For questions completely specific to SharePoint 2013 and **not past or future versions**
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Comparing the Enterprise Wiki version 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 Provider Hosted app. In that I am manipulating the SharePoint list items.
That is I am adding items to the SharePoint List and for that I want to create the Workflow 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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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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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 ...
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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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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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Parent terms missing in breadcrumb path
I have a site collection named "Faculty" and a subsite named "General".
For "General", I have multiple pages in that subsite. The content of the quick launch navigation for the subsite is based on a ...
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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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Updating contents in a custom webpart in a Discussion Board topic page
I have made a custom Visual Webpart. I'm wanting to periodically update a label in the webpart without refreshing the whole page. I've got the label to update, however it is also updating the replies ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Add visualwebpart with vs2012 does not add an ascx path
I am making a visual webpart with custom properties. Basically its a link button which Text and Url properties can be set by the user via web part properties.
All samples I have seen say that in vs ...
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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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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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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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How Can I Change My Intranet's Homepage Page Layout?
As part of the branding of our new SP2013-based intranet, I have created a new custom Masterpage and Page Layouts and set this as the default Masterpage.
I have also created a custom Masterpage and ...
