For questions completely specific to SharePoint 2013 and **not past or future versions**
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jQuery SP.JS objects to test if current SharePoint user has full control / owner rigths?
As an example, the below jQuery displays current SharePoint user title. Excellent! :)
Is it possible to use the sp.js objects to test If the current user has Full Control on the current page or ...
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Migrating FBA from SP2010 to 2013
I have a backup of my SP2010 FBA database from SQL2008, and I want to copy the data into SP2013. I know that I can restore the database into SQL 2012, but I also know that all the user records will ...
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Paging is disabled in custom xsl
I modify the list. And created a xsl file for the xml view. But I can't go to other pages to see the other items.
In normal lists there is arrows and the item numbers on the bottom of the list.
The ...
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Document Information Panel doesn't display on checkout in Word 2013
I have a document library in Sharepoint 2013. I have the setting to always open the document information panel set.
This works great in Word 2007/2010 but in Word2013 it doesn't display.
Any ...
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Sub-sites contributors and reader are unable to view the sub-site navigation
I have created a term store using the site collection administrator. And I associate this term store with a sub site navigation.
But the problem I am facing is that the sub-site readers and even the ...
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SharePoint 2013: UserAgent not available, file operations may not be optimized
I have two sites that were originally migrated from SPS2003. It worked well in SharePoint 2007 and even on SharePoint 2010, however when we migrated it to SharePoint 2013, the home page throws ...
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How to deploy / access SharePoint lists with an AppModel app?
I have an AppModel app (Provider hosted, on-premise) and I am trying to add a SharePoint list to deploy with it.
However, the list just seems to be silently ignored - when I deploy and run the app in ...
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Types of Authentications [closed]
How many types of authentications are there in Sharepoint 2007 vs. 2010 vs. 2013.
In what scenarios do we use these types of authentication?
For each type, how does the logon form look like ...
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How do I fully automate Restore-SPFarm?
I have heard that it is a best practice to maintain a QA environment for SharePoint. I would like to script a nightly restore from our production SharePoint 2013 farm, which I'm successfully backing ...
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Show document date instead of upload date in Sharepoint 2013 online
I've uploaded files to my sharepoint online (office 365), but all my files are "created on" the date of uploading. Is it possible to show the actual file creation date instead of the upload date?
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Search always return no result for contributors and reader, while it will work well for site collection administrate
I have two users group Contributor & Reader. And I have the following hierarchy:-
Site Collection (containing both Contributor & Reader )
-Subsite A (containing both Contributor & ...
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Search Box disappears when I save Web Part Settings
I am checking the "display search box" option in my web part properties and clicking "ok" but the search box disappears. When I click "apply" it will show the search box, but it will disappear again ...
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Activate Features step failed when deploying a workflow
I`m about to start to develop workflows in VS2012 for Sharepoint2013. Creating a workflow works fine. The HistoryList and Tasklist are created as well. Now, when I want to depoy my new workflow i ...
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SharePoint Designer 2013 - Master Pages and Page Layouts missing from site objects
When I open my root site (site collection?) in SharePoint Designer 2013 (Preview), the Master Pages and Page Layouts items are missing from the Site Objects list. However, if I open up a sub-site then ...
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SharePoint 2013 Distributed Cache “cacheHostInfo is null” with “Remove-SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance”
I am attempting to remove a server as a cache host in my SharePoint 2013 environment.
Currently the service shows as Stopped on the server that I am attempting to remove from the cache cluster. I ...
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SharePoint 2013: Access the metadata Tags of a page within a Search Result Display Template for an Item
I'm trying to access the metadata Tags of a SharePoint page within the search result of that page using a Display Template. In the Managed Properties for my search service, the Tags property is ...
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ODataContentTypeException : Content Type 'application/json;odata=verbose'
I'm trying to create items in a SharePoint lists through the SharePoint REST API in Javascript (with an AJAX call using jQuery), all that in a SharePoint2013-hosted App.
But I get this error when I ...
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jquery for External List works for the first page
My jquery is in PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead at the AllItems for the List. My list is external list.
When I go to the list. Everythings ok. But when I go to the next page it doesn't work.
How can I ...
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Is there a way to define different site navigation and “Wiki Categories” column at the Sub site level instead of site collection level?
I have created a Site Collection and then I define sub sites under it. Now I created a term Store and I linked to the site collection navigation and Wiki Column.
But all the sub sites will get the ...
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Redirect From one app page to another
I am creating a Provider hosted app. In that I have created two different .aspx pages. I want to redirect to the other page. But I am not able to find it out how to redirect.
When I check my ...
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News feed Sharepoint 2013
Cannot submit new posts to a MySites Newsfeed or to a MicroBlog on a Team Site in SharePoint 2013.
"SharePoint returned the following error:
Unexpected response from server. The status ...
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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 List Workflow to auto-generate the ...
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MSSQLFT equivalent in Sharepoint 2013 for Java applications
Problem
I have a java application which till now used SP2010 with SQL Syntax for Search queries.
Everything worked fine with the Query Webservice until I upgraded to SP2013.
Now, I've come to know ...
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Access denied How can I fix this?
I have created feature that have a module that have a element file and a default aspx inside of it.
The element file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements ...
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List event receivers not triggered after quick editing/grid editing
I have a custom Sharepoint 2013 list with event receivers attached to it (adding, updating, deleting).
However, it looks like the event receivers are not triggered when the user is adding/editing in ...
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You don't have access to the newsfeed on the site
I have activated "Site Feed" feature on a Publishing Site and added Site Feed Web Part on one of its pages. I have added a feed (conversation) on the page. When I go to Newsfeed (mysite) and trying to ...
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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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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 single click hyperlink in Visio Web Access Webpart to go to the url
We are displaying a Visio 2013 document (.vsdx) in a Visio Web Access webpart on a SharePoint 2013 page.
The hyperlinks in the Visio file now reqire that the user click both Ctrl+Click to navigate to ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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SP2013: Disable Column in GridView
I have a list which is shown in gridview (Quick Edit in the ribbon). Now i want to disable one column with jQuery.
This might be possible by applying the attribute
aria-readonly="true"
to the ...
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Display Template: AddPostRenderCallback has no ClientContext
I'd like to use AddPostRenderCallback in my SharePoint 2013 Display Template like this:
<!--#_
AddPostRenderCallback(ctx, function(){
alert(ctx.Title + "finished rendering!");
});
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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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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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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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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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Minimum real world system requirements for SharePoint 2013
I've checked the SharePoint requirements here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx which are apparently the "minimum" requirements, but I've seen some blog posts claiming to have ...
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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 ...
