SPServices Stories #2 – Charting List Data with HighCharts

This entry is part 2 of 21 in the series SPServices Stories

Introduction This submission comes to us from an anonymous reader, who can’t publish the details under his (or her) name due to confidentiality issues. However, s/he has been able to generate some very useful charts with HighCharts using SharePoint list data as the underlying data sources. Charting List Data with HighCharts In the following code,…

SPServices Compatibility Issues with the Minified Version of jQuery 1.9.0

Codeplex users tedka and danstaley have reported issues using SPServices with jQuery 1.9.0. You can read their issues here and here, respectively. I’ve done some quick testing, and the problem seems to be with the minified version of jQuery 1.9.0, *not* 1.9.0 itself. When I use the non-minified version, my test pages perform just fine….

SPServices Stories #3 – AddWebPart Method of the WebPartPages Web Service

This entry is part 3 of 21 in the series SPServices Stories

Introduction Eric Alexander (@ejaya2) should be no stranger to those of you who have visited NothingButSharePoint‘s Stump the Panel forums. If you’ve ever visited those forums, odds are very good that Eric has helped you out. He’s a stalwart member of the SharePoint support community. Eric wrote a post on his blog about using SPServices…

SPServices Stories #1 – How to Start a Workflow on Multiple Items in a List

This entry is part 1 of 21 in the series SPServices Stories

Introduction Given the fact that so many people are using SPServices these days, I wanted to start posting some of the great things that people are doing with it out there. If you have a story about how you are using SPServices that you would like to tell, ping me using the contact form. Your…

Is Client Side Scripting a Good Way to Access SharePoint Data?

People reach out to me all the time to ask my advice on how to accomplish certain things with SharePoint. Sometimes I can help, and sometimes their questions are way beyond me. One of the benefits of being reasonably well known in the SharePoint space is that people tend to come to me with questions…