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SharePoint Site: Managed Navigation

Here are the six steps to achieve the managed navigation on site.

What is Managed Navigation?

  • The managed navigation feature in SharePoint Server 2013 enables you to build navigation for a publishing site that is derived from a SharePoint managed metadata taxonomy.
  • Managed navigation also lets you create friendly URLs without changing the structure of your site.
  • Using managed navigation you can create the Multilevel Navigation.
  • Before you map the managed navigation make sure to activate the publishing feature on your team site, community site, etc.

Steps:

Here are the steps to map the managed navigation on site.

Step 1: Go to your SharePoint site.

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**Step 2: **Select “Site settings” from your gear menu.

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**Step 3: **On the Site Settings page, select the “Navigation” from "Look and Feel" section as in the following screenshot:

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**Step 4: **Select the Managed Navigation from “Global Navigation” in **Navigation Settings **page.

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Step 5: Select the term set which you want to map from “Managed Navigation: Term set“ 

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Step 6: Finally click “OK” to save the navigation settings.

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Successful term sets will be mapped to your site collection.

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And also you can create multilevel navigation using term set.

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Limitation

  • You need to create term sets for each site Collection.

Summary

In this article, we explored how to use the managed navigation in SharePoint Online sites.