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SharePoint Online List limitations

Is it just me or is it really strange that SSRS 2012 still does not support Claims based authentication or OData connections? Anybody know of plans? Reasons for such a hole in the strategy? Part of a ...
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Approaches for using REST API on list with more than 5K items

We are building a SharePoint application where an external system will upload data into SharePoint list using REST APIs. The volume of data in the list would be high and it would go above 5k items in ...
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Adding multiple items to list with same title

I'm experiencing an issue that in my programatically created SharePoint List, if I add two items with the same "Title" field, it tells me the following error: Sorry, something went wrong A ...
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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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Is there a way to get the "Item-level Permissions" section when creating a new list based on the "Issue Tracking" list template

i am working on a sharepoint enterprise server 2013. and most of the lists i have been creating were based on the "Issue Tracking" list. since the issue tracking list provides a good starting point ...
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Approaching to have a third part web application inside SharePoint 2013

I am working on SharePoint enterprise server 2013, and I am trying to find the best approach I can follow to achieve this requirement:- Our customer has a web page which list their employees info. ...
John John's user avatar
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How to remove custom action/link from list item menu?

In SharePoint 2013, using Designer 2013, I created a custom action for a list while creating a new form for it. Then I scrapped the new form. I actually did this twice. Now, in the list's item menu,...
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Custom List - rename column "Title" or hide it then create a new dedicated column

Content Type "Item", used in Custom List, comes by default with the column "Title" in it. However in many cases, the name “Title” is meaningless to the purpose of the list. (in some cases the type of ...
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How can I know what kind of App I am in?

Is there a way for a user to find out what kind of app she/he is using once already inside? Say a SharePoint 2013 user is inside of a Custom List. How would this user know if she was using a Custom ...
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How to set image path to lookup column?

I have a custom list having lookup with a picture library. But when I am creating lookup it just gives some of the columns like Title, Created, Modified, etc. it do not gives any value like FileRef or ...
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Links to local files from a SharePoint List

Ok, I am new to server side development (especially SP development) and I don't know if this is possible but here goes: I have a custom list which I populate from a local folder on my file system. ...
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How to get List Title in JSLink?

I have applied a JSLink to the custom list's new form in which I want to get the Current List title to access the list column further. My code is: (function () { var DepartmentCtx = {}; ...
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SP2013 Custom list: Customize group order/sequence

I have a huge custom list with several columns. They are grouped by e.g. Status, but the order of the groups cannot be influenced as it is strictly alphabetical. Is there a (nice) way how to customize ...
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Task Assignment in Sequential Order

I am somewhat new to workflows using SharePoint Designer 2013. I have a list of individuals that I want to assign task to in order. The list of names that are to be assigned to a task I put in a ...
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Connecting Lists in Two Sites

I have a list in Site A where I enter basic information such as First Name, Last Name, etc. I need (or would like) for the Site A List information to populate Site B List. Is this possible in SP ...
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Creating a Registration Form in SharePoint 2013

I need help with this task. I would like to create an app/webpart in SharePoint 2013 Foundation that displays a list of events. Users can see this and if interested can signup for which ever event by ...
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Finding Column Average

Created a custom list in SharePoint 2013. I have a column that is full of numbers. I would like to find the average per column. To solve this issue I created a calculated column and applied this ...
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Hide form fields based on current user's department

I need to create a form which needs to be filled out by multiple departments, but each department should only see the fields relevant to them. For example: HR Name Surname Job Title Department ...
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Custom Lists - set row background color in a list depending on a column value

Starting from this example: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/office/Client-side-rendering-code-0a786cdd I would like to set the entire row background color depending on a column value.
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Seeking best List to use as BookMarker

I want to save important URLS within SharePoint 2013. In doing so, I hope to stop cluttering up my browser's bookmarks. Can anyone suggest the best type of List to use? Thank you.
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How to re order content types in list using PowerShell

In a Custom List there are more than 1 content types e.g. "Content Type 1", "Content Type 2" including OOB Item. Using PowerShell how can they be reordered?
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Can JSLink be used to add a new column in the list view?

I have been studying JSLink and its possible uses and have implemented some examples. But all of the examples work by modifying value in the existing column in a list view. Can we use JSLink to add a ...
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What's the difference between a Task List and a Custom List?

Is there much of a difference between SharePoint's Task List vs the Custom List? I know a Task List offers a Timeline that can be customized, whereas the Custom List does not. Other than that they ...
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Display list metadata on list item hover/click on list item

I know what I want to do, but do not know if I am approaching it correctly. I have a custom list with a number of metadata columns. When I or user selects an item from a list I would like for the ...
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SP13: Sending Email after a Field Change

I think this can be done but not sure. I have list full of names that are assigned tasks. Each item has a task already assigned but at time there could be a chance that the name of the assigned ...
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how custom list inherits the permissions?

