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Video: Show a List or Library on Another Site

Body: In this video, I demonstrate how to put a library from a sub-site on the top level site in the same site collection in SharePoint 2010. Note that if you do this method, users will still need to have at least read access to that library in order...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2011 11:07 AM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Web Parts, SharePoint 2010, data view web parts, XSLT list view, web part

Out of Box Timecard and Holiday Lists

Body: In SharePoint 2010, there’s a little-known built in feature. There are list templates that can be used for time card tracking, with a holiday calendar that ties into the time card. Here’s how to get to it: On your SharePoint 2010 site, go to Site...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 11:55 AM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Views, SharePoint 2010, holidays, group work lists, timecard

Promoting my New Book– Beginning SharePoint 2010

Body: Our new book has come out, and is for sale in your local bookstores and on Amazon.com. The title is: Beginning SharePoint 2010: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint This book is written for business users, project managers, information workers...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2011 10:25 AM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: conference, SharePoint 2010, SPTechCon, San Francisco, business solutions, FREE book, Wrox

Workflow Due Date as Next Business Day

Body: In a recent workflow, I was challenged with making sure that when tasks get assigned, they are never due on a weekend or holiday. The following is the solution that I came up with. It entails creating a lookup list of every day of the year. This...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2011 8:01 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: workflows, workflow, SharePoint 2010, task process, task due date

Pass Default Value From a Web Part Page to a New Item

Body: Another name for this post could be “Master-Detail Items” This is a question that is asked all the time, and there are several examples to explain the concept. For example, if I have a web part page with a list of projects, and on that web part...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2011 10:52 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Web Parts, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint 2010, data view web parts, parent child relationship, data form web part

SPTechCon in San Francisco 2/7–2-9/2011

Body: It’s almost time for the SharePoint Technology conference again! This time it’s in San Francisco: I’ll be presenting the following sessions at this conference, and will be looking forward to seeing you there! I’ll also be working in the SharePoint911...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2011 9:57 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: conference, Web Parts, workflows, SharePoint 2010, SPTechCon, San Francisco

SharePoint 2010 Workflow: Task due in hours, not days

Body: In SharePoint 2010 workflow (the enterprise version), there is a great new task process designer in workflows. It basically lets you create a workflow inside of a workflow. One thing that I came across this week was a task that needed to be assigned...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2010 9:34 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: workflows, workflow, SharePoint 2010, due date, variables, task process

SharePoint 2010: The “What’s New” Web Part

Body: There is a new out of box web part in SharePoint 2010, that is quite useful! It’s called “What’s New”, and it shows you the newest items in a pre-set list of selected lists and libraries on the site. Here’s how to put the web part on your site,...

Published Sat, Dec 12 2010 9:43 AM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Web Parts, rollup, SharePoint 2010

Web Part: Sites that I have access to

Body: In many companies, there are a couple of different types of environments. There is the “intranet” and/or the public site, and both of these types of portals contain sites with mostly one way information. With these sites, pretty much everyone has...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 12:14 AM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Web Parts, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint search, data view web parts

Workflow: Next Approver is my VP

Body: Many times in approval workflows, the first approval needs to go to the employee’s manager, and then the next approval is supposed to go to the VP of that department. The VP isn’t necessarily going to be your manager’s manager, though. In SharePoint...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2010 10:41 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: workflows, workflow, approval, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint 2010

External Content Types - SQL Authentication, NO Kerberos

Body: It’s so easy, even I can do it! In SharePoint 2010, Business Connectivity Services (BCS) is what used to be the BDC in SharePoint 2007. With the BCS, you create External Content Types (ECT) that let you define a connection to a database or web service...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2010 2:54 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: SharePoint 2010, SQL, Business Connectivity Services, External Content Type, BCS

Display a Sub-Site List on a Top Level Site

Body: In SharePoint 2007, it was possible to display any list or library from one site on another site in the same site collection, but to accomplish it usually entailed digging into SharePoint Designer and creating a data view web part. There was that...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2010 11:59 AM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Web Parts, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint 2010, data view web parts

SharePoint 2010 Related Lists (Part 4 of 4)

Body: Yes, the title of this post is a little confusing, especially if you read the other 3 part, but let me explain. The first three parts of this series were all about the Query String URL Filter, and how to create mashups that display multiple related...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2010 4:36 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Web Parts, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint 2010, web part connections, projects, related lists

SharePoint 2010 – Dynamic Calculations in a List Form

Body: In SharePoint lists that contain calculated columns, you may have noticed that when a new form is being created or edited, the results of calculated columns do not display in the form itself, so the user does cannot see the result of the calculation...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 9:53 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: MS Office, SharePoint 2010, InfoPath 2010, forms, calculations

Web Part Connections – Improved in SharePoint 2010

Body: In SharePoint 2010, when you put a list view web part on a page, go to the web part tool pane, and switch the Selected View in the drop-down box, the following message pops up: The part about disabling web part connections isn’t true anymore . Back...

Published Thu, May 05 2010 10:42 PM by Laura Rogers @WonderLaura: Posts

Filed under: Web Parts, data view, SharePoint 2010, SP2010, web part connections

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