List View Threshold error - adding an index is not working for Lookup columns
I have a list that contains just over 5000 items, and it is triggering the List View Threshold message for non-admins.I can easily make the error go away by increasing the threshold as has been...
View ArticleError after site movement to another database
Hi Friends,We encountered a rather strange issue today. I had to migrate some site collections to another database which I created in the Central Admin. I verified the accessibility of sites which...
View ArticleSharePoint Calendar Synchronization with Outlook default calendar
Hi ,I have been trying since long time for the synchronization between SharePoint calendar and outlook default calendar. This is kind of a requirement from all clients.As of now SharePoint calendar...
View Articleadd custom ribbon button to a specific list or based on the list name
I have created a farm solution that will add a custom ribbon button in the ribbon.now my problem is that it appears to all list.what I want to do is to add the ribbon only to one specific...
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Error when trying to add a new secure store target application
Hi,I got an error when trying to add a new secure store target application on SharePoint Central Administration. Here is the step that I took.Go to SharePoint 2010 Central AdministrationGo to...
View Article"Person or Group" column causing time out error -...
Hello all,I have an issue with a form on my SharePoint site. The form includes 4 columns of the "People of Group" type and we've noticed that if these are populated when the form is saved the routine...
View ArticleTaxonomy column not sortable
I thought that a taxononmy column in a view should be sortable. I googled around a little bit and did also show screenshots of the sort/filter menu of a taxonomy column. It looks as i expected, you can...
View ArticleEmbedded attachments within this presentation are not available when you open...
All of the embedded attachments within this presentation are not available when you open this document in ‘Read Only’ mode. If you open the presentation in ‘Edit’ mode the embedded documents can be...
View ArticleWSS_WPG loses permissions to C:\Windows\Tasks folder every night
Every night, at different times, the WSS_WPG group loses permissions to the C:\Windows\Tasks folder. When I sayloses I mean that the WSS_WPG group no longer shows up on the Windows Security tab for...
View ArticleSharepoint 2010 - Difference between a site collection and a teamsite
Hi there,What is the difference of a site collection and a team site?I only have the possibility to create a team site on the top level and as a sub site within a site collection.Can anyone explain it...
View ArticleEditing the Home Page
So I have a page that is using a text layout of 3 columns. How can I change the width of these columns using SPD?
View ArticleLimitation in number of characters in managed metadata term
Could you please let us know, allowed number of characters in a managed metadata term?
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 excel office 2003 and 2007
Hi,We have SharePoint 2010 and users on both Office 2003 and 2007. A 2007 user checked out an excel file .xls, made some changes and checked it back it. Even thought the default save on this User's...
View ArticleFORMAT CONVERSION
hello, how can i create a backup with a format that after i have backed up my site, i can be able to install it on a web server not in bak file format.thank you.
View ArticleWill exporting a Sharepoint site delete the original?
I need to export a SharePoint sub-site so that i can add it to another site collection. However, i would like this particular sub-site to remain in the original location as well as the new site...
View ArticleHow to monitor SharePoint Site Security and Quota?
Hi, does anyone know how to monitor add/remove/change to SharePoint Site administrator, groups membership, Site Owner and Quota?I appreciate any help and information.Best,ZibazibaK
View ArticleWorkflow cannot update External List Item
Hi there,I have a SP2010 workflow on a SP List which is meant to update 2 fields in an External List. However it fails with the message "The workflow could not update the item in the external data...
View ArticleResource not found error accessing external list via ListData.svc REST interface
I have a set of external lists in SharePoint and need to retrieve data using ListData.svc via REST. My url looks something like this:https://mySPFarm/mySite/_vti_bin/ListData.SVC/MyExternalListBut it...
View ArticleExcel Services Application - Trusted locations problem in SharePoint Office...
Just deployed Office Web Apps to our SharePoint 2010 environment. This environment was upgraded from a fresh deployment of SharePoint 2007 SP2. Configured all of the Application Services per...
View ArticleSharePoint Data Connection Library error when opened using Report Builder
Hello,We have a Data Connection Library in SharePoint 2010 and when users try to open this specific Data Connection Library they get the following error:"Unable to open or save file.Report Server has...
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