Introduction

The Ultimate Forms: Voting column adds powerful, user-friendly voting capabilities to any SharePoint list or document. It enables quick user feedback, structured validation, idea ranking, and lightweight decision-making — directly from list views, without opening forms or requiring special permissions.

Instructions

Why use Voting Columns?

Voting columns are ideal for scenarios where you need:

• fast team feedback,
• structured voting instead of long comment threads,
• rating documents, ideas, proposals or requests,
• encouraging engagement even from read-only users,
• item ranking by popularity or importance,
• optional responsibility tracking via item Owners.

The column works smoothly in collaborative environments, transforming a simple list into an interactive feedback board.

What Voting Columns can do:

The Voting column provides:

• Vote directly from views (no form open required)
• Voting available even to readers
• Optional single or multiple votes per user
• Allow upvotes only or upvote + downvote
• Show voter names and vote values
• Add optional comments for discussions
• Create a talkback section below item details
• Prevent item Owners from voting on their own items
• Number of votes and percentage displayed
• Sort by ranking in views

How Voting Works?

1. A Voting column is added to a list or library
2. Users click voting buttons directly from the view
3. System records:
• the vote value (up/down)
• the user who voted
• vote timestamp
4. (Optional) User leaves a comment or feedback
5. Item Owner can be defined to:
• track responsibility
• block the Owner from voting on their own items
6. Voting totals and percentages are automatically calculated and displayed in list views

Summary

In the next tutorial, we will create a Voting column step-by-step.