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You may encounter an exception when running certain SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports. The exception message will generally say something along the lines of Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. You may encounter this...
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When working with SharePoint’s UI, it is often difficult to work out where in the URL structure you are. You may for instance be working at the root of a site collection, but that itself may be several layers deep. Take the following example. You...
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I wanted to create an autocomplete textbox in a SharePoint app recently by using terms from the term store. Since retrieving items from the term store can be a bit involved I wanted to show you the steps involved. This solution make use of...
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One of the many pieces of functionality added in SharePoint 2010 was the dialog window, this is a nice little control implemented in JavaScript that allows us to display a “lightbox” style dialog, containing either another page within our...
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The excellent Knockout.js library is an MVVM (Model, View, ViewModel) library. Using it you can completely abstract the logic from the presentation in your web applications, allowing dynamic and responsive UIs to be created without having to manage all...
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Today I had a requirement to alter the title in the left hand side of the Suite bar in SharePoint 2013. This is the bar appearing at the very top of the page, by default containing the word SharePoint on the left and links to things like SkyDrive, the...
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The User Profile Service is an incredibly powerful part of SharePoint. When used correctly it vastly improves the experience of your users by adding a real sense of personal ownership of your sites and their content. Unfortunately like any complex system...
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Quite often when working with data within a SharePoint environment, we wish to link the data to images hosted within a third party system. This is often seen in the form of staff pictures that are hosted on a third party HR platform rather than within...
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This was done using a SharePoint Online site. There is an important piece of JavaScript code that allows you to re-direct your page once the “Save” button is click: <input type=”button” value=”Save” class=”btnStyle”...
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At one of my clients I was asked to document how we achieved rounded corners on web parts. So as a result, I figured a blog post about it would be useful. Now when I first implemented this (almost 2 years ago!) as the 2010 product RTM’d, I based it on...
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Just a quick post to show some useful JavaScript I have been using this week. In particular a one liner to work out the current quarter. 1 var currentYear = (new Date).getFullYear(); 2 var currentMonth = (new Date).getMonth(); 3 var currentQuarter = Math...
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Calling a quiz, survey or test from SharePoint? Want to pass in the name of the candidate / student / participant into an external assessment program? How do you do this from Office 365’s SharePoint Online? You could use a … Continue reading →...
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As per my previous post, in my current project we are starting to migrate the whole solution to live. The project I am working on is a global solution with locations in UK, USA, India, China + others. As a result of this, like many global projects...
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So it has been a while since I have posted anything on the blog. As I am sure many of you can relate, there comes a time in all projects when you have to concentrate solely on them to ensure that all factors play out as expected. One of those times...
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Many project managers like to do risk analysis in terms of probability and impact, ultimately creating a heat map when data is rolled up at the project or programme level. Further information about the methodology can be found here: http://www.expertprogrammanagement...
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Filed under: Work, SPF 2010, JavaScript, WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, Project Server 2010, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint, Project Server 2007, Calculated Column, EPM, JQuery