Thanks to Knoots for suggesting the idea for this post, from a comment on Using PowerShell to play with SharePoint Items.Using PowerShell, we're going to walk through handling a Choice field in a list. Specifically, this is a calendar list using the Category field. This may come in handy if you want to automate changing... Continue Reading →
Creating an item detail dashboard view of your joined lists in SharePoint 2010
Thanks to Stan for suggesting the idea for this post, by leaving a comment here.Our goal here is to take your joined lists and display them on a single page, so you can effectively review an item and its associated information. This is a useful task for creating views of projects with many tasks, milestones, documents,... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2013 is coming…
There's a storm coming, and it's going to be exhilarating and overwhelming. You and I are about to be engulfed with hundreds of thousands of thoughts and ideas in the form of posts, articles, tweets, and events. People and companies are going to race to be the first one to share, the first one to advertise... Continue Reading →
Read Only users cannot access SharePoint via Web DAV
SharePoint has an alternative method for accessing it's files, and that is via a web standard called Web DAV. This connection type has been around a long time, and is supported by the web server. This connection type allows other applications, in my case GoodReader, to connect to SharePoint and access folders and files directly.... Continue Reading →
Customize the SharePoint Calendar Colors
I shared a post a while ago on how to create a color coded calendar in SharePoint. This is a no code (for real!) solution, and I've received some great feedback from it. One area I want to focus on are the colors. Let's go from blah To, well, more colorful, not sure if I'd... Continue Reading →
Troubleshooting SharePoint Quick Tip with the Logs
I just discovered a little trick for easing the process of reading and reviewing the SharePoint logs, so I thought I'd share. Open a SharePoint log and you get an incredibly large file with so much info, especially if your logging is set to verbose. As I develop and I receive generic errors, I need... Continue Reading →
Reusing Your Customized SharePoint Web Parts
Let's say you have a sweet web part, it might be something cool with JavaScript, jQuery, or SPServices, a simple weather web part, a data view web part, or an image. Whatever you made (with some exception, keep reading), you can export your web part and copy it over to another page or site within... Continue Reading →
Map a drive to a SharePoint library from Windows Server 2008
If you didn't know, SharePoint libraries can be treated like folders and files you'd use on your local computer. To do so, browse to the library in Internet Explorer (not supported in other browsers), you can click Open with Explorer in the ribbon. This button, from a Windows XP/Vista/7 machine in most cases will open... Continue Reading →
Troubleshooting a SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 install
I was handed a SharePoint 2010 farm with some weird issues going on, specifically around PowerPivot. First thing I checked was the status of any updates. Sure enough, there was an upgrade available (as seen in Central Admin > Manage Servers in this Farm). My continual troubleshooting of PowerPivot is in this other post. I... Continue Reading →
Troubleshooting PowerPivot on SharePoint
I recently had a battle with a SharePoint 2010 farm and PowerPivot. Customer reported "weird things are going on", and that was an understatement. This blog post is a transcript of the errors and what I did to resolve them. I hope this helps someone else in the future. First off, I checked the server's... Continue Reading →
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