We can't do that for you because the file is no longer checked out or has been deleted

This error is an interesting scenario but so weird one which I faced recently while migrating SharePoint 2010 designer workflows to SharePoint Online.
Post migration, when I try to edit the workflow in designer I got the below error:

It clearly shows some configuration files are missing.

Hence I have navigated to All Files (from SharePoint Designer 2013) -> Workflows folder -> Workflow -> noticed only one file is migrated but other configuration XOML, XSD or XML files are missing.Now, logged in to the designer with the account which I migrated and found all these required files are Checked Out. When I try to check in the file then I get this error:

It is so confusing that you are not able to Check In the file even when you are SCA or have full control over the site or even if you have created the workflow.
After hours of confusion, finally found the file has having wrong file name or characters which SharePoint Online(Office 365) does not support. But this name format is supported in SharePoint 2010 version. Screenshot for reference.

Issue Fix:

Navigate to Workflows folder -> select the workflow name -> Right Click on the file -> Properties -> Remove the forward slash '/' -> Save -> Check in the file :)

Now, you should be able to edit the workflow in designer, save / publish it with no issues.

Thought this is worth sharing so that it saves someone's time!

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Check if current user is member of a SharePoint group using JQuery

Scenario

This code will help you to check if the current user is a member of a group.

Suppose you want to check if the current user is member of a Owners group or not. Just update the "grpName" variable value and run the code 😎

Steps to use the code

1. Use the Script Editor web part and add this code to check if a user is in a SP group 

2. Or use this code as a reference in a Content Editor web part

3. Use this script as a reference in a SharePoint custom list forms or in any SP pages

Code

$(document).ready(function (e) {

    ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(IsCurrentUserMemberOfGroup, "sp.js");
});

function IsCurrentUserMemberOfGroup() {
    var grpName = "Site Owners";
    var userInGroup;
    var currentContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
    var currentWeb = currentContext.get_web();

    var currentUser = currentContext.get_web().get_currentUser();
    currentContext.load(currentUser);

    var allGroups = currentWeb.get_siteGroups();
    currentContext.load(allGroups);

    var group = allGroups.getByName(grpName);
    currentContext.load(group);

    var groupUsers = group.get_users();
    currentContext.load(groupUsers);

    currentContext.executeQueryAsync(OnSuccess, OnFailure);

    function OnSuccess(sender, args) {

        var groupUserEnumerator = groupUsers.getEnumerator();
        while (groupUserEnumerator.moveNext()) {
            var groupUser = groupUserEnumerator.get_current();
            if (groupUser.get_id() == currentUser.get_id()) {
                userInGroup = true;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (userInGroup) {
            //alert("user exists in the group");
            //do some operation.
        }

        else {
            //alert("user doestn't exist in the group");
        }

    }

    function OnFailure(sender, args) {
        //error message.
    }
}

Happy coding!!!

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Differences between Communication Sites and Modern Team Sites

#	Communication Sites	Modern Team Sites
1	Communication Sites are a convenient way for broadcasting or communicating information to wider audience	Team Sites are sites created for users to work collaborate as a team
2	In Communication site, typically there are a small number of users and many readers	In a team site, most users contribute content and collaborate each other
3	There are 3 designs (Topic, Showcase and Blank) available for Communication Sites to choose from while site creation	There are no different designs available for Team sites to choose from while site creation
4	Communication Site are ready made from the get go for sharing information	Team sites are focused on Collaboration and backed by Office 365 Groups
5	No shared apps are created automatically when communication site is created	A shared Documents, Calendar, One Note, Planner tasks board, mailbox is created automatically when a new modern team site is created
6	Office 365 groups are not automatically when communication site is created	Creating a Team Site automatically creates Office 365 groups
7	Communication Sites are private by default	Modern Team Sites are public by default
8	While site creation, it does not prompt to add users/members to the site	While site creation, it automatically prompts to add additional owners, members
9	Default top navigation (Home, Documents, Pages and Site Contents) is added when new site is created	There is no default top navigation
10	There is no left navigation in home page	Traditional left navigation is created by default
11	Clicking on “Home” in the top menu just navigates to the home page instead of displaying more options	Clicking on “Site Name” link opens a small context menu showing options to navigate to Home, Conversations, Calendar, Files, Notebook, Planner and Members. Also, it shows the numbers of members, option to leave group
12	There are no such options in Communication Sites	Team Sites show a summary of team members and a link to team conversations in the upper right-hand corner of the site navigation
13	The security groups are the more traditional SharePoint groups	It is Office 365 groups for permissions in modern team sites

