Questions tagged [custom-list]

A custom list in SharePoint is a blank list in which you can add your own columns and views. Use this if none of the built-in list types are similar to the list you want to make.

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SharePoint 2013: "Find an Item" search is not returing all results. over 700 items in the list

I have a custom SP list with over 750 items listed. When I try to search for ID# 100 for example, it will return the item. However, when I try to search for ID# 753 for example, it does not return any ...
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Attach file in SharePoint List without using permission Edit

I've got a list where a particular user group should be able to add items only to this list, but not edit them. However, these users cannot ATTACH a document to the item they are adding because « ...
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SharePoint Online - Add a ranking column

I want to add a new ranking column, which automatically ranks all the date/time values from the 'Timestamp' CalcField from oldest to newest (e.g. 03/03/2019 14:00 = "1"... 02/09/2019 12:00 = "10"). ...
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SharePoint Online, Change Column Widths On Custom List

I have created a Custom List via Importing Excel Spreadsheet. How do I adjust the column widths? I tried to follow the below link, (my view is AllItems.aspx) and it never shows me the menu outlined ...
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Creating a Custom List in SPFx

I'm new to SPFx and my goal is to create a custom list. I've looked up various documentations and guides and videos but its still not getting the result i want. Not to mention most of the reference ...
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Add multiple attachments over custom list item using javascript

Is there a limitation for the attachments that can be added over a custom list against each item in SP2013 online? If not, am I stuck over a scenario where I need to add more than 2 different files ...
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Create line between sharepoint list items

I have a list that I would like to create lines in between a few items in order to separate descriptions from the next field and make them more easy to read. Is there a way to do this?
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Conditional formatting on Calendar view is not showing all choices in a column as values

I have a list that includes a "Category" column, which consists of several color choices. When I try to apply conditional formatting to this list in Calendar view, it only shows me the "...
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Custom list where one column is dependent to an other column

Example: I am running a computer shop.I want to create a custom list where one column is dependent to an other column. For example if I select hp laptop, only hp models should be the next range of ...
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Return a rich text managed property in search results

I am working with a custom list in Sharepoint 2010. The list has nine custom columns, some of which are rich text. I've mapped these custom columns to managed properties so that I can return them ...
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How to link two Sharepoint Online list together?

I have the following table "New" and "Invoice Test". "New" list is essentially a PO List. So, the current process is, I input company, title, amount and status in the "New" list. Then, I populate ...
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Why are my field names wrong when retrieving data using the _api/lists REST api in Sharepoint 2013

I am trying to retrieve data from a custom list in SharePoint 2013. I created the list with several fields: Title (single line text) Subject (single line text) Release Date (date/time) Main Contact (...
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Why is Content Type field appearing in New Form and Edit Form of List?

All of a sudden when I go to the default new form in a simple List the form appears from right side in a modal (does not redirect to NewForm.aspx).. Here(and also in NewForm.aspx) I see a new field ...
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Import Data only from SharePoint List to another list

Basically I'm trying to migrate my SP2007 site to SP2010 for Which I migrated all the list, Libraries and worklfows everything. Now I want to update my data in 2010 environment for which I just want ...
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Javascript Code for searching within SharePoint List Customization

Hi I am new at using Sharepoint and I have never script script before. I am trying to add a search functionality to a Custom List. When I click search it says "404 NOT FOUND" I found this code online ...
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How can I fix the broken "new item" link after deleting the InfoPath Form for a custom list?

I am using SharePoint Online which seems to be Microsoft's Software-as-a-Service delivery of SharePoint 2013. I have created three custom lists, one of which has 20 fields or so. Just to check it ...
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Facing error 'Something went wrong Please try again or refresh the page' while adding OOTB custom list web part in Site Page in SharePoint online

I have been facing below error when I try to add custom list web part in Site page in SharePoint online sub Site. Something went wrong Please try again or refresh the page. Any idea about what ...
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how to use more than ten filters in conditions of list view

Can we create more than ten filters in list . SharePoint 2010 is providing only 10 filters OOTB and in my scenario i am having 35 filters how can i make it with. can we do it with JQuery ?
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Can we sync a SharePoint list which have Calendar view inside outlook

I have a SharePoint custom list inside our SharePoint online site, and I add to it the Calendar view, as follow: Now can we sync this list to our outlook calendars? and/or create a .ics invite from ...
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How to remove "Click for help about adding basic HTML formatting"

I have SharePoint 2013 Enterprise. In one of the Custom lists, specifically in 2 Number fields, this sentence appeared: "Click for help about adding basic HTML formatting" It's nor easy for my users ...
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Get items from list, write to word document and upload it into document library

I want to get items from the List which matches my filter criteria and write these items into word document in tabular format. For example, if i have courseID,studentname,studentid as columns in my ...
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How to get approval status of a list item as a column to that list?

I have a Calendar list and an approval workflow. The workflow is initiated when a new item is added. The event gets approved in the task list. I want to get that "Outcome" column to the list. But when ...
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SharePoint List Name is not updated for some users

I have recently renamed SharePoint List Name by going to List Settings and from there Name and Description and renamed the list. However, some users see the old SharePoint List Name. This also ...
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Calculating overdue status in a Sharepoint list using calculated column

Hoping someone can help as I am relatively new to Sharepoint. I've created a list to track completion of internal audit activity. It includes a status column and due date column. I'm trying to ...
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Unable to set value of dropdown on page load

I am using SharePoint 2013 online and I have created a form for my list using Infopath 2013. It has a combination of text fields and dropdowns. I am able to set the default value of text field using ...
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Onboarding List - Clicking a list to populate a new list for each individual?

