I have defined a custom Sharepoint list for special attributes related to a software application inventory and installed it as a feature. I also want to group these attributes in categories. How could I change the Sharepoint page that allows the user to add a column to a list, so that when the user adds a column to my custom list type (column = attribute) he'll have a dropdown to choose the category?
From what I understand you want to add a choice column data type thats already prepopulated so that users can then add it to their own content types?
have a look here, this is probably what you want to do: http://www.sharethispoint.com/archive/2006/08/07/23.aspx
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I have a list of products that has two columns, product and product family.
I want to create another list that uses this first list as a lookup for one of the columns. This I can do, i.e. I create a custom column and then use the "Add from existing site columns" linko the "List Settings" page of the second list.
However, what I'd really like is that the custom column only proposes products that belong to a specific product family. I can create a View in the first list which allows me to display only the products in a specific family. However I don't see any way to specify only this view when I create the custom column.
Anyone have any ideas ?
Best regards,
Colm
If I understood you correctly you are trying to make a dynamic select field that will populate based on what the user has chosen in a select field before it. You will not be able to configure this with out of the box SharePoint. It is possible to add some javascript to a form to achieve this. I believe you can also do this in InfoPath but I am double checking that.
When i try to create a custom InfoPath form on my Orders List I get the following error:
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. - Product (Lookup)
Additional information:
The Site contains;
Two Site Content types Product and Order. Order does have a lookup field to product, it is a optional field so NOT required.
Two Lists. A Products list with Product as Content Type and an Orders list with Order as Content type.
The Site Collection has the SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features activated. Creating custom InfoPath forms for the Products lists works without any problem.
I tried to delete my List and recreate it but it i still get the same error. Hope someone can help me with this issue.
Thanks
Apperantly this was due to to the Title field in the Content Type being a required value. Changing the lookup to the items ID solved it.
This worked for me. But if you don't want to use the ID field in your views or on the form, here are a couple tips to replace it with the Title (or other column) in your lookup field...
Replacing the IDs in the form:
In InfoPath, create a new data source for the lookup field. Follow through the prompts to find the list to lookup. Once it's added, change the Value to ID. This will now set the dropdown list in the form to display the Title values as well as properly link the IDs in the list.
Use Title (linked to item) in your list view without instead of the ID:
Create a new index in the list you're looking up for the field you want to be linked. Then go back to the main list and change the lookup back to Title (linked to item). Note that this will again break the ability to edit the form in InfoPath. Changing it back to ID will allow InfoPath editing again. Then just change it to Title (linked to item) again when done. There's probably a "right" way to do this but it works for me.
Apperantly this was due to to the Title field in the Content Type being a required value. Changing the lookup to the items ID solved it.
Simple solution to this is, create a lookup field using SharePoint List settings, and then edit the form with infopath for further design related changes. When you creates lookfield using infopath this gives above issue, i could resolve it by creating list column and then editing form with InfoPath.
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.
I have a SharePoint site with multiple lists, some of which have the same fields - a choice of products or countries.
How can I build the lists in a way that I configure the choice field once and use it in multiple lists, so that in the future, if I add a value to the choice, I add it only once?
If you go to Site Settings, under Galleries there is an option for Site Columns. You can create your choice list there. Then, under the Library Settings there is an option to Add From Existing Site Columns. You should be able to see and select your newly created column there.
You should create a list which contains the countries. Then in the lists where you want to reuse the countries lookup, create a column of type Lookup and select the countries list in the "Get infomation from" dropdown.
Here is a link to a more visual guide:
http://blog.phase2int.com/?p=101