See Also

Communication Sites in SharePoint Online
Modern Team Sites in SharePoint Online Explained

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Modern Team Sites in SharePoint Online Explained

Modern Team sites are Team Sites integrated with Office 365 groups and it provides options to collaborate better than before. 
When you create a modern team site in SharePoint Online, it automatically creates the O365 group, group email address, and ability to identify whether this site will contain sensitive data (privacy) and more new features.
The home page of a SharePoint Online modern team site gives you immediate visibility into site activity and important documents, with quick access to Office 365 Groups, its members and associated Office 365 apps.

Also, Modern Team Sites works seamless in Mobile apps as well. This way it increases the usability of SharePoint, collaborate on the go!!

DOWNLOAD this eBOOK from this link

See Also

• Communication Sites in SharePoint Online
• Differences between Communication Sites and Modern Team Sites

This eBook has detailed information of each features of Modern Team Sites in SharePoint Online.
Your feedback, ratings are welcome!!  

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Microsoft TechNet Guru Awards August 2017

Proud to share that awarded as TechNet Guru for August 2017 month. Article posted in SharePoint category.
TechNet link - Winners August 2017 
Articles link - SharePoint Online Communication Sites
Create Power BI report and publish in SharePoint

Are you interested in participating as well? Post your article in the below link to get a chance to win:

TechNet Guru Competitions - October 2017

Give a try and become Microsoft Tech Guru!! 😎

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Microsoft TechNet Wiki Technical Guru Award July 2017

Proud to share that awarded as TechNet Guru for July 2017 month. Article posted in SharePoint category.
TechNet link - Winners July 2017 
Articles link - SharePoint: Lookup Columns

Are you interested in participating as well? Post your article in the below link to get a chance to win:

TechNet Guru Competitions - August 2017

Give a try and become Microsoft Tech Guru!! 😎

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Create Power BI report and publish in SharePoint

Introduction:
In this article, we will learn how to create a report in Power BI using SharePoint List as a data source, using DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) in Power BI, publish the Power BI report to SharePoint Online, and Schedule Data Refresh. We will also learn how to use Power BI desktop tool which is used for designing reports in Power BI.
Articles in SharePoint Business Intelligence (BI) series: 🔗

Power BI in SharePoint Online
Creating reports using OData Feed in Power BI
Power View report in SharePoint
Display Power BI reports in SharePoint Online

Environment:
1. SharePoint Online - Office 365 (applicable to SP 2016/2013)
2. Power BI - needs Power BI Pro License
3. Power BI for desktop - for designing the report
Create report using Power BI Desktop from SharePoint List as Data Source:
1. Let's use the same data Finance Sample Workbook from Power BI site for this example as well
2. Load the data in SharePoint List
3. Open the Power BI for desktop tool and sign in using your O365 ID & password
4. Click File -> New -> It should open the blank report
5. Click Get Data option from Home menu -> More -> Online Services -> SharePoint Online List as shown below:

6. Enter the SharePoint URL - just the site collection but not till List

7. Once you enter, select Microsoft account option from Anonymous, Windows, Microsoft account options displayed for authentication as shown below:

8. Once authenticated & connected, it will display all lists and library in the site collection. Select the List (which we loaded the Finance Sample excel work book) and either click edit to edit the columns or click Load to load the data to the Power BI

9. Important point to note is that we have loaded the Finance Sample Excel Workbook in to SharePoint List and now the data is connected to Power BI. If you notice the loaded data (columns Gross Sales, Sales Price, COGS, Profit related to cost) in Power BI are loaded as text instead of $$$ value in this example

10. Using Power BI, we can change the data type (NOTE: 💡changing the data type will affect the data refresh so it is a good practice to change the data type in the source or load the data at source with appropriate data type). For this example, I have changed the data type in Power BI for desktop. 

