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Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures is "data about the containers of data".

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SharePoint 2010 Term Store - Find all items tagged with a term

I have a SharePoint 2010 publishing site collection with a Term Store that I want to use for navigation. I understand the process of get the collection of published pages and examining the managed ...
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Implementing permissions based on metadata

It's been 10 years Sharepoint is around, but this feature is still missing OOB. It would help immensely in governing a Sharepoint farm, IMHO. Administrators should only setup the rules as staten by ...
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Columns are not available for metadata navigation for List with Infopath “promoted fields”

SharePoint 2010. We have an infopath form that's basically a trouble ticket. Several (but not all) of the fields are promoted, and appear in the main/default view as columns. These columns can be ...
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Users unable to edit document properties

I have a document library on SP 2010 in which all users, including myself as the admin/owner, are unable to update properties of certain documents. Documents were moved to this folder from another ...
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why isn't our sharpoint site search box working well?

Our search results suck (not ranking) just good old site searching. Is this related to metadata?
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Calculated datetime column returns string;# in search index

We have a calculated column, that results in a date. It's output type is set to DateTime - Date only. When we run the search indexer, it shows up in "crawled properties" as a Text-column, and in the ...
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Autocomplete lookup

I have a question regarding metadata. Let's say I am the administrator of a soccer team, where new players come in (and "old" players go out) every other week. If I have documents in my library ...
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Preserve uploaded file name whilst having a valid url

If title of my question doesn't already demonstrate it, I am very much a newbie to the Sharepoint world, having come from a Lotus Notes background. So take it as a given that there are a lot of ...
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SharePoint 2010 - Bulk Upload List Data that contains Managed Metadata (Terms)

I have a list that contains a few columns of type Managed Metadata and want to upload a bunch of data (records) to the list. I understand that you can't do this within the Datasheet View of the list ...
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Search pages on meta tag keywords in sharepoint 2010

I am not a pro, so the question i am asking could be a candy bar. I want my pages to be searched by using meta information for the page. For example if i search dell search results should be ...
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Can I use metadata to limit the choices in another metadata column?

SP Foundation 2010, no developer rights, no SPD. Those are the limitations that are the mother(s) of invention. We're categorizing a number of documents with a three level hierarchy. +Billing ...
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Overriding the Default Upload.apx form for a Document Library

I am a total newbie to SharePoint but I have been given the task of driving the roll out/Proof of Concept that SharePoint 2010 is capable of providing what our company wants. One of the main ...
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SharePoint 2010 Ampersand in Search Query String

Our XSL is set up so that when search results come up a user can click on an icon to go to that exact document in our library. The problem is when a document has an ampersand (&) in the metadata ...
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How to configure Managed Navigation to display the current site and items below the current site

When configuring the Current Navigation the only Managed Navigation option is Managed Navigation: The navigation items will be represented using a Managed Metadata term set. When I select this ...
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How to import multiple excel columns into a single metadata column?

Consider: I work for an organization that has eight service territories. We have a series of procedural documents that can apply to one territory up to all eight territories, and I am attempting to ...
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When is document (word, pdf) metadata used

In 2007, when I indexed word and PDF content the search results displayed the author (created by) and a description (description column) from the actual library. In 2010, I am getting the content ...
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how can i get the internal ID/name of the terms in a managed metadata column?

I'm creating a SPD workflow where if the term in the managed metadata column = X, an action happens but the only way SPD will do the proper comparison to "X" is by using the internal ID of the term - ...
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Create New Word Document with Droplist Metadata

I have a new document library created in SharePoint 2007 and I have metadata associated with each entry. These fields are mostly simple text fields. One such column is a drop-list that reads from ...
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'Last modified' mapped metadata property

I've created my own mapped metadata property for retrieving 'last modified' data in a sql search. To the property is mapped the following fields: Office:12(Date and Time), creationdate(Date and ...
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Where does the value of a crawled metadata property come from?

I have little to no experience with SharePoint and am working on an ASP.NET website that uses SharePoint for search by calling a SharePoint web service. From snooping around, I've been able to ...
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How to access the TermSets of Metadata service using Client Object Model of SharePoint 2010 Programatically?

