I have two infoPath forms both share common header fields like Name,Position,Month,Year etc.
How do I create header fields in SharePoint only once when I publish both these forms ?
If this is a SharePoint List form, you can only use one InfoPath form. You can use a different view in the form if you want a different presentation of the same data.
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I have a requirement to take each row of a specific repeating table in a Form Library form created in InfoPath 2010 and store them as individual rows in a SharePoint 2013 list other than the Form Library, but located within the same site. The form should also be able to display the repeating table correctly on subsequent viewings by a user.
What is the best way to accomplish this?
I ended up creating new fields in InfoPath to store the merged values of each column in the repeating table using the following XPath format:
xdMath:Eval(xdMath:Eval(../my:LocationGroup/my:Location, 'concat(my:City, ";")'), "..")
I then promoted these fields to the SharePoint form library, and then used a Nintex workflow to split these fields and store the values in collection variables. Then I used a For Each loop to create a new row in another SharePoint list to contain each item in the collection variables. Works like a charm.
Is it possible to have a Nintex forms lookup with external sharepoint list? I've many SQL tables and I need to use the data on the form. I'm creating an external list using BCS. I was able to show external list data in a dropdown using list lookup but having a lookup based on this dropdown selection isn't working!
First you'd need to create an external Content Type in SharePoint using SharePoint Designer. Then on required site/list create new "External data" column.
In Nintex Forms use "External data column" control in order to display and manipulate the data.
I need filter on Info Path Form which can search from multiple fields of Document Set meta Tag?
I tried below things.
Create sharepoint filter in infopath for Docment set.
Create TextBox that will be free text filter of all the metadata fields of the document set.
Important also that on page load all the Documents and folders of the Dataset will be visible.
Thanks,
Try with below link. It would help you.
http://sympmarc.com/2011/08/24/using-spservices-with-jqueryuis-autocomplete-function-on-infopath-forms-in-sharepoint/
I am an extreme newbie to the SharePoint/InfoPath environment and I am stumped.
I have an existing list in SharePoint. I have created an InfoPath form that retrieves a column from this list and uses it to populate an InfoPath Multiple Selection List box. I also some additional date picker controls on the form to capture start end end dates.
I would like to do the following:
Select one or more items in the multi-select list box using the available check boxes.
Fill in the start and end date fields on my form.
On clicking the form's submit button, somehow have the form update the SharePoint list items corresponding to those selected in the list box with the contents of the start and end date fields. The "somehow" is what has me stumped. I've read that I can use web services to do this, but have no idea how to go about doing so.
The tools I have at my disposal are:
SharePoint 2010
InfoPath 2010
SharePoint designer 2010
I do not have access to Visual studio
Any ideas?
Here is a basic tutorial that walks through how to use InfoPath to update a SharePoint list.
http://www.bizsupportonline.net/browserforms/update-sharepoint-list-items-object-model-infopath-browser-form.htm
I don't use InfoPath much but it looks like it requires a bit of coding that you'd need to do in Visual Studios. I am not sure how well an InfoPath form will work to update multiple SharePoint list items.
Here is a link to another Stackoverflow question that is similar.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/14287616/1594166
Did you know that you can link MS Access to a SharePoint list and then you can write a query to update the rows like a table? Using a form and some VBA you could build a custom SQL string and execute that based on selections from the form.
When using an InfoPath form using a list, you can go to the list itself, then click on list, and then customize the form. From this you should first be able to:
a. Create the columns needed for the certain list (this would contain the start and end dates etc. on your end)
b. Have Microsoft InfoPath 2010 installed (i'm guessing you already have this)
Since you already have the columns on the list, you can just click on customize this form and infopath will open and you would be able to customize your own form from there.
Another option is to use the DataSheet view in SharePoint. This provides the ability to filter, sort and update lists. It may be sufficient for your purposes. It requires MS Access to be installed but if you're using InfoPath then you presumably also have Access. If that doesn't work then I would second #AxGryndr's approach of linking to the list from Access and using a query to perform your bulk updates.
InfoPath is probably not a useful option for the requirement you've described. Out of the box InfoPath integration with SharePoint is fairly capable but has limitations that make it unsuitable for more complex requirements without integrating third party tools (Qdabra's qRules) or Visual Studio.
Simply create one or more workflows on the InfoPath form library that use the form data to create other list items on different lists as required. These workflows would trigger when a new item is created on the InfoPath form library.
In my SharePoint List I have a custom field which is a filtered lookup.
The thing is that I would like to customize my form in InfoPath 2010 for that list, but I can't because I've got a custom field into it. When I'm trying to edit the list form from SharePoint I get the following error message in InfoPath :
"The SharePoint list form can't be customized with InfoPath because
fields of an unsupported data type are marked as required, or because
fields are corrupted. In SharePoint, try deleting the columns or
editing the column properties to remove the required attribute. -
Items (FilteredLookupField)"
This is normal, because it's not supported but is there a way that I could customize that form in InfoPath? If not, tell me how I could do it.
Many thanks.
P.S. I can't put any images yet. I don't have enough rep. ; )
Unfortunately, InfoPath will not help you there. You can however try to accomplish it in SharePoint Designer as it also offers a customizable, XSLT-based form control you can use.