I'm new to sharepoint (working with the 365 version).
I have a list that will be available across multiple pages within a site to collect data on project updates.
As I'd like to avoid having to create a separate list for each page and at the same time remove the need to manually populate a "Project Name" field I'm looking for a way to populate that field automatically based on the page name (title).
Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks
David
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Guys!
I have a Sharepoint List, and I'm struggling to customize the webpart to include a new Item.
The need is to create a Dropbox that changes values based in another field in same webform.
Here in this list, I select the Coordinator list, but the problem is I really don't know how to show in Analyst field just the analysts from the coordinator I just choose.
Note: We are using a workspace in Sharepoint 2013, and due adm restrictions we can only use the regular settings, so we can't create custom HTML webparts for example.
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.
We have a requirement for a site wide document library that contains simple word letter templates.
From within a customer item on a list we need to be able to select one of these templates and then have the template populate with customer data such as name & address etc.
What’s the easiest way to achieve this? Ideally without using workflows.
Then you shall assign a document template to a content type.
See this blog post, http://sharepointchick.com/archive/2011/01/07/using-content-types-with-document-templates-when-using-quotnew-documentrdquo.aspx
Create fields in your template that display the document properties to "Autofill" them. This is done in the Insert tab of the ribbon, then by clicking QuickParts, then Document Properties.
The end result is that in addition to the File > Info or the properties bar, each property will also appear in the body of the document wherever you have inserted the field for it. These can then auto-update themselves based on the metadata stored with the document in the library (how often they update is a Word setting).
Xpertdoc Letter Management for SharePoint let's user pick a template from the context of a customer record, then generates a new document with customer data automatically merged inside the document.
CGU, an insurance company, estimate they save 0.5 million dollars per year by the efficiency gains introduced by Xpertdoc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbqWiFt5dUA&feature=channel&list=UL.
First of all, you should use the technique mentioned before for the document creation based on content type.
As for auto-filling the property fields, I suggest you check out this post that explains how to auto-fill properties when document is added.
You can also opt for a commercial solution such as Harmon.ie for SharePoint to retrieve your templates. They have a free version, if I'm not mistaken.
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 would like to know how I can filter a SharePoint library list based on current user login.
Suppose I have created the followings:
1) A SharePoint form library containing bunch of uploaded InfoPath form data.
2) The InfoPath form template contains a promoted text field called "TargetUser" to store user domain login (ex: DOMAIN\JOE) and every InfoPath form file in the library has a valid domain name stored in the "TargetUser" field.
I have created a custom view for the form library and would like to filter this view so only items whose "TargetUser" field matches current user's login ID are displayed.
I went to Edit View page to customize the view and tried to use the [Me] function but I got a "Filter value is not a valid text string" message instead when clicking OK. Apparently [Me] returns a Person/Group data type and the filter cannot compare its value to that of "TargetUser".
I tried using other text functions (ex: TEXT([Me],"") hoping to extract default string value from [Me]. The filter accepted the parameter without any error but the resulting fitlered list does not display any items at all.
I have googled this subject but I have not found any solution.
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone can help me to create a functional filtered list.
And FYI, my SharePoint 2007 installation is just WSS 3.0 + Form Server. I do not have MOSS 2007 (so no MOSS 2007 web parts or web services).
Thank you.
Jason
Is there any reason your TargetUser field is a text field instead of a People or Group field?
The [Me] identifier can be used to filter list items based on a People or Group column, but not on text fields.
Well. It looks like no one here has the answer.
Nevertheless, another user on Technet forum has a very good solution.
See this link for more information