The file plan report is one of the ways to support Record Management in SharePoint 2013. It is used to classify and categorize records based on unique retention and disposition requirements, and in many cases, security requirements as well.
There are two types of File Plans in SharePoint 2013.They are as follows:
- Folder-based file plans
- Library-based file plans
The following information can be collected in an Excel format.
- Site
- URL
- Description
- Report Generated
- Created By
- Folder Count
- Item Count
- Versioning
- Require Content Approval
- Draft Item Security
- Source of retention schedules
- Has Records
- Has Items on Hold
In this article, we will see how to set up the File Plan report for a Document Library.
Step 1: Navigate to the Generate File Plan report from Library Settings.
![Generate File Plan report]()
Step 2: Specify the location to store the file plan report in the Save Location and click Ok.
![location to store the file Plan report]()
Step 3: The notification screen once the setup is finished completely.
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Step 4: The sample File Plan report is as shown below. It has three sheets. This is the default view of the Summary Sheet.
- Summary
- Retention Details
- Folder Details.
Step 5: The following picture depicts the folder view of the File Plan Report.
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Step 6: The location where the File Plan Report is stored is shown below.