Option is Data section -> Modeling tab in Ribbon -> Data Type & Format as shown below:

 11. Loaded data and updated with data type is shown below:

12. In the above data loaded, we see the month, year are in a separate column, let's use DAX expression to combine them and display as Year - Month in a separate column. 

I have added a new column "Date" as shown below:

13. Once the data is loaded, fields section shows the column that can be added to report, also the fields which can be displayed as aggregate/sum and also the measure which we created (Date field in above step):

14. Now, it's time to add the charts in the report section. I have used Card, KPI, Line & Clustered Column Chart, Pie Chart, Line Chart as shown below:

Publish the report to SharePoint Online (Power BI Pro)

15. Now, it's time to publish the report to SharePoint Online 😃 

First step is to publish the report to work space in Power BI site then to SP Online.

Log in to the Power BI site. In the above step, I have published the report to "My Workspace" section. Hence navigate to the My Workspace section in Power BI site -> Reports section (since this is published as report but not dashboard) -> click on the report ("Sales Report")

Now, click on the File -> click on select Embed in SharePoint Online preview as shown below. This will give the link to publish the Power BI report to SharePoint Online.

16. Now, time to integrate the report in SharePoint Online. In previous article, I have explained  about creating Communication Sites in SharePoint Online. In this site, create a page and add Power BI (preview) web part 

17. Now, name the page and publish the page. Below is the preview of the page and how the filter works in the chart according to the selection:

💡 Embed in SharePoint Online is only available with Power BI Pro. Each user that views the report mush have a Power BI Pro license. If they do not have a Pro license, they will be prompted to sign-up to view the report.

18. Next one final step is "Data Refresh". Navigate to the Power BI site again -> Workspaces -> My Workspace -> Datasets -> select your report (Sales Report) -> Schedule Refresh button in Actions section to schedule the data refresh as shown below:

Apple Power BI App preview of the report

Granting Access to reports:

Embedding a report in SharePoint Online does not automatically give users permission to view the report in SharePoint site. The permissions to view the report are set within Power BI service itself. 

There are two ways to provide access to the report within the Power BI service. 

1. If you are using Office 365 Group to build your SharePoint Online team site, you list the user as a member of the app work space within the Power BI service. This will make sure that users can view the contents of that group. For more information, see Create and distribute an app in Power BI. 🔗

2. Alternatively, you can grant users access to your report by doing the following.

Add a tile from the report to a dashboard.

Share the dashboard with the users that need access to the report. For more information, see Share a dashboard with colleagues and others. 🔗

Reference: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-embed-report-spo 🔗

Publish the report to SharePoint (without Power BI Pro option)

Suppose you don't have Power BI pro license but want to integrate the Power BI report in SharePoint 2013 or 2016 or in SharePoint Online, then Page Viewer is the option we have 😉

Navigate to the page where you want to display the Power BI report -> add a Page Viewer Web Part -> add the link copied from Power BI site (Report -> File -> Embed in SharePoint Online(Preview)-> copy the link)

 

Differences between publishing using Power BI pro & in Page Viewer web part

1. Show/Hide Navigation Page, Filter Pane options are available only in Power BI

2. Options to change the display size of the report is available only in Power BI pro  

3. Sorting the each section of report by it's main report parameter is available only in Power BI pro

4. Option to See Data of a particular report is available only in Power BI pro

5. All the above options are not available in normal publishing way

6. Share the report via Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Email, & information about report, flagging report option is available in normal publihing method (Page Viewe web part)

Export to PowerPoint (Preview)

There is another option available in reports in Power BI site which is Export to PowerPoint(Preview). Navigate to Power BI Site -> Select the report -> File -> Export to PowerPoint (Preview) as shown below:

The exported file is attached here to know how a exported Power BI report looks like. See Downloads section for the file.

Downloads: 🔗

Power BI Desktop
Power BI for Mobile - Windows, App Store, Google Play
Power BI report file
Sales report exported to PowerPoint
So, we have learnt how to create a Power BI report from SharePoint List as data source, created DAX expressions, added different chart types, published the report to Power BI and then to SharePoint Online, SharePoint Online with out Power BI Pro and also applicable to SharePoint 2013 & 2016.

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