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 build-in list types are similar to the list you want to make.

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Choice Filter list based on User Group

I have two List web parts being filtered based on a connected Choice Filter web part. I would like the choices available in the filter web part to be the members of a SharePoint user group. For now, I ...
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visual studio project template to extract sharepoint list

I want to extract a sharepoint list and then want to use it as a template in visual studion. Can you suggest from where i can download and add such a template into the visual studio. Please help !!
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How to change the default link in a list item

I have a basic list and would like to customize the default link of the "Title" field. Currently when I click on the "Title" field of a list item it takes me to view that particular item; instead, I ...
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why sharepoint doesn't look into sub-folders for control templates by default

I wonder why sharepoint doesn't look into sub-folders of control templates in 12 hive, even tho by default its suppose to. I googled and seen people loading it from custom location in there code but ...
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How do I display HTML on a Sharepoint List?

I am trying to inject HTML into a Custom List schema. Essentially I am injecting a button that would go next to every document in a document library. Is this possible to do without having to build a ...
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How to remove a field from the list settings page

I created one custom list. While deploying that list, it gives me a deployment error. I remove that solution from the solution gallery and recreated the list with similar functionality with another ...
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Specify external content type lookup for deployable list?

I have a ListTemplate which is being deployed with Visual Studio. Is it possible to make a reference from this template to an external content type that runs on the farm? Or must I manually add these ...
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Workflow not starting on adding new item to list via a custom aspx page/form?

I am using FB Authentication and have a custom sign in page for Users(External) to request new accounts. On request, their details are added to a custom list. I have workflow on this custom list ...
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Assigning Icons to Content types

I'm new to sharepoint and really hoping someone can help. Right now I have added a couple of content types that inherit from "folder" and some other from "item" (and each other, but they're not the ...
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Chart in Sharepoint, No Code

I have below data in custom list State A1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A3 Can I create below type of chart in Sharepoint 2010 where x axis is state and y axis is state occurrence.
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List Item Timeout

I am trying to open/close the a custom list item with 11500 items but I am getting an error which seems to be a timeout error, i checked the logs and found 'Unable to execute query: Error 0x80131530'. ...
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Defining custom views in a list's schema.xml file

I have create a custom list definition, with a content type. In the schema.xml, I'd like to define two views : All items (the default one, generated by Visual Studio) My items (the same view with a ...
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Custom Discussion Board Join User Profile Custom Properties Linked Datasource

I have been tasked with modifying the SharePoint 2010 default Discussion Board to include two additional custom fields that have been definied in the User Profile list. In an ideal world I would like ...
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Powerful list filtering

I need to extend the functionality of the default list (specifically for a document library) to include more powerful filtering. This includes being able type free text search and to have filters ...
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Deleting a Custom List Item using a custom field Name

Normally we delete a List item using following code, using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http:web1/default.aspx")) { using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb()) { ...
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Lists with lookup columns aren't saving - read only?

I've got several list which have lookup fields, and I can't add new items to any of them. Every time I've clicked save, I get this error: "Invalid data has been used to update the list item. The ...
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Workflow; Use previous document library item to populate field

This one has stumped me indefinitely... so I'm coming to the great guru's of the confusing concepts. CASE: I have an InfoPath form which is connected to a document library. Once the form is ...
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Wss 3.0 Lookup field error “Field type Reminder is not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete this field. ”

I tried to add lookup field in wss 3.0 custom list it errors saying"Field type Reminder is not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete this field. " Has anyone ever encountered ...
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BDC List column picker filter - search/filter not working and exact entry says not found?

I'm working with MOSS 2007. Rephrasing the question. I have a BDC column to an external datasource in a custom list. Today searching and filtering is not in place and actually exact matches are not ...
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The attribute 'autoeventwireup' is not allowed in this page

I have created a custom list with a custom newform. Using all OOTB SharePoint masterpages it works great. I now roll it to our test farm and it errors with a custom masterpage. The error is The ...
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Add value to Choice field through ClientContext API

I'd like to add and select values to a choice field in a document library. Something obviously more tricky than I remembered. I'm doing something like this but it doesn't work. The value gets added ...
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display list item when a field is not empty

I have custom list, created a view. In that view there is column called response, this is multiline text field. I want to display the list item when it is non empty. Note: I have created a other view ...
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Custom Sharepoint List (XML Field “TimeOnly”)

Trying to Make a XML field that displays DateTime in "TimeOnly" format but for some reason, I can't work it how to use it, as there isn't no "TimeOnly" property shown in Intellisense when i type the ...
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Lookupfields not showing up in customlist sharepoint 2010

I have a custom list on dev-int environment, now I saved it as a template and moved it over to the dev-vm environment and created a list (Listl1) based on the template. Now this list consists of few ...
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How Can I create simple database in list Sharepoint Fundation?

How I can create simple database for example vacation request in SP list? It will looks like that: I create probably two list. In first list is vacation days people and on the second list is vacation ...
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Is there a way to limit viewing permissions of list items based on a property?

I have a custom list which has a property "Department" which is a multi-select checkbox list. So each item in this list can be one of multiple different Departments. I would like to make these items ...
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Cascaded Drop Down with OOTB SP Foundation?

