A site column is a reusable column definition, or template, that you can assign to multiple lists across multiple SharePoint sites.
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Content types vs. custom list field
This is a question about best practices and the intent of the designers of SharePoint.
I'm pretty new with SharePoint, and have only worked on pretty small projects. I often find myself creating ...
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Do all Content Types require Site Columns?
I'm just wondering if Content Types are always only made out of Site Columns, or if it's possible to define Fields that only exist on that Content Type? (Like how you can add a custom Column to a ...
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Best practice for deploying Site Columns and Content Type
What is the best practice for creating a site column or content type in SharePoint 2013? Is it still recommended to use farm solutions? I was hoping we could do something with the new app model, but ...
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Validate if the entered text is number
Is it possible to write column validation to check if the entered text is number? I have a column named Year of type Single line of text. I would like to be able to stop the user if he or she enters ...
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Content Type Inheritance
In simplified form, I have the following situation.
A Parent content type
<ContentType ID="0x0100db5b9dac9c5f4d098820f922eebf3b39"
Name="Parent"
Group="Example Content ...
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Is there a way to create a new Column type?
Is it possible to create a new Column Type in SharePoint? I did a little looking around but didn't find anything... Below is an image that I hope clarifies what I am talking about:
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Better to try to reuse built-in site columns, or create your own?
I'm creating a client content type. One of the properties I want to store for each client is their postcode.
I could create my own site column, say Client Postcode. But there's also a site column ...
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How to adjust the title column in custom content type in SharePoint 2010?
I am creating a custom content type and it is working correctly with the exception of the Title column. My content type defination has the Title column added to the FieldRefs and I am trying to both ...
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SharePoint List with many columns
We are designing a system where data from forms will be stored in sharepoint lists.
Problem is that these lists can have very many columns.
Question is:
Is there a max number of columns in a ...
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How to assign metadata to a Site Collection
In SharePoint 2010 we want to create several different Information Architecture views of our Site Collections. One idea is to use Term Store from the Managed Metadata Service as a way of creating an ...
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The field with Id [GUID] defined in feature [GUID] was found in the current site collection or in a subsite
I have a farm solution with a single feature that has a bunch of site columns and a content type.
The content type does inherit from Enterprise Wiki Page, but the feature has an activation dependency ...
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Why won't my site column deploy from an elements file?
See Can site columns be deployed in sandboxed solutions? for background on this.
I've tried to reproduce the sandboxed feature with a site column as built by Hilton Giesenow shown on How Do I: Create ...
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How to delete site columns, deployed via feature (not visible in Sharepoint UI)?
Well it seems like this is a problem some people are having, but I can't seem to find the definite solution.
I deployed some Site Columns to Sharepoint using a feature, let's go with the following ...
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Content Type Column Removal
I have a few Content Types that inherit from a base Content Type. These are all wrapped up as part of my solution.
I wondered, as it is possible to add additional columns to a child Content Type ...
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Set column order in contenttype
I've added some site columns with an xml file and also created my contenttype in the xml. After deploying, a feature creates a lookup to another list (with c# code).
How can I set te column order in ...
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Can site columns be deployed in sandboxed solutions?
I have created a package in Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint 2010 which contains a single feature, called "SiteColumns", which link to a single elements file defining a single site column.
I have ...
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Diffferent methods of retreving site column values
I'm wondering if there are any differences between retrieving value of a site column (RichHtmlField) via PublishingWebControls:RichHtmlField vs getting its value via Container.DataItem?
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Change Title (linked to item with edit menu) to different column
How can I change the column in a SharePoint list that has the link to the item and the link to the item with edit menu eg:
Title (linked to item)
Title (linked to item with edit menu)
I want to have ...
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Moving site columns from one site collection to another?
Is there an easy way to move all the site columns in a particular group (e.g. "PepsiSiteColumns") to another site collection?
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Can I change Type of Default SharePoint Columns?
My question is Simple. I want to Change Type of SharePoint Default Column (Site Column) like Title. I want to Change its type from Singe Line of Text to Look Up. Is it Possible ?
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Creating site column with a specific GUID
I am trying to create a site column using via a console app. I would ultimately like to be able to migrate the site column and upgrade the same column via this app. To that end, I would need some ...
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Create Site Column (lookup type)
Is there any solid (proven) method of creating Site columns (lookups) where list GUID is not known?
I think this is where feature activation kicks in; getting the lookup list by its name and then ...
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How to update a deployed content-type?
I created a content-type and applied it inside a document library. Now, if I go to the conent-type gallery and delete one of the fields, and then go back to the library and view the available ...
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Sharepoint 2010, where are my content types and fields?
I'm using the new VS 2010 method to develop around sharepoint, so it abstracts a bit from the 2007 raw method. While this is good in one way, something just went wrong, and now I'm unsure what to do.
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How to change the Publishing Hyperlink icon image
Is it possible to change the default images SharePoint 2010 Server uses to show next to the Publishing Hyperlink column type? This is enabled via the "Display link with icon" checkbox in the dialog ...
