I created a custom Revision column in one of my document libraries and required data to be put into it. The document library had some documents in it and I tried uploading a file. I put the data in Name and Revision, but it gave me an error that I was missing information. So I checked the columns in site settings and found 2 Revision columns that each required information and only one would be displayed when editing/entering new information. I deleted the column from that library, and I had to delete it from many other libraries as well.
It seems to only happen with libraries that have content. None of my empty libraries have this problem, only the ones with documents.
Is this a problem with SharePoint, and if so, what can I do to avoid this problem?
If there is no way to avoid it, is there a way to delete all the extra cloned columns?
Thanks.
I had moved the files from one folder to another and it created a second Revision column since the two did not match. When you move items from one library to another, you should try moving the items before adding the columns because the columns will be auto generated. I had this happen to me again when I move Contacts from one list to another.
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Can autocrat be set up to use a column heading to name the document when it is merged. I have a form that creates student information and final grades in a spreadsheet and I use autocrat to merge data from the spreadsheet to a google doc., but each document merged has the same name unless I change it in the merge process or after the merge is complete. It seems if we could use <<Student>> in the "File naming convention to use" in the Set merge type step this would solve the problem.
If I got it right, you just have to use the proper tag at the fifth step of autocrat configuration. It'll probably be something like $student.
I am trying to merge or copy data from either an excel spreadsheet or another sharepoint list into a master list. The main "item number" column will enforce unique values, but each item will be assigned to multiple "project numbers" using metadata.
Is it possible to tell sharepoint to auto-update the metadata when duplicate items are added to the list? I could probably even edit the metadata manually if it would display the old entry for modification, but the only option I've seen is modify or delete the new item.
Sounds to me(from the description you have given) you are trying to collate several lists in to one and any data within each list you need to merge. Is this correct?
If so you will probably need to do a bit of custom code. Heres a little run through.
Get the list objects of the lists containing your items or grab your items from excel.
Iterate through each of the items in the list(or excel) importing the items over to the Master list.
Just before the above step you will need to check if the unique identifier already exists in the master list. If it does grab that item and update it if it doesn't continue adding the item as normal.
As always i would recommend you have a crack at it yourself. It's far more rewarding to make something work yourself and to be honest to do the above if you can read other peoples code it should take too long to copy(i mean reuse :P) other peoples code off the web to get the desired outcome.
I am not aware of a way you would be able to do this out of the box or via SharePoint designer.
Hope this helps
Truez
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.
how to delete a particular product from m_product table in openbravo , Because it has triggers and are interlinked with other tables
I don't think doing a SQL delete is a good choice, since there are some tables related with a particular product (like accounting information).
At application level, if the product is already referenced from another table (like an Order), you wont be able to delete it. However, you can always de-activate the record, achieving a logic deletion of the product.
When you delete using database queries, it will automatically prompt you the linked items where it is being used with the table names. You can remove the dependencies there. If you want to automate it, refer the linked items implementation in openbravo and use that as a base to find out where it is linked and remove them.
Thanks,
Shankar
You may use following options
1) Instead of deleting entry you may consider marking product as inactive or discontinued, so that product will not be available/visible on other windows and reports
2) Delete all linked items first, then delete product entry from UI
3) If you are deleting, using SQL statements - first delete all references(linked tables data) or temporarily turn off triggers and delete
I am relatively new to SharePoint, working with WSS SharePoint 2.0. The "Issues" list template contains an "append-only" comment column. The great thing about this append-only comment column is that it saves a history of the comments entered every time you save, and it clears out the comment field for the next time you edit the item.
I would like to add this column to a custom list. However, when I add a new column, it does not give me an option to add this type of comment column - it only gives options for single or multiple lines of text. Is there a way to do this?
You can create an append-only column by choosing the Multiple Lines of Text option and selecting "Append Changes to Existing Text". I believe this only applies to lists, not document libraries. Other kinds of lists may restrict this, too.
if you're using SharePoint 2007, In the List/Library Settings click Add from existing site columns. Under Base Columns Append-Only Comments should be there. In order for the "tracking" to work Versioning must be enabled for that list/library.
Not having an append-only field in a document library made me pretty sad. But this template made me happy again:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=02C4D1B4-7D53-4B72-B577-3DA23F86EC17&displaylang=en
It's the Document Library and Review template and allows each document to have a "Discuss" button and related discussion thread.