I'm using SP2010 Foundation. Corporate governance forbids customization beyond stylesheets controlling fonts/colors/etc. No access to Visual Studio or SP Designer, so I'm looking for some ...
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create a web part to show members of a group

I am trying to create a web part which shows a list of all members of a specific sharepoint group. One of the columns of the list must be SPFieldType.User. Do I need to create a SPList? When do I need ...
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Adding column to a SPList

Normally I create a New List if I want to add an additional column to a List that already exists in a web. Wondering what would be the best option, should I create a new list with additional column ...
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How to keep synchronized Deployed Custom List with List Definition

I'm wondering, if there is any way to keep synchronized deployed custom list with it's list definition in Visual Studio. To make it clear, and avoid confusion let me bring en example. Let's say I have ...
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Importing custom list to visual studio from sharepoint

I need to create a list for a sharepoint 2010 project. I went into vs and i added a new List Definition with an instance, when i publish everything is fine. I now need to add custom columns to it and ...
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Implementing sort on the column headers of dataview webpart

Is there a way that we can incorporate a sort on the column headers of the dataview webpart in share point 2010
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Manage Alerts Settings in SharePoint 2010

We are currently trying to use a Custom List in our Team Site in SP2010 to manage our customers requests. The idea is creating a set of rules to alert the relevant contact as follows; 1. When the ...
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How to search a custom field in Sharepoint Foundation 2010

I'm trying to make the search server to look inside fields that are not in custom definition. For example i've a document library and i had the column MyCol... If i search and put in the query string ...
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data sheet list view permission

I have created custom list on sharePoint 2007, on that list I create data-sheet view. I send a link to the "data-sheet list view" to some users, in order that those user fill-in data. I need to ...
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InfoPath 2013 to replace formated SSRS reports of Single SharePoint List items?

New to Infopath. Can we natually and easily use Infopath 2013 to do the following with SharePoint: Format SharePoint List Data on a sharePoint WebPart web page for a single SP List item (determined ...
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Frequently Needed Business Rule About Security that SharePoint Does Not Provide OOTB

Suppose that i have two lists like this REGION_LIST [ RegionName(text), RegionResponsibles(multi-select peoplepicker) ] ISSUES_LIST [Some issue related columns, Region(lookup) ] Main requirement is ...
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How to extract data from word document into sharepoint lists 2010

I have a challenge to extract data from word documents into a SharePoint list. Users send emails with attached Word documents containing forms filled out by users to be stored in SharePoint list. ...
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Sharepoint 2010 List Settings

I am Using a List in which i created Approval Required Column as Choice(Drop Down) with values Yes or No. Also i have a People Picker Column. The objective is the people picker must be disabled or ...
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How To Add Item ToSharePoint List Programmaitcally

My goal is to simply submit a new item to a SharePoint list programmatic-ally through a custom web part that I'm building, however, I'm having trouble putting some pieces together. There are plenty of ...
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Sharepoint Content-Types 0x01 0x0120

Was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of info that details what fields these content types add to my custom list. Was also curious if someone could explain what the Folder element ...
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Disable/Enable columns based upon content of another column

In a custom list I have 2 columns. Column A is a drop down selection, lets say the selections are True/False for simplicity. What I want to do is have a second column that is either Enable/Visible ...
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A Complex Permission Structure and A Question

Suppose that i have two lists OFFICES [COLUMNS: OFFICE NAME (Text), OFFICE MANAGER (User), AND OTHER OFFICE DETAILS ETC...] EMPLOYEES [COLUMNS: EMPLOYEE NAME(Text), EMPLOYEE OFFICE (Lookup), AND ...
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How do I Copy a Sharepoint List A to include metadata fields in List B?

Ok. I have a SharePoint List A and I need to copy to another list B (list B will have different permissions). The List are almost identical, but List B is (missing one column). Is there any way "Out ...
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Create a Ribbon for one list only and change it depending on a value

So, I created a custom list named "Events" and one named "attendees" for an event-management-solution (lets call it attendee training) in a site-collection at my SP2010 Server. My Problem: I want to ...
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Calculate SUM of column and use in another list's column calculation

Hullo, My environment is Publishing site in Sharepoint 2010. I have a library named Invoices with the following structure +-----------+-----------+--------+ | Invoice | PO Number | Amount | ...
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List validation on multiple fields?

I would like to validate a list item so that if one field is true, then another must be completed. If the first one is false, then it can be ignored. =(([Start Deferment]="Specific Date") AND [Start ...
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Sort list by “order” column like how view columns can be rearranged?

I've got a SP2010 custom list, where the customer wants to be able to set an order for items in the list. I created an "order" column, it's a numeric column, where you type in a number, and we can ...
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SharePoint permissions

I'm customizing a custom list form using SharePoint Designer 2010. The idea of this custom list is user can edit the default list and edit the content and submit the page for site owners approval, ...
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Correct way to use the people picker and Rich Text

I'd like to have a custom form that lets me add items to a list. There are two fields giving me trouble. One is a "Moderators" field which will use a people picker. The other is a "Body" field, ...