asked on Can't see 'Attachment' option to a discussion in Discussion Board in SP 2013
I can't find a option in the ribbon for attaching a document/file to a discussion post in SharePoint 2013, either while creating a new discussion or Editing an existing one.
I know while we have focus on the Body field, we get multiple options like Upload file, Video and Audio and Picture... But all of them basically embed the files/documents into the body Rich-text. We can't view them as separate attachment files.
I have done a migration of Discussions from an external system to SharePoint 2013 using my custom tool. There i was able to attach documents(using Server side APIs) to discussions and those documents are viewed under Attachments field.(see the screenshot below)
![This is how attachments looks after i add them programmatically]()
![In the view screen for the above discussion, i see an extra View Properties link also.]()
Question : Is there some Configuration setting from UI or Powershell which enables the Attachment option on the ribbon ?
Enabling the Attachments option under the Advanced Settings doesn't help.
I know while we have focus on the Body field, we get multiple options like Upload file, Video and Audio and Picture... But all of them basically embed the files/documents into the body Rich-text. We can't view them as separate attachment files.
I have done a migration of Discussions from an external system to SharePoint 2013 using my custom tool. There i was able to attach documents(using Server side APIs) to discussions and those documents are viewed under Attachments field.(see the screenshot below)
Question : Is there some Configuration setting from UI or Powershell which enables the Attachment option on the ribbon ?Enabling the Attachments option under the Advanced Settings doesn't help.
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So, when you say
As such, there's no way to enable attachments for Discussion board.You mean from the UI because as i have seen and is evident from the screenshots i have attached, the option is still available. May not be from the UI. I was looking for some tweak, as we sometimes get, for enabling that in the UI.
Yes, but you need custom tool or custom coding for this
A as a workaround you can add an attachment directly to Body field using option in Ribbon (Insert -> Upload file).
When uploading a file files will be stored in Site Assets library, however you can choose different place if you want.