Auto-populate Title column with a filename

1/26/2021
Applicable to: Document Auto Title

This article describes how to enable auto-population of the Title column with a filename on document uploading or editing.

Introduction

Vitextra Document Auto Title allows you to enable auto-population of the Title field in SharePoint Document Library.

šŸ“ Note
Auto-population can be enabled only for Document Library.

Preconditions

To apply auto-population to Document Library you need to activate Vitextra: Document Auto Title site feature.
Go to Site Settings - Manage site features and click Activate next to the feature to enable it:

Document Auto Title site feature

Library Settings

Activate Auto-Population

Open Document Library, go to Library - Settings:

Library Settings

Library Settings

Click Document Auto Title under the General Settings heading:

Document Auto Title menu item

Document Auto Title menu item

Settings

Check Enable to enable auto-population. Also you can choose additional options such excluding file extension and update Title column on document updating:

Document Auto Title Settings

Document Auto Title Settings

šŸ“ Note
Document Auto Title based on SharePoint event receivers and does not depend on the workflow engine.
It allows to increase performance and avoid creating needless artifacts such as workflow tasks and history list items.

If Document Auto Title is enabled Title column is populated automatically once the document is uploaded:

Document Auto Title

Document Auto Title