I'm new to SharePoint. Is it possible to link lotus notes databases to SharePoint? If so, how is this done? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Can you expand on what you mean by "Link". You can put a link to anything in a SharePoint links list, but I have a feeling that you are wanting something else. – Josh McClanahan Feb 19 at 20:38
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Thank you for your quick reply. – Dwayne Malone Feb 19 at 20:54
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Previously my company used Lotus notes and Lotus notes databases for all our content. We have since switched over to another format but due to having so many databases with-in lotus notes we will not be transitioning from them for some time if at all. We have also started to use SharePoint. I would like to use my SharePoint to be the hub for all the other databases. I want a sharepoint page that users can go to and select the link that will direct them to the existing (lotus notes) database. – Dwayne Malone Feb 19 at 20:57
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When we use the url directly with-in SharePoint it does not work. – Dwayne Malone Feb 19 at 20:57
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I have been told internally that all we could do is create a hyperlink with-in a document such as PPT and link that document to sharepoint. This seems odd to me to be the answer. – Dwayne Malone Feb 19 at 20:58
If you're using Notes version 4 or later, you could use a Domino server and make the Notes content available via a web interface, then embed that web page in a SharePoint web part.
I tried that in the past and I haven't found solution to the issue using out of the box functionalities.
You would need to develop your own web part that would handle the notes protocol.
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Thank you for your response. Would you have any tips on how to achieve this "need to develop your own web part that would handle the notes protocol." – Dwayne Malone Feb 20 at 13:52
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its full hands on development using client side object model. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/… – Marek Sarad Feb 20 at 15:44
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here you can find some example web parts github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-webparts/tree/master/samples which are open sourced. You can try to use the scirpt editor github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-webparts/tree/master/samples/… and write your code in javascript. That is probably the easiest way to achieve that. – Marek Sarad Feb 20 at 15:48
In your comment above, you were advised to put the link in a document and then it would work. Based on this, I suspect the URL for the Lotus Notes databases exceeds SharePoint's limits on how long a URL can be.
We ran into this with links to specific Tableau reports. What we did was create a list with a multi-line text field. We trained users to provide links by entering descriptive text, then making the text a link from the Insert Tab in the ribbon.
