Questions tagged [sharepoint-online]
for questions completely specific to the MS-provided SharePoint Cloud Service (Office 365's SharePoint Online/BPOS)
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How to automate the provider hosted app trusting?
Is there any way to automate the SharePoint provider hosted apps installation and trusting process from appcatalog using CSOM/Rest API?
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Stuck in "Preview Page" mode in SharePoint 2013
I was editing the Seattle Master Page and suddenly my site got stuck in the "Preview Page" mode:
And I don't know how to stop it. I returned back the template to the original Seattle template but ...
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How to authenticate user in SharePoint online using javascript
I have a public site on Office 365 SharePoint Online. By default when user clicks on to sign in, it redirect to Microsoft login page.
I don't want to redirect user to Microsoft login page. But ...
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Is there any alternative of model-dialog available for SharePoint Modern Page?
I am currently working on SharePoint hosted app which has custom ribbon action in list & library.
I have opened modal-dialog on ribbon action(HostWebDialog) but in SharePoint modern page it is ...
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Sharepoint framework experience. React or Angular?
I'm somewhat confused as to what technogy to use with Sharepoint Online framework experience. Is React/Redux the better dev option now for web parts that extend and build on sharepoint? Is Angular ...
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Apps added to App Catalog not available for installation on other sites
I started with SPFx development recently. I packaged a client side web-part as a file helloworld-webpart.sppkg following Microsoft's tutorial. Then I uploaded it to my Apps Catalog site. Though it was ...
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SharePoint Online Restore Files from Drop Off Library
Our retention policy in SharePoint misfired and moved 1000's of files from different libraries into the drop of library.
Is there any way to restore these files back to their original libraries.
We ...
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Break Role inheritance without Rest API with designer 2013 workflow
I have one document library.
Once item /document is created / uploaded, one task will be assigned to a Reviewer Group, at that time need to change the permission of an item for the user who has ...
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Logging people who download files in SharePoint
We have some pictures, documents and we want to track who downloads it. We have Office 365 which has SharePoint. People have to use their Active Directory account to sign-on to SharePoint.
Can ...
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Consume SharePoint online lists using REST API (in R)
I would like to be able to query lists that are on my sharepoint online site via R.
I'm having difficulties ascertaining the right method for authenticating my requests. These requests would be ...
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Set Task list EnableAssignToEmail in CSOM
I would like to set the EnableAssignToEmail bit on a task list via CSOM after a list is created dynamically. I have found a way to do this in Powershell and in code using SPList:
Add-PSSnapin ...
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New Communication site Template supports Multilingual Content
we have a requirement to use new Communication Site template and build a web site, but it should be multilingual.
Since new Communication site look and feel and responsiveness suit to my client ...
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Powershell CSOM - How to add a Office 365 Group to a list
I've found a script to create document libraries and a script to assign permissions to a list. I've combined these with one script and added a CSV containing names and Office 365 Groups that should be ...
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List View Threshold (5000 items): What limitations for 5k-issue can we expect even after the "correct" columns are indexed (manually or automatically)
The infamous 5000 Threshold view limit [1, 2, 3] is a well-known struggle.
One often suggested solution is to "plan ahead", and let's imagine we have done this and indexed our most important ...
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Outlook mail/Notification in SharePoint
My Customer wants me to show the Outlook Emails(or Email subject only) from his Office365 OWA to his SharePoint Online (intranet Portal).
I tried to call the OWA in I-frame but it showing error, ...
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How to create a sandboxed workflow action within Microsoft SharePoint Online 365
I have followed the steps on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff798499.aspx in order to create a custom sandboxed workflow action, and have deployed this into a site workflow in Microsoft ...
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How to export a site from SharePoint online?
I've got a publishing site (root site, with subsites) containing web pages and documents (as do the subsites). I'd like to export it and restore it to a local SharePoint instance - any ideas how to ...
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How do I retrieve the SharePoint Modern site's classification property via search REST APIs?
I am creating a rollup of Modern team and communication sites that are provisioned in my tenant by creating one SPFx webpart which retrieves the site's title, URL, logo and some other properties using ...
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REST API to get Frequent Sharepoint Sites programmatically?
Sharepoint Online offers a view of the frequent sites of the current user. It is available in the home page of the "My Site" of the user. I'm asking if there is a REST API (or something like) to get ...
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Access AAD protected Web API with SharePoint Online user token
I have a Web API protected by using Bearer tokens form Azure AD (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-devquickstarts-webapi-dotnet/).
Now, I would like to call ...
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Debugging remote event receiver - no context token
I am trying to use the MS supplied BasicDataOperations provider hosted app to play around with and learn about remote event receivers.
I was following the instructions from this blog post by Chris O'...
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List View Lookup Threshold Exception not thrown when submitted without Query element
SharePoint 2010 includes a list view lookup threshold as part of its resource throttling. Columns that count as a lookup include Lookup, taxonomy (managed metadata), and User (PersonOrGroup)
The ...
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Is it possible to create custom User Profile Properties using CSOM or SPO PowerShell?
I have not been able to find much information regarding creating custom User Profile Properties via CSOM or SharePoint Online PowerShell. Is this possible, and if so, how do I go about doing it?
