Questions tagged [custom-list]

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

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Sort "Assigned To" field containing multiple values

Have assigned default column "Assigned To" for new list "Issue Tracking" with following settings: Require that this column contains information: No Allow multiple selections: Yes Allow selection of: ...
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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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Manage photo in sharepoint 2010

I have a list for students. I want to keep photos of each student. How can i do this? Do I need to add a field to Student custom list? Please help me with correct approach. I am using a visual webpart ...
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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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Return a rich text managed property in search results

I am working with a custom list in Sharepoint 2010. The list has nine custom columns, some of which are rich text. I've mapped these custom columns to managed properties so that I can return them ...
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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, ...
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In a list (2010), can I have a Choice type field that can dynamically be filled as users add new values to that field (if it didn't already exist)?

A list of projects are in the Choice field already. As new projects are started a user (without designer access) wants to add a new project and in the future be able to select it from the drop down, ...
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MOSS 2007 Custom List

I am using MOSS 2007 on the goverment side and do not have Sharepoint Designer ability. I am trying to make a custom list. I would want selected people who have access to see this list. How can I set ...
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Sharepoint 2010: List view to always show last friday's data

I've been working on this issue forever now...Here's what I'm trying to do. I have a custom list where people add some info. I crated 2 views to view items added today and yesterday. Now I'm trying to ...
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Can I disable "Open with Access" option in the ribbon for a list? SP2010

Here is why: I have a SP2010 list with permissions set so that default is 'view only' and a limited group has 'contribute' perms. If I log in with a non-priviledged account, and view the list,there ...
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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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Content Type adding and removing to a list: "ghost content type" problem

I have a problem with Content Types... I have houndreds of lists that has some content Type and a configuration list in which I store the content type to be attached to my custom list type. I have an ...
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How to add values from a "Person or Group" list column type to workflow email To or CC field

On SharePoint 2007 I have a custom list with a custom content type. The content type contains (among other things) a Person or Group typed column that allows the creator to add additional ...
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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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Reason for Custom Field not getting displayed while adding new Item

I had a custom field deployed in one of server and now am trying it on my VPC which is exact copy of Server, however I added/deployed solution, checked GAC, dll was there, looked at controltemplate ...
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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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I have list that I need 2 columns (Choice) to pull up different fields

I have a column named Origination and a column named Sub organization. When the user choose choice A in organization I need specific choices to pop up for Sub Organization. When the user chooses ...
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List Item Description not showing up when viewing item?

Ok so I have a List and it has a Description column, the one that is default and I cannot delete it. The problem is that the Description field will show up when you are creating a list item but when ...
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Display Grouped List Web Part as Tiles

I'm creating a Sharepoint Site in SP 2010 to hold information for Meetings at my Company. This site will hold documents and will need them to be grouped by Meeting Type and then by Meeting Date. I've ...
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DataformwebPart outside of List folder and ListItemID from another Query string parameter not working

I've tested this before, but I can't seem to get it to work again. I've got a Doc library with webpart pages. Create a new page and in SPD add a CustomListForm to a custom list in display mode. I ...
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list template copy code-behind is not working

My goal here is to create a list template with code-behind on my server and copy it to a completely different Sharepoint server. The problem is that my server has Visual Studio 2010 while the other ...
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Can't see any custom fields when 'adding new item' to custom list

As title says, I can only see the 'Title' field when adding a new item to my custom list. Any ideas? I've double checked the field definitions and checked the field references are in both default ...
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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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I can't remove Content Type programmatically? How I can do it? SharePoint Foundation

I create in SPD 2010 workflow which create custom content type with column. I removed workflow, list and column and I also want to remove content typ but I can't do it, SharePoint shows this info "The ...
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How To Display Both A Username And Their Email In A Custom List

Salvete! In one of my custom lists, I want to add a user-account column (where you display properties of a user or group) to display a user's username, but I also need to display the user's email ...
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Editing a custom infopath form published to a library?