I created a custom list. Then I created a page (wiki) when I used this list as a web part. I'd like to limit the edit permissions for the list (it should be read-only for most users) - so, should I ...
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Find out user who deleted an item in SharePoint 2013 Document Library or List

Let's say a user deletes few items from a document library. Is there a way we can find out the user name of the person who deleted those. I looked into alerts which does let one know which item was ...
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Jquery Effect Disappears after some time

In NewForm.aspx I add `.ms-long{ text-transform:uppercase;} into PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead part. So in NewForm.aspx makes upper the text which is entered but doesn't effect to the values. If the ...
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Stop triggering another event receiver from first event receiver

am writing an timer job in SP 2013 on-prem version to manipulate some list items .But there exists already an item event receiver to update some other manipulations . i wanna prevent triggering that ...
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Make field clickable to open a document

I'm trying to make the title of a Sharepoint 2013 list clickable to open a document: <ViewFields> <FieldRef Name="Title" /> <FieldRef Name="Project"/> <FieldRef Name="...
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SP 2013 custom form for adding multiple new list items

I've been struggling with this requirement for some time now and I can't seem to find a solution to what I assumed would be a fairly simple task. What I'm trying to create is a form to submit data to ...
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Hide comments from certain people

Scenario: I created a custom list and one of the fields is comment field. Some of the comments have names of individuals (BTW, they're not negative comments). Those individuals have access to the ...
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SharePoint Choice Column, unable to specify fill-in choice

We've been asked to take a look at a customer's SharePoint. SharePoint Setup Details: SharePoint Foundation 2013 Single Server Install Quad Core, 12GB RAM. Machine is shared with another mission ...
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Fire a workflow annually / yearly for every item on the date it was created

In my employee list I have a Joining Date and Email field. I have to send a congratulation mail to the employee every year. Is it possible with workflow? How can I do this?
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Cannot see Incoming E-mail setting options under communication tab for list/library

I am not able to see Incoming e-mail settings options under communication tab for Custom list? why is this so? I am using SharePoint server 2013. Do I have to activate any feature to see it? or have ...
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Multiple display form for custom list

I want to show different views to 2 different users for a custom list. Is it possible to add multiple display forms for a custom list in sharepoint 2013 ? How can we specify this? I need to do this ...
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"Type SP.ULSTraceLevel has already been registered" error while applying javscript to NewForm.aspx

I have a custom list in which I want to apply the javascript in new form of that list. Javascript loads the user profile property of the entered user in the people picker control. I am getting ...
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SP13: Add+ AppearsBut Form Does not Open

So, I ran across this issue in the past but the Add+ did not appear for any of the calendar dates. This is a different issue. The Add+ does appear for all dates but on a certain date range the Add+ ...
SharePoint Lady's user avatar
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How to retrieve list item from the custom list, on a content editor with some texts?

As described from the question, i want to retrieve a list item and display it on a content editor. This should be most likely be using a javascript or jquery perharps? UPDATES: Here is an example: ...
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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 ...
Marissa A's user avatar
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Display Modifications Each Time an Item is Updated

Not sure if this can be accomplished, but I want to try. Objective: When an item is modified SharePoint keeps track of the modification date, time, and person who modified the item. You can see ...
SharePoint Lady's user avatar
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Filtering Lookup Column By Expiration Date [duplicate]

Scenario: I have created a lookup column with two columns. A department column and Expiration Date column. Each Department has a Expiration Date. For example see the image. When the Department ...
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Could not save list changes to server (2013)

I use Sharepoint Designer 2013. Created a new sharepoint website in sharepoint online, created a custom list within and wanted to create a new form. But sharepoint simply does not save the change. ...
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Get data from Active Directory when a field in custom list is changed in SharePoint 2013

I'm having a list with the following columns that have relation in the Active Directory: employee name, employee charge, department, extension number, employee's boss, and other text columns. I'm ...
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Make a 'Choice' field with Allow 'Fill-in' choices remember the choice

Im using the 'Choice' type for one of my lists, and would like the users to be able to add their own choices. I then chose True in "Allow 'Fill-in' choices". This works like a charm, but my users ...
Martin at Mennt's user avatar
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Customising list views w/JS or XSLT: for my own specific type of list

When customising a list with JS or XSLT, the formatting seems to be applied not just to the list view web part the property is set for - but for all parts with the same list type ID on the page ...
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Document Content Types into Custom List

I am sure this is the way but don't know why it's acting funny. Created a custom list. The idea is to be able to upload documents into the custom list library. If I create a custom list and add a ...
SharePoint Lady's user avatar
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Edit view open point to a content type

I have a custom list with two content types. When I click the edit button for the item it opens into content type #1. How do I have it open into the content type #2 form when I select the edit ...
SharePoint Lady's user avatar
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Lookup column to Picture Library

I've created a picture library called "Reusable icons" with all my icons. Then I created a new Custom List with a lookup column to the "Reusable icons"-library. Problem is that I don't get the url ...
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Single line of text - Numerical characters only

I have a single line of text column in my list called "Invoice Number" which only needs to contain numeric characters (0-9). I have attempted using column validation with =ISNUMBER([Invoice Number]+...
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