[Forum FAQ] Show Attachments in SharePoint 2013 Custom List View

Question

Introduction:
By default, there is an Attachments column in the SharePoint List, some people want to display attachments name and click name can open the documents in List View. In this article, we would show you the method with
REST API, JSLink and jQuery.
Solution:
The steps in detail as follows:
Download the jQuery API  and upload the js file into the
SiteAssets Document Library.
Save the following code as a js file (showAttachments.js) and upload it into the
SiteAssets Document Library.
(function () {
// Create object that have the context information about the field that we want to change it output render
var attachmentsFiledContext = {};
attachmentsFiledContext.Templates = {};
attachmentsFiledContext.Templates.Fields = {
"Attachments": { "View": AttachmentsFiledTemplate }
SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides(attachmentsFiledContext);
// This function provides the rendering logic for list view
function AttachmentsFiledTemplate(ctx) {
var itemId = ctx.CurrentItem.ID;
var listName = ctx.ListTitle;
return getAttachments(listName, itemId);
//get attachments field properties
function getAttachments(listName,itemId) {
var url = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl;
var requestUri = url + "/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('" + listName + "')/items(" + itemId + ")/AttachmentFiles";
var str = "";
// execute AJAX request
$.ajax({
url: requestUri,
type: "GET",
headers: { "ACCEPT": "application/json;odata=verbose" },
async: false,
success: function (data) {
for (var i = 0; i < data.d.results.length; i++) {
str += "<a href='" + data.d.results[i].ServerRelativeUrl + "'>" + data.d.results[i].FileName + "</a>";
if (i != data.d.results.length - 1) {
str += "<br/>";
error: function (err) {
//alert(err);
return str;
3.     Edit the list view page.
4.
Edit the list web part. Go to Miscellaneous -> JS Link.
5.    Add the following URL into the JS Link textbox.
~site/SiteAssets/jquery-1.11.1.min.js|~site/SiteAssets/showAttachments.js
Result:<o:p></o:p>
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Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks for your details steps, with your steps I can reproduce the issue using SharePoint server 2013 without any CU or PU.
The items not displayed when group by the calculated column.
However, I had done more research and test, I had found that it’s a known issue.
I had tested with the SharePoint server 2013 which applied the December CU, the issue disappeared, the items displayed well.
You can install the December CU for SharePoint server 2013, then test whether it works.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2013/12/20/december-2013-cu-for-sharepoint-2013-has-been-released.aspx
Thanks,
Jason
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