I had built an infopath form and published it to a library in sharepoint. Unfotunately, I lost the file on my local machine in the middle of a user profile sync chaos. I tried editing the form in ...
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Is it possible in LINQ to SharePoint

I have a task to make a WSP, which should provide definitions of custom list and library, but not instances. List definition has a lookup column to library item <Field ID="{F2572330-8163-460D-9016-...
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SharePoint list to lookup contact or account from CRM 2011

I have a SharePoint site and I would like to be able to create a list of which one column will be linked to a customer account. I have seen products that sync data between CRM 2011 and SharePoint (...
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Custom List - Date limit for new item

I am looking for some help around customizing a list from SharePoint front end as I do not have access to a SharePoint developer. We have a Nomination Form for Awards (custom list). The Awards forms ...
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The attribute 'autoeventwireup' is not allowed in this page in sharepoint

I had two FARMS. QA and PROD. Both are identical. 2 WFE / 2 APPSERVERS / 1 SQL BACKEND. When (in QA) I browse an .aspx page it returns this error: The attribute 'autoeventwireup' is not allowed in ...
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How to Add Data Field to Existing Custom List Form?

Say I have created a really simple custom list via Sharepoint Designer, and then created a custom NewForm.aspx called NewFormTest.aspx to go with it. Now I have to add a field to the custom list. I ...
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Save a multilingual site as template

I created a site and set the language settings to multiple languages, so users can switch between different languages for the MUI. But I have also custom columns in a list. So, i translated the ...
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Updating field in custom list with values from AD/User Profile

hoping someone can assist with my current problem. I've been Googling for a solution for the past few days but haven't found anything yet that is close to what I need. My scenario The HR Department ...
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How to check if a item in a custom list have a property or not

I added a check Check Box to a custom list library form which works well with new files uploaded and I can check the property Value by bool.Parse(listItem.Properties["columnName"].ToString()); but ...
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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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Creating a custom EditForm for a document library

I have been following this article: http://ikarstein.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/walkthrough-create-custom-sharepoint-2010-list-form-for-deployment-in-a-visual-studio-2010-project/ I have followed every ...
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How to create the following list structure in sharepoint

I am trying to create a list with following structure in sharepoint 2010. Is it possible to create like this? You may say that enter values by leaving title as blank. But here Title Filed should be ...
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Can you add comments to an append-only field in a list in Sharepoint 2010 using C#? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can you programmatically add comments to an append-only comment field in a custom item list using C#? Posted on stack exchange first, then I found this Sharepoint sub-domain ...
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Set Expires HTTP header for files in RootFolder

Our custom list definition stores some static files in the root folder (and sub-folders). Is there a way to manipulate the HTTP response header for these files to treat them as static (e.g., by ...
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Event receiver for a custom List

I created a custom Event Receiver using WSP builder, and in elements.xml file i have given the ID of list which i find in elements.xml of List definition of particular list. I also activated the ...
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Creating a New list based on previous List Definition

I have a List definition with following files Feature.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Feature Id="GUID" Title="abc" Description="mmmmmmm." Version="1.0.0.0" ...
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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 remove default columns from a custom list?

Is there any option to remove default columns(eg: Created By, Modified By) from a custom list? I do not want to hide the columns for a view, but I need to entirely remove/modify the default columns. ...
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sharepoint 2010 adding more fields in user profile, accessible from spuser

we have custom fields like e.g. Manager, Organisation, EmployeeCode. currently we are creating a custom list to add these with respective SpUser.ID, which i think is wrong. Can any one please guide ...
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SP 2010: hide/disable column in edit form

I've got a list (based on custom list) with several custom columns. There is one column, that I want to protect from changes by the user (it will be set/changed by webservice call and should not be ...
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Status/KPI List View

I have a list for users to enter information for their team, and I want to take the sum of a teams data and display it. What I have right now is a KPI/Status list that sums up the items in a team ...
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Creating a custom list to sharepoint using client object model

I am having problems creating a custom list from the client object model. I need my list to have two columns - "Title" and "CustomID", both able to store a single line of text. I seem to be failing ...