Posts Tagged ‘ SharePoint ’

Create an Inventory Workflow in SharePoint

April 5, 2011
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Recently I had the need to create a SharePoint list that acts as a maintenance work order.  This maintenance work order refers to several lists on the site, equipment, mechanic and inventory.  When a part is used in the work order, we needed it to automatically adjust the inventory quantity in the Inventory list....

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Lose the Folder in SharePoint

December 23, 2009

Folders have their place in the world.  They are right at home in the metal cabinet next to your desk. They even live comfortably within Windows Explorer.  But…. in a SharePoint environment, I’m not convinced they belong. Document Libraries in SharePoint make an excellent alternative to storing your files in a traditional file server. ...

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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a Nutshell

December 23, 2009

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight.

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Backup SharePoint With STSADM

December 18, 2009

I have tried many different ways to backup a SharePoint site. I have found STSADM to be pretty reliable when backing up an entire site.

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Embed Video on a SharePoint Page

December 18, 2009

In an effort to provide additional training resources for our staff we have begun creating short videos demonstrating how to use a particular software application. Our company uses SharePoint as our Intranet. We wanted the ablility to embed these videos directly into a webpart on a page within SharePoint. This page also contains webparts...

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Disable “Open in Windows Explorer” on SharePoint

December 18, 2009

SharePoint is designed to be a resource for people to easily access the information they need. End users are given many options on how to access the info on SharePoint. One powerful way is to use the tool "Open in Windows Explorer". This is found under Actions in the form/document library you are using....

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Restricting a SharePoint Library View to Display Only Users Documents

December 18, 2009

Sometimes it is necessary to setup a document/form library up in SharePoint to allow a user to only documents created by the end user. Here are the steps I completed to accomplish this:

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Moving Document Library Views in SharePoint

December 17, 2009

Here is the procedure for re-linking the Access Views so they display accurate information. (This procedure assumes you are using Microsoft Access 2007) * The Access View points to an Access Document in a Document Library on your SharePoint site. Find the specific Access document and move it to the appropriate...

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SharePoint WSS 3.0 Search Error

December 15, 2009

If you experience the following error while trying to search in SharePoint WSS 3.0: "Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer" Perform these steps to correct the issue:

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