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converting a semi-structured excel database into a sharepoint database

Our company has an excel customer-record cheat sheet. we're trying to integrate that cheat sheet into SharePoint. However, the sheets in the excel cheat sheet are not relational structured data. Some ...
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Connect an on premise Oracle Database to PowerApps

I have an Oracle Database created using Oracle Express Edition 18c and Oracle SQL Developer. It's name is 'my_powerapps_connection' and created a table named 'EMPData'.  For the connection properties ...
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Dynamic content generation out of multiple modules and variables stored in a database/list

I'm essentially trying to achieve two things: I want to create multiple text modules (in a list, database, or something else) and insert placeholders inside these text modules. These placeholders ...
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Secure the SharePoint lists from allowing Project Manager to add users inside a Projects the PM is not defined inside it

We are in the Design phase of a Project Management system, and we have 2 technical approaches to follow:- SharePoint as the Back-end + Power Apps & Power Automate SQL server as the Back-end + ...
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Parsing SharePoint's WebPart UserProperties - value States

I'm working on a parser that is able to parse data directly from SharePoint .mdf database. Currently I'm working on parsing data in binary column tp_AllUsersProperties. I'm able to parse pretty much ...
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SPFx to connect to local SQL Server Tables,Stored Procedures & view.. Approaches to follow

I am working on a migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint Online. Where inside the on-premises the customer has a configurable Web Part (Server-side of course), which allow users to do the ...
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SharePoint database admin account accidentally deleted

The SharePoint database admin accidentally deleted. How to reinstate this admin account? I created a new account with db_owner in database. But looks like it was not setup properly. It shows below ...
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I need to create report from external sql database , and run the report at sharepoint 2016

I need to create a report from an external SQL database and run the report at SharePoint 2016. The SQL database size was big around 5 GB, How can I do it? I think to create a procedure at SQL ...
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Sync SharePoint Online list to database (Mysql)

Is it possible to sync a sharepoint online list to a database like Mysql hosted on azure? If not, what is an alternative solution? Is a custom connector possible? Thank you for any help!
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Sharepoint 2013 foundation database compatibility

The company I am working for is considering updating to Sql server 2019, from reading the documentation, it says that the highest version that 2013 foundation works with is 2016. My question is, can I ...
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How to get data from OracleDB to SharePointOnline List

I want to migrate data from Oracle DB to SPO list. What I can think of now is to export the data as a CSV file etc. and paste the data with a quick edit on the SPO list screen. But this method is very ...
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Restore SharePoint database with metadata

I have a question - When you restore a SharePoint database what will happen to original metadata, such as Created by, Created and Modified by and Modified? Regards
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Download a specific file from SharePoint (CSOM) using C#

I'm developing a C# based application that requires to download, checkout, upload, check in on a specific file from/to Sharepoint with CSOM. So I have two questions here: Firstly, on download, is ...
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SharePoint Content Database issue

I have 3 Databases for our SharePoint environment, however when I run power shell script to show my content database its only show the 2, and when I go to Manage my content database from CA I can see ...
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Set Simple recovery model before shrinking SharePoint database

I read several articles recommending switching to Simple recovery model before shrinking dbs. Here, here and here. Please explain me - Why it is needed. I also read the white paper about Maintenance ...
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Link lotus notes database to Sharepoint

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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Why Database is in compatibility range and upgrade is recommended

This is more than a question than an issue, my question is why SharePoint Database get to this status. Database is in compatibility range and upgrade is recommended Regards
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Is it normal that our sharepoint on-premises 2013 does not have WSS_Loging database

we have a sharepoint farm 2013 (license type = SharePoint Server with Standard Client Access License) , now we are facing an issue that the "Usage reports" for our sites will always be empty (0 views)....
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"Database is too old and upgrade is required" on "technical" databases

An IT admin working for a client installed various Windows patches (along with SP patches available via Windows Update), and now two databases ("BdcServiceDatabase" and "StateDatabase") are showing ...
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SharePoint Migration - Product / patch installation or server upgrade required

I migrated SharePoint from 2013 to 2016 and then 2019. I used the database prefix SP_Intranet. After migration to 2016, I removed SP_Intranet_Config and SP_Intranet_CentralAdmin + non-migrable ...
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How to add an editable Access Desktop Database to Sharepoint Server 2016

I'm a university student summer intern at a government agency, so sorry if this comes off as a dumb question or if I don't appear very knowledgeable, but our team of maybe 10-ish people uses an excel ...
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Sharepoint databases structure

I need to know how the structure of databases of Sharepoint works, what is any databases, when they are created and this kind of stuff... I'm using a Sharepoint 2016 on premises.
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Is it possible to connect SharePoint to an Access database without having information stored in a list?

It would ideally work like this. A user fills out a form in sharepoint and the information captured from the fields would be stored in a Microsoft access database and not in a sharepoint list. The ...
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System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The media set has 2 media families but only 1 are provided. All members must be provided. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

I want to Backup/Restore our managed metadata managed service's database from live to test which are both sharepoint 2013 farms. So i did these steps:- 1- Inside the live database i select the related ...
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Is there any restriction on backup-ing sharepoint databases using SQL management studio

We have SharePoint on-premises farm 2013, and per my knowledge that it is not supported to query the SharePoint databases. but is it a supported operation to select a SharePoint database (for example ...
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If we have a backup for all the sharepoint 2013 databases, can/how we restore a corrupted application server

One of our customers use to have a sharepoint enterprise farm 2013, with the following architecture:- windows 2008 R2 which contain sharepoint on-premises farm 2013. windows 2008 R2 which contain Sql ...
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SharePoint 2013 Site Collection Databases Swelling too big over night

I upgraded SharePoint 2010 Farm using database attach method to SharePoint 2013. I have many site collections with their own databases. Overnight randomly one site collection database becomes huge ...
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How to log data to a database using javascript?

