Symptoms
When attempting to copy an element, ShareGate Migrate displays one of the following error messages:
- The Site Column 'site column name' cannot be created or updated because it is a system SharePoint site column.
- The Site Column 'site column name' cannot be created or updated because it is created by the SharePoint site collection feature 'feature name'. Please activate this feature to create it.
- The Site Column 'site column name' cannot be created or updated because it is created by the SharePoint site feature 'feature name'. Please activate this feature to create it.
- This system site column is either built-in or has been activated by a feature. ShareGate Migrate will not change its settings.
- This system site column has been activated by a feature at the source and it no longer exists in the destination SharePoint version. ShareGate Migrate will not copy it.
Error code
- ST-146-055
- ST-146-091
- ST-334-055
- ST-424-055
Details
ShareGate Migrate does not allow to copy or update a system site column. Those are built-in within SharePoint (although some might be created upon activating a feature), and updating those columns could break the expected behavior of those fields when added to a list. To prevent this unwanted scenario, ShareGate Migrate will never update those columns.
If you need to modify system site columns at the destination (which is not recommended), you must do so manually in SharePoint.