For questions completely specific to SharePoint 2013 and **not past or future versions**
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Apps not available for user pages
our company just started using sharepoint 2013 (in office 365). We are trying to get an app to show up in the user personal pages. In this case it is about the app 'promoted links'.
When we login ...
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How can I build a search that searches all the site collection under certain managed path?
I have created a WildCard managed path named departments, and then under this managed path I have created five “Publishing site- enterprise Wiki” site collections.
Now, by default, each of the ...
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Comparing the Enterprise Wiki Pages versions is not showing the differences
I have an enterprise wiki site, and a wiki page have now around 9 version; but when I tried to compare two version together it did not highlight the changes in red. Although there was a new ...
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how to create workflow for provider hosted apps in visual studio ot sharepoint designer?
I want to create a Provider Hosted app. In that I will manipulate SharePoint list items.
I am adding items to a SharePoint List and for that I want to create a Workflow to auto-generate the Que_ID ...
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Send email after creating New Item in External List
I am using SP 2013 and I have an external list. But when I created a new item, I want to send e-mail to the specific people.
Workflow is disabled for external lists. So can we create a new method in ...
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How to call a soap webservice with the “Call HTTP Service” action in a workflow
I'm trying to call this Sharepoint 2013 SOAP WebService from a workflow : https://mysite.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/Sites.asmx
My workflow is hosted on the same sharepoint online farm than the soap WS I ...
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Full-Trust Solutions on SharePoint Online Dedicated
I am trying deploy a solution to SharePoint Online (SPO), after looking at documentations about SPO, I found only Sandbox Solutions and Apps can be deployed to SPO, but my solution is a Farm Solution. ...
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What is SPSite.OutgoingEmailAddress used for?
Does anyone know what the SPSite.OutgoingEmailAddress property is used for?
By default it is set to the same value as the WebApplication.OutboundMailSenderAddress. However, I can update it via ...
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Initialize fields for Projects
I'm trying to get the ProjectSiteUrl included/initialized when I retrieve all projects.
Similar to how the Sharepoint CSOM can query lists. Eg:
ListCollection lists = site.Lists;
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Navigation using Term Store in my enterprise Wiki Site is not working well
My problem is as follow:-
I have a site collection that contain an Enterprise Wiki template.
And I create a new Term Store
I link the term store to the “wiki Category” column.
When I add or edit a ...
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Is it unsafe/inefficient to create ClientContext within repository methods (SP 2013)?
I'm doing the backend for a new .NET to Sharepoint integration and I would like to hide Sharepoint Implementation details from my team. In this example ...
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How to use Client Web Parts on a SharePoint App Page
Is it possible to use WebParts Zones and Client Web Parts on a SharePoint App Page?
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SharePoint 2013 App Part : Dynamically set values for the tool part panel controls on serverside
How can I dynamically fill a dropdown list in a Tool Part panel of a SharePoint 2013 app part?
What I want to achieve:
User checks a checkbox
Dropdown appears
The list items in this dropdown are ...
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Defining a term set store for my Wiki site collection in 2013 is different than in 2010
I am following this link of how to define a term store in SP 2010 and I am trying to apply it to my current SP2013:-
http://www.jasperoosterveld.com/2011/09/creating-knowledge-centre-with_07.html
To ...
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Creating new Managed metadata service
I want to create a new Service Application of type managed metadata.
But I do not know what I should provide in the following fields in ad new metadata service dialog box:-
Database name . ...
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Display Template: AddPostRenderCallback has no ClientContext
I'd like to use AddPostRenderCallback in my SharePoint 2013 Display Template like this:
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AddPostRenderCallback(ctx, function(){
alert(ctx.Title + "finished rendering!");
});
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Site Collection Access section not displaying for authoring site
I am trying to configure Cross-site publishing by following this article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj656774.aspx
however when I am trying to make a term set available to ...
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The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available.
I have created a Enterprise Wiki site collection , then i tried to define a tem store for it, but when i go to ---> Site Settings----> Term Store Managemnt. i got the following error:-
The Managed ...
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Which approach I should follow; SharePoint business connectivity services OR developing SharePoint App
I have developed a document management system and an enterprise wiki library for our company using SP2013. The second project I am going to start is to develop an asset management system for our ...
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programmatically manipulate survey list perform add update delete operation
I want to create Polling app. For that i want to learn about survey list. That can I add update delete survey list data Programmatically.? First of all i want to create a web part which perform this ...
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ListFieldIterator does not create two column Table
I created a WebPart (SharePoint 2013) with an ListFieldIterator in it to display the Fields like in the NewForm of a specific list. According to all online examples and the default Form when adding an ...
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Setting the System Masterpage in SharePoint Foundation 2013
I want to set the Masterpage for System pages (eg, /_layouts/15/Settings.aspx) on a SharePoint Foundation 2013 site to a masterpage that is different than the default masterpage being used by the ...
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Creating a complex custom form for SharePoint workflow?
I am doing an approval process which (I think) requires a custom form. It would look something like this.
User uploads item to a document library. This document item contains individual list items ...
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Add Column to External List from Updated External Content Type
We are currently trying to understand the relationship between External Content Types and External Lists within SharePoint 2013. We have a read-only ECT which we defined based on a SQL Server View. ...
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Should my SharePoint central administration site have the same port number as the other SharePoint web applications
I have defined during SharePoint installation that the port for the central administration site is 5555, and when I create a new web application I define the port number to be 2013. But now the ...
