Pre-Save Action on Document Libraries In SharePoint 2013 And Office 365

Welcome to an article on ‘Pre-Save Action on Document Libraries in SharePoint 2013 and Office 365.’ We developers face an issue when our client wants to have an action done on a document library on a save click.

Document Library uploads the document, and to validate something on the save click is tricky as the save by passes the validation and gets saved.

Solution:

The solution to do any JavaScript validation is Pre Save action. So here is what you need to do.

• Open your Document Library
• Under the ‘Library’tab , click on the Form Web Parts.
  
  
  
  
• Choose Default Edit Form, you will see the screen below.
  
  
  
  
• Click on Add a Web Part,
  
  
  
  
• Choose Script Editor, under the Media and Content Web part.
  
  
  
  
• Click on Edit Snippet, you will see the screen below.
  
  
  
  
• Use the code below and click Ok.
  
  Code:
  
  1. <script src="/jquery-1.8.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  2. <script src="/jquery.SPServices-0.7.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  3. <script type"text/javascript">
  4. $(document).ready(function()
  5. {
  6. });
  7. function PreSaveAction()
  8. {
  9. }
  10. </script>
  a. Use the function PreSaveAction() and paste your validation under the function on the code.
  
  b. Before saving document library the code will check your validation and will get saved.