How to add columns to a site content type

Here you find instructions on how to add site columns to a site content type in SharePoint.

  1. Open the site content type.
  2. To add a site column that already is defined to a content type, do the following:
    1. Click on the link “Add from existing site columns”, at the bottom of the Content Type’s page:
      The link to add existing columns to a site content type
    2. Select one or more of the available columns and move them over to the “Columns to add” section, by clicking on the “Add” button:
      Adding columns to a site content type
    3. Click on the “OK” button.
  3. To create a new site column and add it to a content type, do the following:
    1. Click on the link “Add from new site column”, at the bottom of the Content Type’s page:
      The link to add a new column to a site content type
    2. To define the behavior of the site column, follow these steps.