Multiple content types in a single library - sharing columns

Question

I have built a simple expense claims feature into a sharepoint site using infopath. All works fine, but we wish to expand this to handle multiple types of claim, each having it's own form, travel expenses, holiday allowance etc. Each claim type is a separate site content type . I had hoped to store and display these in a single 'Claims' library, split/ordered by claim type. But the way it is set up at the moment, even the common fields like claimant, amount, from/to dates etc will be separate per content type. Is there any way to get multiple infopath forms to promote their properties to a shared column? I could just have a different view per claim type, but it would be neater if I could group them together.

Regards,

Carl

Answer 1

If the columns already exist as normal (UI-created) columns when you set up your promoted fields, InfoPath will use them without making them sealed. You should be able to point multiple forms to the same fields that way.