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How to call the Sharepoint REST API from an external website(IFrame)
I've been trying to do a simple GET REST call from an external website (Dynamics CRM) to a SharePoint Online site. All I want is to list the files from that SharePoint Online folder into an IFrame on ...
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Set metadata column value from query string when uploading documents
When users upload files to a SharePoint Online (2013) document library, I would like for a value from the query string to be inserted into a metadata column in the library.
I found a number of posts ...
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Design Package import SharePoint 2013 using App Installed event CSOM
In SP2013, I am trying to import and export the design package from one site to other site using AppInstalled event using CSOM.
I am not able to get the context of source site to import the design ...
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List View Group By not working
I've got a list and I've created a view that shows all items and groups by "Created By". But when I load that view I can't see the list items. I only get the "working on it" message.
This grouping ...
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Displaying user profile image using JSOM - broken image link in IE
I have written the following code to get the user profile image and display on my master page header. Everything is working fine with Chrome but in IE I get a broken image link where i should be ...
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Hide/Remove Page Title - SharePoint Online
Is it possible to hide or remove the Page Title on specific pages in SharePoint online? Any assistence in where I should look to acheive this is appreciated.
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Get Current Login User Profile Properties SharePoint
I need to get current login User profile properties provide information about SharePoint users, such as display name, email, PictureUrl and other business and personal information including custom ...
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What is SharePoint Spfx? Will it override SharePoint app development and server object model?
What will be impact of new Spfx development model over older SharePoint object model.
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Getting an ItemCount with filtering in SP2013 using REST api
I am attempting to return an integer (itemcount) of the items within a SP2013 list. I have done this easily using the stock standard json method. However I have a need of counting the splist items ...
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SPO Retrieve HasUniqueRoleAssignements property using Powershell
I am trying to retrieve HasUniqueRoleAssignements property for multiple SharePoint Online lists using Powershell.
I can do it for each one in SharePoint on-premises:
$ctx.Load($list....
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whats the difference between team sites and a publishing sites?
What are advantages and disadvantages of using either one of the sites. what is different between team sites and publishing sites.
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REST post with metadata column?
I have a jquery script that uploads a file to document library.
I'm trying to set a choice column in the same call, but can't seem to get it to work. The upload is working, but Col1 is a choice ...
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CAML Query - Going around the 5000 List Item Threshold
I have developed a SharePoint system for a client and I am planning forward with regards to CSOM code that runs on a specific library. This will eventually expand to a large set of data. Experience ...
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Batch update via PNP Powershell
I have data from a CSV that will be imported and added to column values for each of these items. I can loop over CSV, get the items, and set the values (Set-PNPListItem) - but the sequential ...
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InfoPath is Dead
As per this Microsoft blog article, InfoPath is retiring. It will not be available in the next version of SharePoint.
I am in the middle of setting up a Forms Solution architecture for a company and ...
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Site Creation / Provisioning in SharePoint Online (using site templates)
We are planning to migrate our on-premise SP2013 to SharePoint Online. We have one issue which blocks our journey to the cloud.
We are using a set of different site templates to create team, project ...
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CSR can not be applied to Personal Views?
I just posted this on Andrei Markeev his Cisar issue list.
Can someone confirm CSR can not be applied to Personal Views,
or tell me I am talking poop (je praat poep! in Dutch)
BTW anyone doing any CSR ...
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Get Group Id Using REST
I want to get group id in single call. I am using below URL
<Sitename>/_api/web/sitegroups/getbyname('Approvers')
it is returning object. I want to apply filter to above url to get group id.
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Create a free sharepoint online site (office 365)
I have created a free sharepoint online site (office 365) some months ago. But now that is not working.
Then I tried to create a new free office 365 site. It seems like can't create a free site? We ...
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How to query list with >5000 items in SharePoint Online?
I want to query a list in SharePoint Online which has >5000 items. How can I do it?
Right now it is showing me thresh hold limit error when I am trying to query the list.
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Can't install app in AppCatalog
Trying to upload an app to a Sharepoint Online App Catalog. Getting the following error:
xxxxxxxx.app Unknown Status Module: 33 Message: 134
It worked 4 days ago. The only thing that I have ...
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Document library to show only folders to user
Is there any logic that we can implement for SharePoint library to show only folders in it and items should not be visible to the user.
The real requirement is that the document structure is like ...
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Online - Hyperlink in calculated column
I'm using SharePoint online and I've followed this solution URL in calculated column to create an hyperlink in a calculated column.
This is the formula I'm using:
="<a target='_blank' href='https:...
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BCS in Sharepoint Online
What are the features and limitations of BCS in Sharepoint online.
Can we create an external content type using Stored procedure in Sharepoint online.
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Configuring timer jobs in sharepoint online
I have setup Information Management policies and have added retention stages but to run that and verify I need to run the "Information management policy" and "Expiration policy" timer jobs.
Is it ...
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SharePoint Online Storage
How much storage is per default for SharePoint Online and Office 365?
A client of mine would like to know how much storage he will get. I cant find an updated answer.
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Most efficient way to get all sub sites under a site collection/sub site using JSOM?
For the question lets assume the following site hierarchy
Root Site
Sub Site 01
Sub Site 0101
Sub Site 0102
Sub Site 010201
Sub Site 02
Sub Site 03
Sub Site 0301
Now if I want to get all these ...
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