I am to track who viewed a specific document in a document library, I found out that there is no Item Viewed event or similar event in the SPEventReceiver class. SO I developed a spfx solution that ...
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Does reading directly from the Project Server database void the warranty?

I know that in SharePoint, it's hugely frowned upon to access content databases directly, and in fact Microsoft will stop giving you support if they find out you've touched the databases. Is the same ...
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Which SP2013 database do workflows reside in?

We have an issue with a large records center site where workflows from the drop-off library are not working correctly. However we do know what date they were previously working. Is there a specific ...
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ERROR CanUpgrade [SPConfigurationDatabase] failed

The following errors are showing up in the logs a couple times per day: ERROR CanUpgrade [SPConfigurationDatabase] failed SharePoint Foundation Upgrade SPUpgradeSession ERROR Exception: Login failed ...
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"Databases running in compatibility range, upgrade recommended" when NeedsUpgrade=False

SharePoint Health Analyzer warning: Databases running in compatibility range, upgrade recommended. Explanation: The following databases have versions that are older than the current SharePoint ...
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Is there a sotfware to create, manager and CAML query SharePoint Lists without having SharePoint installed on a computer?

I'm working on a SharePoint site at work, however due to PCI compliance I am not able to access SharePoint at my house, I was trying to find a software on which I can be able to create lists and use ...
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Access Database exceeds 5000 items and doesn't function in SharePoint because of that

I have a table in Microsoft Access that contains much more then 5000 items. In addition, I created a MS access form which I published in SharePoint. In this form, the users have to select some options ...
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SharePoint , Forms and Data Connections

Although I have done quite a bit of reading, site, page, list, web app creation etc to try and get a feel for this, I am struggling to understand clearly the basic principles of where best to start. ...
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SharePoint Content Database on a non-SharePoint configured Database

Is it advisable to have a SharePoint Content Database on a SQL Database Server that is not specific for SharePoint?
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SharePoint 2013 - Large SharePoint_Config Database

I have what appears to be a large SharePoint_config database: SharePoint_Config.mdf = 99GB SharePoint_Config_Log.ldf = 14GB Is this normal? How can I decrease the size of this database?
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Best practice to bulk upload records to an existing list

I need to do a bulk upload over 10k records to an existing SharePoint list. I am using MS access and it is very slow and keep crashing. Is any better way of doing it? Thanks
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How to import data into Excel from MS Access?

If I put an MS Access database on Sharepoint or One Drive, how can I import/link the database table into Excel? My Excel will also eventually be on Sharepoint. Current as a PoC, I put the database on ...
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Issue with "Restore-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication"

I am trying to restore the production farm Search Service Application to a pre-production farm. This is to preserve all customisations to Search. I have mounted a copy of each of the 4 databases (...
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SharePoint 2013 - Getting SPSite.Url from SharePoint DB

I'm working directly against the SharePoint DB (I know it is highly not recommended but I need to, for several reasons). I'm trying to get the SPSite.Url property ("http://baseurl/sites/somename") ...
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SQL database login for 'ConfigDB' on instance ' failed. + Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'

I know my question is very similar to this one; SQL database login for 'Config' on instance '' failed. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below However in my ...
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Virtualizing Highly Available SQL Server database on SharePoint

I am planning on virtualizing my SharePoint environment. So, I am thinking on virtualizing all the roles (Application Server, Frontend, ...) including the Database. My question is: is it recommended ...
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Move SharePoint Search databases to new Search Application

I wonder whether it is possible to attach search databases to a new Search Application in same farm/different farm ? I found all Microsoft articles only mentioned attach Search Application to "renamed"...
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Difference in database size between SharePoint 2007 and 2013

We're migrating a system that includes a reasonable chunk of docs in SharePoint 2007. The docs have been migrated into SharePoint 2013 and now the migration has completed, it appears that the ...
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How to change Sharepoint database size?

Currently I'm facing an issue of insufficient size of my SharePoint database, and I need to edit the: Autogrowth of the db Maximum size file limit Where do I go to change these settings?
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Change User Profile Service Application database name

Due to some reason we are in need to rename the User Profile Service Application. Following the steps mentioned in below link, we started the rename activity: Move or rename service application ...
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Export Sharepoint List to MS SQL Database

We would like to export our SharePoint Content to MS SQL Database. Do you please know about any tool that allow so? The purpose of this is to use MS SQL DB in our reporting tool which is easier and ...
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How can SharePoint hosted App be connected to Sql Database

I am creating a SharePoint hosted App where I need some data from SQL table. As my major work is on SharePoint list only,hence I don't want to go for Provider hosted App. Could you please provide me ...
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What makes search application download real content for crawling?

I have a Windows Server 2012 server with SharePoint Foundation 2013 and the latest CU from September 17. This front end server is connected to a sql 2008 r2 server. I have 4 sharepoint applications ...
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