I have a cck field that needs to allow a different number of values depending on the role of the currently logged in user.
I'd like to find where the "number of values" data is stored for a cck field so that it can be dynamically changed when the node edit form is displayed.
From memory, if you change the number of values you may lose any additional - if you allow 5, then change to 2 you lose the other 3.
Is this not more of a UI concern? The CCK field itself can allow the max number of values that you want it to hold, and the widget that is used to allow these values to be entered / selected is customised based on the user role.
Changing the definition of an object based on the users role seems a bit excessive
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How to add additional custom properties for the column under Additional Column Property as shown above on pic for predefined type such as Single line text or multiple lines of text etc. so that I can programmatically generate(dynamically) the form(NewForm, EditForm & DisplayForm) by reading these values from code.
Example :-
Some additional configurations are appended as below:
Availability for user: If users choose:
Hidden: This column will not be seen by non-Admin users. It can only
be seen by Admin users.
Editable: This column will be available and editable for all users.
Read-only: This column will be visible but read-only for non-Admin users. It can only be editable for Admin users.
Information Group: This column is belonging to the selected
Information Group which is a master data list. For each information
group, the system will display the configured column accordingly
within the selected group.
Please help me to find out the way to add these additional properties to all the predefined column type.
Note :- I know how to add Custom properties for new Custom type but I need to know/is it possible to add these custom types for the existing SharePoint fields type.
I want to shift a record automatically based on filter criteria from Active view to a custom view "Processed". The criteria is shift record from Active to Processed when field contains data. Although this is working, the record still shows in Active.
I simply cannot find the reason why? Maybe its very simple too. Help?
If the views are mutually exclusive, and one of them is using the criteria field contains data, then the other view must use field does not contain data in order for your data to appear in the correct place.
What I am doing might be really stupid, if so, please correct me, but I am trying to do the following thing:
I want to have a list with (for example) the following items:
List Addresses
-Name
-Address
-City
-Country
But, based on their Country, I want to display different columns that I want to record in a List. For instance:
CountryColumns
(United States - SSN - Yes)
(United States - State - Yes)
(United States - Province - No)
(United Kingdom - SSN - No)
(United Kingdom - State - No)
(United Kingdom - Province - Yes)
And then when the user picks United States in the country list, the next time the user edits his information, certain columns will be shown. (It's also possible that all will be shown, and that the next time the columns with No will be hidden).
I've looked at ways to do this, and I only found out that Infopath is able to do this. But, that'd mean I would have to create a different view for every country, and show / hide certain columns. It seems like that is a bit of overkill.
Anyone knows a way how to do this?
Greetings,
Mats
Here are three options:
Custom content types. This is probably the most SharePoint-y way to do it. You can create a content type for each Country and then control which fields are included in that content type. The obvious downsides to this are that you could end up creating a lot of content types and also that selecting a content type (especially when creating a new item) is not the same as selecting a choice from a dropdown list.
Javascript/jQuery. Either by changing your master page or by adding a Content Editor Web Part to your Edit Form, you could use javascript to hide certain fields based on the selected value of Country.
Custom fields. This is the most involved, but instead of having the SSN field be a regular Single Line of Text field, you could create a custom field that inherits from SPFieldText and then manages its render visibility based on the selected value of Country.
There are four ways you could modify SharePoint to do this that come to mind.
Have a list address content type and then a separate content type for each country that requires extra fields. Use a webpart to enter data to the list using the correct country's content type.
Same as above but instead of entering data through a web part, you can add the data into the list using the base address content type. Use an item adding event receiver to decide which content type to add the data to.
Use one super content type that includes all fields but with custom list view pages to filter the fields based on the county value.
Use infopath with either separate views for each country or a section for each special field with a condition to hide it if the required country isn't selected.
Personally I would recommend 4. It's the simplest and quickest to implement.
You cannot do this out of the box.
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.
Any one has any idea how to map an infopath field to a sharepoint column of type choice? The infopath field is a repeating field, so the user can select multiple options, I want to be able to map those to the choice field in sharepoint. Any ideas?
update:
What I'm trying to do is the following. I have a choice column in sharepoint which allows user entered values. In infopath, I have a repeating field. I'm binding the field to a dropdownlist. The dropdownlist gets filled by a webservice. This dropdownlist is in a repeating section, so the user can choose to select from multiple dropdownlists. So lets say the user adds 2 dropdownlists, and selects an option from each dropdownlist. I want to be able to add those selections as choices in the sharepoint choice column.
SharePoint list is a flat structure, and because of that Infopath does not allow you map repeating sections to list columns.
You might wanna consider the following workaround:
Store Infopath form to one library
(along with non-repeating fields)
Use one of these custom activities to extract data from
repeating table and copy it to
another list
Create a custom data view or a web part to display these items (if
necessary)
This approach can be useful if you need to do some additional tasks with the repeating data.
When you are promoting fields within a repeated section into SharePoint columns, the options available are to promote the column as:
first (i.e. only the first selection is promoted)
last
count
merge (I believe this merges all the selected values together into a single entry)
screenshot http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5539/repeatinggrouptr3.png
Is it not similar to Create a Repeating Cascading List from:
a Flat Data Source or
a Hierarchical Data Source ?
If it is, may be those two articles may give you some pointers.
Depends on the type of choice field it is.
If it is a Multiple Select (checkboxes) Choice field, you can set the field through the object model (from the sharepoint site) or through the web service, by using ";#" for each item that you want to check mark, where is the value which is listed by the checkbox. I don't remember what the option is for single choice only, but it is something of the same nature. If you are talking about lookup fields, it has to do with the index number of the field from the list you are looking it up from. Also, there is additional steps if the choice field allows users to input or specify their own options.