New to SharePoint, I'm trying to make a new employee onboarding list to track new hire training. I wanted to see if it's possible to have it so that when the hypothetical new employee clicks on the ...
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How to get the email id from people picker field using CSOM in SP 2010 Custom List Form

I have written the below code for getting the display name from the PeoplePicker field on PreSaveAction() call in my custom list form in SP 2010. I got the displaytetx attr: mydomain\name2 Now using ...
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"Invalid Form Template" Error - InfoPath 2013

I've configured Infopath Forms Services in SharePoint Central Administration but cannot get it to talk to SharePoint. I get the Invalid Form Template error every time I run the Design checker. ...
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Why can't PowerApps see my Custom SharePoint Lists?

I've been working on a PowerApp which uses SharePoint Lists to store its data. When I manually create the lists within SharePoint, I can see these when adding the Data Source in PowerApps - however, ...
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Collapsible Grouped List Gallery View

I have a SharePoint Online Modern list set with a grouped view. When viewing it as a list, each group can be collapsed by clicking the small arrow. When I change to gallery view, it is no longer ...
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SharePoint Purchase Order Tracking

I need to create a Purchase Order tracker. There are a few parameters that I'm unsure how to account for in building the solution. Our system allows multiple items to be ordered under a single PO ...
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Get current user name into the single line of text field for newform.aspx using Javascript in New Item form

newitem.aspx opening into the popup, so where do I need to add Content editor webpart. While opening newitem form, I need to autopopulate current user Name into sigle line text field?
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How do I wrap a column HEADER in SharePoint Online Modern List?

How do I wrap a column HEADER in SharePoint Online Modern List? Seems there are only JSON solutions for the column's text, but not for the actual headers as shown on the picture with red circles.
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Connect two sharepoint lists

I do not know programing, but I can use SharePoint for my requirements. I want to connect two SharePoint lists in to one. Lookup column is not enough to meet my requirement, is there any way to link ...
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Enforce Unique Values - List - Duplicate Error

I have imported an Excel spreadsheet into a SharePoint list in 2013. There are about 20 columns. I am trying to make the main column, single line text field, (not sure if that is the correct ...
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Add a "add Link" to a Content Editor Web part

I have used a Content Editor web part to display a scroll-down list of links. The code I use is similar to this: <select id="mySelect" jquery110205452414735412181="1" ...
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"The user does not exist or is not unique" when pasting the same name

While in edit mode, I paste several rows worth of data into my list. One of the columns is a Person/Group field. I keep getting an error message telling me that the "user does not exist or is not ...
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Date Column showing "1/1/1900 5:30 AM"

Have created a custom list with below column 1.Title 2.Status (Drop-down column with "In progress" & "Completed") 3.In Progress Time (Date & Time Column) 4.Completed Time (Date & ...
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Making SharePoint list columns searchable

I've created a list with local columns of Currency type. I created managed properties of text type by going to site collection level 'search schema' and waited for Full crawl to run. This didn't work. ...
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How to display items of all versions in a custom list?

Is there anyway to achieve that? I want a view showing all versions of items in given list. say: ID Version Content 1 1 aaa 1 2 bbb 1 3 ccc 2 1 ddd 3 ...
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Freezing the left most column in a SharePoint list

In an Office 365 installation, is there anyone that has found away to freeze the left most column of a custom list. I have javascript for the headers, but for a list with many columns it would be ...
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SharePoint List View Filter by [Me]

Wondering if someone can point me in the right direction please. I have a created a custom list view with a filter on a field called 'User' this is a 'Person or group' field setup to show the 'Name' ...
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Error during serialization or deserialization using the JSON JavaScriptSerializer

I have a custom SharePoint 2013 Custom List. I have a column which is of type Multiple Lines of Text. In this column I am storing a very large string, which is essentially a serialized string with a ...
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Date Value from Lookup Field displays in default View, but not in custom View

I have a series of Lists in SharePoint Online. In one List (Plans with Related Findings), I have several Lookup fields to another List (Plans). I'm able to get the Plan Name into a custom view using ...
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SharePoint List lookup from Excel file

I would like to know, whether we can look up for a value in an excel file within a SharePoint list. I know that we can setup look up within different lists within a site. But i would like to know, ...
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List view showing only items with attachments

I have a need to create a view on a SharePoint list that shows only items with attachments. Any idea how I can achieve this? Through Microsoft flow, I can see a hidden field called "has attachments" ...
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Use javascript/jquery to see if items in list are due soon in Sharepoint 2013

I am trying to determine by date if an item is due. In my use case, my user will create an item with a date in the following format (MM/DD or 06/15). Now if the date the user chooses will fall in the ...
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Item-Level Permission; contribute on the list item and Contribute with override List Behaviors list

I have a SharePoint online custom list, with this Item-Level permissions:- and I defined a new permission level named "Contribute with edit all items", which mimic the built-in Contribute + ...
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Powerapps - using combobox in place of a dropdown data field from a supporting list

I want to use a combobox in order to make use of the Icon and Description. I like the "Person" layout, which I have from another list, but I don't know really how to submit the form and also commit ...
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List column filtering issue

I have created list , each column has assigned parent tasks so for example raw 1 to 5 has same parent task while 10 to 15 has another same parent task, it's grouped by parent task , when I filter it ...

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