I want to know how i can find names of the metadata services available on the particular site, and if those services are available. Also how can i access the TermSets of the metadata services using ...
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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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List Service resetting meta-data set by Copy Service

I'm seeing some strange behavior when using the SharePoint Lists web service while trying to update a document in a document library. I successfully use the Copy web service to upload the file (from a ...
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No results when searching with special characters in custom metadata property

We have an issue with SharePoint 2010 Search. Currently, we have a property in Active Directory, for each user, that specify their initials. We have a scheduled task that runs every hour to sync these ...
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How to (caml)query a list on metedata in the MetaInfo field

Is it possible to wite a CAML-query to filter documents with certain info in the MetaInfo field? The information is only stored as property in MetaInfo, not in a field of it's own. Context: I have a ...
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managed metadata navigation not working correctly

I have created a managed metadata column in a library and pointed it to a term set. I uploaded a single document and tagged it. I have turned on the metadata navigation for this particular column. ...
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Set Created By field for Folder in Document Library

I need to migrate documents from xml to Document Library. We can use Files.Add method to create documents with created by and modified by fields. How can we update / create Folders in Document Library ...
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Create link to value in taxonomy

I have som users that wants a link directly to a value with children in the taxonomy navigation area. Is this at all posible? I have tested several ways, most of them work when i paste them in my ...
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Repeating File names and Metadata with need for extra Grouping

I want to be able to Group at 4 or more levels in a document library with repeating file names in SharePoint 2007. It seems that I cannot create a file with the same name in the same SharePoint ...
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Automatic metadata capture

In SharePoint 2010, can I automatically capture the file properties of office document in document library or list? For example, when I'm uploading a excel sheet into document library, the values like ...
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Is it possible to link image to Word document?

The question is about Sharepoint 2010. Let's say I've got a library of images. Is it possible to embed these images into Word documents (or content types extending Word documents) stored in ...
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Can't update document properties through any API - only through check out and check in

I have a few documents in a library that I can't seem to update the properties for through the Web UI, the ListData.svc (JSON/JS), the object model or PowerShell. We have a property called Data Rights ...
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How do I call the SharePoint web services to extract suggested term keywords from a block of content?

I'm looking to automatically add keywords to a new article page after it has been added to a site page library. I have the code to add the keywords in place. I'd like to be able to extract suggested ...
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Search pages on the basis of Site Column in Sharepoint 2010

Before i ask my question here is the brief of my scenario. I have as site column named Keywords which is of type Text. This is being used a column in a Site content type(CT1) of type Page. I have Page ...
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Create document library word file and init metadata fields from list item properties

I have got custom content type <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <!-- Parent ContentType: Contract (PkbInfo.SP\Contract) ...
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Creating Document Libraries Using WebDav Interface

I am currently developing an app that uses the WebDav HTTP protocol to communicate and handle interactions with a Sharepoint site. While I can use a MKCOL request to create directories within a ...
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User permissions by metadata?

I'm trying to set up a site architecture for a new Office 365 account, and we would need to have a site and its documents generally open to multiple employees, but some of these need access to most ...
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How to View/Change the Metadata of the Document in DocumentLibrary?

How can I view/change the Metadata of any Document in the Document Library ? I have created 1 CustomAction button in my DocumentLibrary. Now I want to open DialogBox from which I can Change the ...
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Multiple File Upload via script with metadata

I have to run an update each month that will send over 1,000 files to specific folders presently via script. I wish to upload these files as individual file names and append metadata to them. So, ...
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Can't retrieve mapped property in search - but no error

I've created a metadata property in search which is mapped to a custom site column. I've ran a full crawl countless amounts of times. The crawl log finds the particular item I'm looking at fine with ...
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metadata properties not working with refinement panel

I have a problem and don't know how to solve it. I was set up the refinement panel for filter by SiteTitle. All refinements were working fine. One day the refinemt stopped working (is posible i ...
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How to get SPList to expose a data entry form during “Add New Item”

I think I've successfully created a list based on a custom content type but when I click on the "Add new item" link for the list, I see nothing except: a basic ribbon tab labeled "Edit" with icons ...
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Metadata values missing in list view [SP 2010]

We have a list with 2 managed metadata columns (term set). But the values of the columns aren't displayed in the list. They're empty, but it is possible to filter on values.And if you edit items from ...
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Custom Property on People Search Doesn't Show Up

I've followed instructions here: http://www.sharepointsteve.com/2010/10/making-custom-user-profile-properties-searchable-in-sharepoint-2010/ on how to set up a custom property on the people search and ...
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Some users unable to edit document properties

As of last week, a small handful of users are unable to upload or edit properties of documents. The users get the dropdown to the right of the document (If it is already uploaded), or uploaded via ...
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Creating Scopes with multiple property restrictions in SP 2010. Is it possible?

I have several managed metadata elements assigned to pages. These are: Roles Products Version etc. I want to create a search scope that uses a Property Query with restrictions on both the product ...