Managed Metadata columns are so cool and so nasty at the same time. If you want to display the value of a Managed Metadata column in a SharePoint Designer workflow, you get a horrible representation of it like ‘TermText|ba7e2a4f-6602-47a8-aa81-bca54756a356’. The only solution I know for this is the one in the comment from Kristina P…
I don’t have much to say about this new tool from Lightning Tools yet, but it sure does looks promising. Lighting Tools makes good stuff in general, so I’m sure it’s going to work well. If I can get my hands on a beta copy and can kick the tires some, I’ll let you know…
I’ve been searching on and off for days on this one. When you create a Content Type based on the Document Set Content Type, it’s fairly common to want to restrict the Content Types which are allowed to be added to the Document Set. Here’s an example. Say you have a Document Set Content Type…
I’m working with the Managed Metadata Service for a client project, and we ran into an issue in the Term Store Management Tool. We’d like to add a SharePoint group as Contributors to a specific Term Store Group. On the Term Store Management screen, the instructions say: Contributors Enter user names, group names, or e-mail…
Someone asked a question in the SPServices Discussions this morning because they were getting an “Object not found” error. This type of error almost always means that the references to the .js files aren’t correct for your environment. I’ve done a few posts about how to remedy this, most notably Adding jQuery to a SharePoint…
Well, Keenan Newton did a post on the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog entitle Changes to the Design View in SharePoint Designer 2013 yesterday that makes it official: the Design View in SharePoint Designer 2013 is not just missing, it’s not coming back. I’m reproducing Keenan’s post below, but you should also read it in situ, as the…
My father-in-law Fred Lutz died in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. He had been in declining health due to pulmonary fibrosis, and we knew that it was coming, we just didn’t know how soon. We’re all in a bit of shock around here. Part of what I can offer to the family during this time…
Last week was a busy one for me, not so much with client work (though I managed to get a lot of that in, too), but with speaking at SharePoint events. On Saturday, September 22, I was honored to deliver one sixth of the sessions in the keynote slot which kicked off the day. My…
There was a question a while back on the Microsoft MVPs LinkedIn group (YAFSN! – see below) wondering “Do you use Yammer at work?” I’m still trying to figure out how much I want to use Yammer. As when Google+ came out, I’m trying it. I pretty much abandoned G+, and Yammer may well go…
Today I’m releasing SPServices v0.7.2. If you are using an earlier version of SPServices, I suggest that you upgrade to this version, as you will most likely see some performance improvements, especially if you use multiple value-added functions on the same forms pages. Thanks to everyone who downloaded the beta over the last month or…