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Retrieve values of Site Column Choice field
I have a site column of type choice that I have associated with a Site content type. I want to get the values of that choice field to use in a custom web part. Should I use the Field name, GUID or ...
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Add new column to an already existing content type with a feature?
Is it possible, with Sharepoint 2007, to add new columns with a Feature to a content type that is already being used in some lists?
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XSL Transform impacting other Web Parts
I have on my SharePoint page an XSL List View Web Part linked to an XSLT file via the "XSL Link" property. Here is the content of the XSLT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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Creating a Site Column from an External List with SharePoint 2010?
Can you create a Lookup column from an External List within SharePoint 2010. I have achieved this before but it seems incredibly fragile and I am now wondering if this is even a supported feature and ...
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ContentTypes and Site Columns via Visual Studio / CAML Query Updates broken
I've been using CAML queries to do list updates for quite some time, but recently they've stopped working, and I have no idea why. Even an extremely simple query seems to be failing. For example the ...
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What is the best way to provision Content Types and managed metadata columns in SharePoint 2010
What is the best way of provisioning ContentTypes, Columns and Metadata columns in SharePoint. Keeping in mind that we have two approaches of 1) SP object Model and CAML (declarative way).
Which ...
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Problem with getting SafeImageHtml in CustomItem.xsl of a CQWP
I have a CQWP with the Parameters:
Title:{fa564e0f-0c70-4ab9-b863-0177e6ddd247},Title,Text;|
Description:{691b9a4b-512e-4341-b3f1-68914130d5b2},ShortComment,Text;|
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REST: unable to retrieve lookup data from top level
At the top level of my site collection, I have created a list called "Markets", and a site column called "Market", defined as a lookup to the Markets list.
In a subsite of this same site collection, ...
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Content field not recognized on Page Layout
I'm using SharePoint Designer 2010 to create a custom page layout.
I have a content type called "Web Part Page" and its parent is "Page" content type. I have several site columns associated with this ...
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Deploying columns with content types in Visual Studio 2010
I've written a feature that deploys new columns along with a content type containing the columns. The feature is Site scoped and written in Visual Studio 2010 to deploy to SharePoint 2010.
When the ...
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How to set columns visible only in Display Form on a Column used by a Content Type
I have a column that we will call C. This Column is associated to a Content Type (CT).
If I go to the properties of the CT -> Column C I can set the column to be Facoltative or Hidden:
If I put it ...
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site column across collections
What I'm looking for: At root level of collection "A", I have created a site column named "Organization". I'd like this same column to be available over in collections "A1" and "A2", which I consider ...
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How to add a Custom Column to a Site programmatically
I'm programmatically creating Site Collections. The only thing I'd like to add to the newly created Site Collection are some Custom Columns that I've added manually in other examples..
The code I'm ...
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Creating site column without using features
I am trying to create a site column in VS2010 without using features. Is this possible? If yes, please let me know where I can start looking.
I don't want to use feature because feature comes with ...
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Custom sitecolumns can't update
I have made a ContentType in Visual Studio 2010 for my SharePoint 2010 project and the first time I deployed the wsp through the WSPBuilder there were no troubles but now every time I try to deploy, ...
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Same custom column name in 2 different solutions, 2 different ID guids, yet I get a “Duplicate field 'x' was found” error
So I have two completely different solutions, I'll call them solutionA.wsp and solutionB.wsp and they are being deployed to the same site
Both of them contain a site column definition for a column ...
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What to do when a Site Column name is already being used?
I'm running into a situation where a Site Collection has several sub sites. Each sub site has data related to a particular geographical region. When trying to create content types / site columns for ...
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Moving site columns and content types between farms
I can't seem to find the codeplex solution that helps export site columns, content types and import back to another sc or farm.
Idea is to retain the guid for these. I know create wsp vs project is ...
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Renaming of site column „Enterprise Keywords“ without risk?
I would to rename the site column „Enterprise Keywords“ (that can be added to content types so that users are able to tag items) to “Tags”.
This is possible, but my question is: Do you have ...
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Reference a hidden column in a calculated column
In SharePoint 2010, I have a document library in which I want to add a calculated column, which references the Name of the document. Entering the following formula works fine:
=[Title]
But I can't ...
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How to find the site column details using a Web service?
I have a site column of type "Choice" with 8 choices and associated with a list, is there a way to get those details (list of choices) using a web service ?
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'Conditional Options' in columns
Is there an option for 'Conditional Options' in choice type of columns. i.e. if India is selected in 'country' column then Indian states are reflected as options in the next column called 'states', ...
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SharePoint Site collection
I have custom list(created using VS) where I need to add a new column. But in my site collection i got the data from restoring site collection in which new column information will not be there. Now my ...
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What are the Differences between These Content-type Properties?
In my portal, I have created a few infopath forms, and promoted properties in them. When I view the content-types in the site-collection's content-type library, I see that some of the fields are in ...
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What happened to multiple lines of text text format and append changes only settings?
I have created a document library. Next, I wanted to add a Multiple lines of text field and have Append changes only option selected. But, to my surprise, once I choose the field type, I was not ...
