How do I create a "Card" column type in a Microsoft List?

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I really can use your help on this. I have decided as part of my efforts to solve a different problem to make a copy of a Microsoft List to a work platform that is not shared as a dashboard and shared area for my company. I am creating a duplicate List from another List that is the production list so that I can experiment on a duplicate one on my... Here, a screenshot is worth one hundred words:

I am using an online presence where my username is part of the URL. I am doing this as a test to solve a 404 and 403 error I am getting.

To duplicate a List, I have copied the production list to a local EXCEL file; made a table in that file, and used that to upload the data to a new List. The data types have all been converted to single-line text. Some of the changes to the data types of the column I am allowed to make. But for others, I believe I will have to rename and create a new column from scratch with the proper column data type. I believe I will have to do this with the mysterious "Card" data type. Can anyone help me with this?

In the List that I am creating from the original, the "Card" data type appears something like this:

I am sorry that I had to pixelate this pic but the point is that the column for "Card" is nothing more than a single line of text that is the name of a picture file.

On the other hand, the Microsoft List that I am copying FROM has a much more complex class or object for a Card that contains a multitude of data. It looks something like this:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/552108i5FB0AD25EC4D9A30/image-dimensions/2500?v=v2&px=-1

When I click on one of the cards, I get this interesting data window on the side:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/552109i693ADBEED4A88BA9/image-dimensions/2500?v=v2&px=-1

There are many ways to view the data and its various formatting. I made this quick video about this.



Please advise. How do I create a Card class. There are a couple of paths to take to create a new column but "Card" does not appear on any of these menus:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/552111i47FE236C41C941D8/image-dimensions/2500?v=v2&px=-1

Here is another menu of column types. Which one is a Card type?

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/552115iC02121564583F52E/image-dimensions/2500?v=v2&px=-1

 

[Skydiver]

If you go to the original list, go to the List Settings and look at the type of your "Card" column. It look like some custom formatting is applied to that column to get the the visual representation of the data within the column.

 

[Skydiver]

See:

Use view formatting to customize SharePoint

Customize how views in SharePoint lists and libraries are displayed by constructing a JSON object that describes the elements that are displayed in a list view, and the styles to be applied to those elements.

learn.microsoft.com

 

[Skydiver]

To duplicate a List, I have copied the production list to a local EXCEL file; made a table in that file, and used that to upload the data to a new List.

A better way to duplicate the list would have been to export the list as a template, and then use that template to create your own list. Perhaps "export as template" is just too old school SharePoint technique that has gone the way of the dodo bird.

How to Export a List Template in SharePoint Online using PowerShell?

Looking for a way to export your SharePoint Online List Templates? This guide provides an easy way to download the list template with PowerShell!

www.sharepointdiary.com

 

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I think I have figured this out. There is no such thing as a "Card" type. This column is just for an image. The intricate and detailed data I see in a tabbed dialog box is for the entire row of data, not for a particular column of a complex type.

 

[Skydiver]

Correct.

To quote from that link I provided on post #3:

View formatting does not change the data in list items; it only changes how they're displayed to users who browse the list.