I am using a Person or Group column in SharePoint to select team assignments for projects.
Sometimes the project doesn't need a particular assignment, and I would like to put "NA" instead of leaving the column blank.
The list is tied my organizations directory, so I can't add an "NA" option to the directory itself.
Is there a way to allow fill-in answers on a Person or Group column in SharePoint?
By using Powerapps you could set default value to Person & Group column.
This issue is about set a user as a default value in Person & Group column.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/126433/use-current-user-as-default-value-in-a-person-or-g.html
Hope Allen Xu's answer could help you a little.
More information about Defining default values for complex SharePoint types in forms
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I'm not sure if the title is a proper descriptor of what I'm trying to achieve here, hopefully it's close enough. I'm not a SharePoint expert, but I'm comfortable with creating forms and workflows as necessary to get something like this to work.
Basically, I need to have two separate SharePoint lists that are linked together, but one list needs to have row level security to hide data from other users that shouldn't see it. I need the column that is being linked to be an editable text box though, rather than a simple lookup field.
For example:
List A
Customer (text)
Description (text)
Sales People (person, multiple selections allowed)
Expenses (linked field)
List B
Customer (text)
Expenses (number)
Created by (just a reference that the sales people would actually "create" each row here)
Essentially, multiple people can be assigned to a customer in list a. The "sales people" are assigned by another user who actually creates the item for list a. I need to be able to have the people who are assigned as "sales people" to have a text box where they can enter their expenses, but on an individual basis, that would then be stored in list b with row level permissions to prevent them from seeing each others expenses totals.
List B would be able to show each sales person their full list of expenses across all the customers they are connected to, but not be able to see each others expenses. It's not a problem if the person creating the item for List A ends up with items in List B that are 0, but I need to be able to have the Expense field be an editable text box from a form that allows the sales people to enter their total expenses for that customer.
If I was building a custom application, this wouldn't be difficult to do, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this in SharePoint, or if it is even possible.
This is possible, but it will require custom development, using the SharePoint Object Model. Create your two lists and then you can either create a javascript/HTML based solution using libaries like jQuery and SPServices, or you can create a custom web part and use C# to update the lists. There's lot of examples out on the internet on how to do this. Write some code, and bring any problems you have with the code back to StackOverflow.
I am pretty new at SharePoint. We are using SharePoint 2010. I need some help on some filtering. We have a library that we want to filter based on the current user and restrict everyone else. In one of the columns in the list is Department. I want only Joe to see items assigned to HR department. I want only Sally to see items assigned to Accounting department, etc. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
If you have only few rows in the list, this can be done without programming
1) Create a new [presence/people] type column Ex name: ViewBy
2) In the ViewBy column add Joe to all rows with column department as HR/sally to Accounting
3) Create filter. Go to Library Settings-> Views Section-> All Documents, then scroll down to filters and show items only when column ViewBy is equal to [Me]
I'm very new to using SharePoint. I have created a custom list that I use as a linked table in Access. As the access database pre-existed, i need the column names in my SharePoint List to match those that are in the Access Database, otherwise all my Reports & Queries etc will not work.
Is there a way to have a separate display name for the columns in my SharePoint List.
For example, the column names are currently like "Innov_Desc", which isn't User friendly. When the users are adding "New Items", I need to display "Description" for example.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Derek
If you are trying to do this change from the the user interface (from settings), I'm afraid it's impossible. You will have to do this change in the code.
Please check the links below to get general idea of what is involve when naming columns:
Finding the internal name and display name for a list column
SharePoint Column/Field Display Names vs Internal Names
You can change the display name to something more user friendly via the UI after the column has been created. The internal name of the column will remain whatever it was at the point of creation.
I need to figure out a solution to allow only a specific group of users with permission to view a List Item in Editform.aspx. I created a custom form which would allow me to apply conditional formatting for a specific table row. I had used the advance formatting XPATH expression "ddwrt:IfHasRights(16)" which worked with any group that had contribute rights or below, but I also need to exclude other groups like tier 1 - 3, Site Builder, Designer, etc or above "Approval" status. The purpose is to only allow a very selected group of individuals (I created a group called "Approvers") to see the hidden table row.
The current working on MOSS 2007 standard version.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Jason
You can use JQuery and SPServices to examine the group a logged in user belongs to, see my post here which explains the principle. In that case, it hides an element if a user belongs to a particular group.
I have a Person field in my custom list. I want to have a view that will show multiple fields from that Person instead of the one I had to choose when creating the Person column.
So basically I want to have one column for Person and then in the view see Name, title, email, phone. All of those are valid choices but I can only pick one right now.
I really want to avoid typing in the username lookup for each column I choose to display.
This is SP 2007
It sounds like you need to create a custom fieldtype (with a fieldcontrol) that inherits from the userfield but in viewmode renders out the different columns you need. Is that something along the lines you are looking for?
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/nicksevens/archive/2007/08/31/create-custom-field-types-for-sharepoint.aspx
Note: This link is broken
You probably want a Computed Field. Note that this is not a Calculated Column. A Computed Field is what is used to display the same data is different ways. In SharePoint there is a Title field, but there is also a "Title (linked to item with edit menu)" computed field as well as a "Title (linked to item)" computed field.
See midway down this link for more details. I'm not sure if it will have all of the power that you need, but if it does it is almost certainly what you are looking for if you don't mind getting into the Schema XML file a little.
Could you use a DataView web part for this? If it's just a question of viewing the data that might be suitable.
Came across this thread and thought I'd add a tip. This suggestion is clearly not for every use case, but may work well in situations where you're managing a list rather than allowing manual inputs (verified to work with SP 2013):
Create a spreadsheet with columns to match your SharePoint list that contains multiple profile fields. (for example: name, phone number, email address)
In the spreadsheet, enter the same email address in all of the person/group field types in that row. (e.g., boss#company.com, boss#company.com, boss#company.com)
Select and copy the row(s) you wish to transfer to SharePoint.
In SharePoint, change the list view to "Quick Edit" and paste the row(s) into the grid.
SharePoint will process each field and convert the email address to the profile value you selected during the list setup.