Document Sets and Content Types

Question

Hi All,
I am having trouble in getting the "document sets" content types applied as expected when I try to create a site based off custom template.
Scenario:
We have 8 document sets stored in a document library. This library is part of a site which we have saved as a template.
E.g. of document sets is "Others", "Meetings" etc
Each of these document sets have one or more content types associated with it.
We are trying to create a site based off the saved site template using powershell.
E.g. $web = New-SPWeb http://myserver/sites/mysite/subsite
$web.ApplyWebTemplate("{GUID}#Name of Template")
When we open the document sets in this newly created site, the content types seem to be coming all together rather than being associated with the specific document set.
E.g. Clicking "New document" in the "others" document set would show up content types from "meeting" and all the remaining document sets present in that library.
Interestingly, when I go to "Document Set" settings, I only see the content type of "Others" Document Set.
Any idea why the "New document" dropdown for the document set is not behaving as expected?

Answer 1

Hi Abhi,
Based on your description, I did a test. In my testing, everything worked well.
The steps are:
Go to Site Actions->Site Settings->Site content types.
Create a new content type, and select parent content type from Document Set Content Types, and Parent Content Type: Document Set
Click ok
Under Settings, click Document Set settings
On the Allowed Content Type section, select some content types and add them
Click OK
Then repeat step2-6, and create another custom document set
Open your library, and allow management of content types in advanced settings
Add the two document sets into the library
Check each document set, and each one had different content types
Save the site as a template and include the content
Create a new site based on the site template using PowerShell(the command was same with yours)
After creating, check the document sets of the library in the new site, everything worked well.
Please check your process as the above steps.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Wendy
Wendy Li
TechNet Community Support