I have a recurring problem with Sharepoints shared columns that keep on synchronising.
I have multiple document libraries in which I reference the same document set.
In that document set I have set up shared columns + default folders and documents.
When I create a new document set and fill in the metadata at the root level, it takes forever to cascade this information down to the documents within it. When I say forever, it takes days and days and sometimes it doesn't even complete the task.
I have attached a picture of the synchronising icon that keeps on going.
Does someone know how I can solve this problem?
Thank you very very much!
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Based on your description, I understand that the shared column of documents in the document set will automatically be filled in the same value as document set. Is it right?
This is what the shared column does, and it's a normal phenomenon.
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I need help finding a way to making an excel sheet editable for only a set timeframe.
For example I only want other people to be able to edit the document from 6am-9am but the rest of the day I want it locked to everyone except the admin users.
I already tried finding a solution on google and YouTube but I just keep getting the same results and that is excels basic locking futures where you manually have to assign who can edit and can not edit the document. I couldn't find anything to locking the document to a set timeframe.
I would like to premise that I am not a coder, and have limited SharePoint experience. Nonetheless, I have a task at work to create a new tool for a group at work. This tool will allow them to track things through its life-cycle. The old tool will stop being used once they hit the 49,999th record. At that point we will transition to SharePoint. The prior numbers will live with those records and we will be unable to start back at the number 1.
My goal is to have an ID field for each record that incrementally grows starting from the number 50,000.
I tried creating a new calculated formula field that does 50,000 plus the ID but it does not work effectively. There tends to be a lag. The lag can be anywhere from 5 minutes to a day or two. In turn, I need an alternative option.
With a friends coaching, I am messing with SharePoint designer to automatically create a record once one is deleted and delete one every time one is created. However, this times out occasionally. Even more so, it is extremely slow. It will take me a week or so to get to 50,000. Does anyone have any experience or expertise to assist me? It is very appreciated.
The way I did it was to create another field and used that in all my views. Update it through a SharePoint Designer workflow on create - set the field to ID+50000, for example, or whatever you need. Maybe give it a bit of a buffer and set it to ID+51000. By the time the workflow is running the ID has been created and you can use it in a workflow.
If you are going to be moving your old records to the list, you can change the workflow to only update the new field if it's blank. That way you can save the original ids.
I've been finding the answers I need here on StackOverflow for months (thank you all!) but so far my search terms aren't finding the result I need this time... hence, my first post here...
I have an Excel file that includes two UserForms:
The first is used to input certain invoice data and then export that data in a format that can be uploaded into our proprietary accounting system.
The second is later used to post payment data against those invoices and then, similarly, export that data in a format that can be uploaded into our accounting system.
The second form has to be created dynamically in Userform_Initialize, because the number of payments required (and, thus, the number of TextBox and Label controls created) varies depending on the size of the invoices. I've finished the code to create this second form and it works well, but I'd like to add some functionality that is triggered when some of these dynamically created controls are changed by the user.
I've done this in other forms using a given control's _Change() procedure (for example, when I want to move to the next box after entering a dollar amount, I use _Change() to SetFocus elsewhere as soon as the value has two digits after the decimal). So my question is: how can I establish _Change()-style procedures for controls that don't yet exist before the form is initialized? Is there a way to set a "global" _Change() procedure that I can use to loop through text boxes and use if/then/else statements based on their dynamic names?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
When I am using dynamic forms, I like to create object arrays to store the relevant information so that I can quickly and easily reference the objects by "name".
Is it possible to create a list view that contains a column for how many times a document has been modified? I would also like a "Total Modifications" value that sums the modifications from that column.
I am new to sharepoint. If this is possible, where should I start looking for the information on how to achieve this?
Turn on versioning control in the document library settings and edit the views to include [version]. This will only work going forwards of course.
i am looking to create an invoice in either MS-excel or MS-word. This invoice will contain several fields like invoice no., customer name, product info, quantity, Amount, Date, Address of customer, phone no. etc. The function of the invoice will be, to generate a unique invoice number, every time i open it, and then the vendor will mention the customer's info, product's info and click on submit button or save it. The info mentioned in the invoice will automatically be saved in the MS-Access database whenever submit button is clicked or the document is saved.
Thus, All the records of the customer will be saved in the MS-Access database. whenever i need to search for a particular customer, i should be able to search it from either invoice no. or any unique field for that particular invoice. I hope my query is explained clearly. please let me know the easiest way to do it. I do not have the vast knowledge about this subject, so give me suggestions that are understandable by a Novice.
I think you are starting from the wrong end. Use an Access form to get the data and then run a mailmerge, the easiest way is to output a text file from Access as the data file and use a Word template for the merge.
An autonumber may suit for invoice number as long as all you need is a unique number. If you need documented sequential numbers, you will have to create then yourself. How you do it will depend on the number of users working at the same time.
I can tell you now, generating Word files with Access is a bit of a pain in the ass. If you really want to do formatting it gets hard (is my experience).
I ended up generating HTML files in which I could control everything, and opening them as .docs. But if you are really new to this, I suggest you start with some VBA tutorials, where they explain to you how you get records from you database and loop through them to generate output. And then you can start looking at file writing functions in VBA.
Can't find any tutorials real quick (my girlfriend is getting angry as we speak), but here is a sample:
http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=25354
Just look around in fora, look for file generation and looping through records.
Hi just reading your post, like Remou l would strongly suggest you use Access to enter and store the data. It is possible to get a user to enter data into a spreadsheet and write the data back to Access DB. Not something l would recommend for the novice, here is a link to some code on how it could be done
Returning to your first question, of creating the invoice have you considered generating the invoices from Access using a report? They can be printed to PDF, or exported to various electronic formats. Or is there specific reason to use Word/Excel? If are going down the route of using Word to generate the invoice then use a template as Remou suggested. See this link for some samples see the section titled Access > Word. I have used the examples as a basis for Access to Word. A number of the examples though use a tecnology called DAO, which l understand will not be included in any operating system after Windows 7. Just something to be aware of.
Searching for a record in a database table this link has one possible solution . Also the author has included a example database.