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Can I define a site collection on the root of a wildcard managed path
I have defined a wildcard managed path name “documents”, and then I created the following site collections under it:-
../documents/HRDept
../documents/SalesDept
etc.
But the problem i am facing is ...
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Adding SPFieldCalculated to a Document Library not working
I am using this piece of code to copy Fields from Document Library "A" to Document Library "B". I have only one issue when adding a calculated. This is the code.
private static string ...
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Using custom Page Layout for custom team site template
I have created a web template based on Team site. Is it possible to have custom Page Layout for this web template? I have heard that it is not possible to have custom page layout for teams sites. ...
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Claims Based Authentication in SharePoint 2013 Online Not working anymore
I'm trying to connect an application (desktop application) to SharePoint 2013 sites.
I have a client webservice, the issue is Claims Based Authentication in SharePoint 2013 does not work: ...
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When a CQWP returns no results, zones are shifted
On my main landing page of SharePoint, I'm using a few CQWPs and the Blank Web Parts Page layout. One will show your upcoming tasks, one will show the projects you're a member or lead of, etc. I have ...
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How to Get aggregated reports at web application level in sharepoint 2013
As we have different reports at sit and site collection level like audit and search related. How I can get reports at web application level. What if I need number of hits at site collection level and ...
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Why i can not install sharepoint 2013 on a domain controller
It is mentioned that it is not recommended to install SharePoint 2013 on a domain controller. But In my current situation I am setting up my development environment for SP2013; where SharePoint and ...
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How to add jQuery script to a custom visual webpart?
Similar to some previous questions, I'm trying to use jQuery in a visual web part but I keep getting that jQuery is undefined. I've added the jQuery script to SiteAssets as well as a script folder ...
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Design Package import SharePoint 2013 using App Installed event CSOM
In SP2013, I am trying to import and export the design package from one site to other site using AppInstalled event using CSOM.
I am not able to get the context of source site to import the design ...
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SharePoint server 2013 central administration become unavailable after installing active directory
I have SharePoint 2013 installed inside windows server 2008 r2 and it was working fine, but after I install Active directory on the windows server I try to aces the SharePoint central administrator ...
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Sharepoint Server 2013 installation: why ArpWrite action fails?
Installation of prerequisites for Sharepoint 2013 server x64 (on Windows Server 2008R2, 12-core physical server) succeeded, but Sharepoint breaks installation and installation rollbacks on the ...
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Design decision (Site collection Vs Subsites) to take when creating new SharePoint web application
Basically I want to build a knowledge based library for our company. The general requirements are as follow:-
Each department need to store their documents and procedures as Wikis inside SharePoint.
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SharePoint Word Document template uses old Server Fields
I have a new SP2013 Foundation site. I am making a Design document library. I don't want to import the old site Library because it's a mess but I am trying to re-use my old 2010 document template to ...
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SharePoint server 2013 is running too slowly on VM workstation
I have the following specification for my development environment;
Host Machine:-
Windows 7 professional.
Core i7 (8 processes).
VM workstation.
32 GB RAM.
700 GB hard disk.
On the VM:-
Windows ...
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Modify the TypeDescriptors in Creator Method for BDC
I created a BDC list. When I create a new item, I have to type in all the neccessary columns.
I want to make two of the columns radiobutton choice and dropdown list.
I can't create new columns for ...
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How to get data from Sub Site in App?
I have created a web which is a sub web of the "Host Web"(In terms of App).
I want to get data from a list which is part of that sub web into my SharePoint hosted App.
How can I get it?
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Error occurred in deployment step 'Uninstall app for SharePoint': Only users who can View Pages can list Apps
I am Developing a Provider Hosted app for the SharePoint 2013. In that I am facing this error while deploying the App.
Error occurred in deployment step 'Uninstall app for SharePoint': Only users ...
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How is the user information list populated?
When you add a user with direct permissions somewhere within a site but they haven't yet visited SharePoint - will the user be added into the user information list automatically or only once they ...
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All possible places to receive permissions from
I'm trying to find out why a certain user appears to have full control on a site.
Using Check Permissions, I can see that the only permissions they are given directly on the site are Read permissions, ...
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Will search index Ajax content?
I've got page containing a Data View Web Part. The page itself has been modified via SPD so that when loaded, jQuery loads up additional information (prices, etc.) for each row in the DVWP. Of course, ...
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SharePoint 2013 Alerts: Add Link to take you to the Discussion Thread
Can I change the link in a discussion alert email to point to that discussion thread instead of the reply itself?
I have figured out how and where to edit the Alerts:
SharePoint 2010 custom alert ...
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Check “indirect” group membership using .NET Managed Client Object Model
I am trying to establish whether it is possible to determine indirect group membership (i.e. being in an AD group who is in a SharePoint Group) remotely using the .NET Managed API (client side).
The ...
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Inserting new list items into SQL
When I add new item into the list, I have to insert the items into the SQL database. How can I do it? Any clue is good for me.
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SharePoint 2013 theme engine issue applying selection background color.
In our SharePoint 2013 site we have custom theme aware CSS, most of which is working fine across browsers (IE8/9/10, Safari and Firefox) but in case of
/* ...
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Disable SharePoint mobile view for a specific page only for example main.aspx
I understand SharePoint 2013 automatically points to mobile view when viewing a site from a mobile device. However I would like to disable mobile view for a specific page only while maintaining the ...
