions across all of the subwebs for a given list?

For the kicker, my specific example is modifying a Choice type's list of choices. While you can usually manually edit a choice by setting one on each line, the only options I have for editing this specific field is changing the Column name and the description (I do not see options for changing the data type or choice options. Any thoughts?

Thank you in advance.

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2 Answers

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Go to SC > Site Settings > Site Columns.

Is your field listed there? You should be able to edit it and have the choices cascade down to the lists in your sub sites.

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for the benefit of everyone who might experience this problem, i found this solution and it worked perfectly. :)