Accessing Checkbox in SharePoint using JQuery

I couldn't find anything obvious for accessing SharePoint Check Box so chucked this together, hopefully useful for someone else 😉😎 Read this article to know about Accessing Radio Buttons using J Query in SharePoint Note: The below code/solution is applicable to accessing check box in...

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Slide Library in SharePoint Online

When you try to migrate from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint Online (Office 365), Slide Library template is not listed as app in the Create App section. You can still get it with a direct URL. I would not depend on it being there forever as the Slide Library is officially not in SharePoint 2013, but...

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Challenges to be considered before migrating from SharePoint 2010 to 2016

Identifying the business owners for each site / site collection Data Cleansing - identifying the old contents/obsolete data for archiving Identifying the intranet links embedded inside the documents (while migrating to SharePoint Online)  Optimize and define databases - Perform re-organization...

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Character Limit using JQuery in SharePoint

In this post, we will learn how to implement Character Count (here in this example, maximum allowed 2000 characters) using JQuery in SharePoint. Prerequisite: 1. Create a SharePoint List with a column named "Comments" - data type Multi line text with plain text as the option selected 2. SharePoint...

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Create Business Intelligence Center in Office 365

Recently, Microsoft has updated Power BI features in SharePoint online. It has enhanced the Business Intelligence features a lot and I am sure self-service BI is the ultimate goal for Microsoft:) In this article, we will learn how to create Business Intelligence Center in Office 365. To get  Microsoft...

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Could not load type ‘Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SpAddin.ReportGallery.ReportGalleryView’

Recently, I have installed the power pivot in SharePoint 2013 and then configured the power pivot service application in the Central Administration. I tried creating a Pivot Gallery and it is successful. When I opened the pivot gallery library, it is showing the below error:  I am sure...

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SharePoint 2013 / Office 365

I wanted to try some proof of concepts using SharePoint 2013 and been looking for various easy options to get the SP 2013. Hence I wanted to list the easy ways to get SharePoint 2013 for the readers. Below is the list: Office 365 Trial : https://products.office.com/en-us/business/compare-office-365-for-business-plans On-Premises Deployment: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sharepoint-server-2013 Windows...

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External List in SharePoint Limitations

When I tried to connect the external DB to the SharePoint using external content types, I found lot of issues or limitations for the end users. This is same in external lists as well. I am using SharePoint 2010. No look up: Unfortunately the only thing that you can do a look up on in an external list is on the ID column, anything else and you are out of luck. No Attachments: Attachments options...

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Update on InfoPath and SharePoint forms

As part of the update shared around the Evolution of SharePoint and the next SharePoint Server on-premises release, we are also updating the timelines for removal of InfoPath Forms Services components of SharePoint and SharePoint Online. Specifically, InfoPath Forms Services will be included in the next on-premises release of SharePoint Server 2016, as well as being fully...

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OWA web parts in SharePoint 2013

When I tried finding the OWA web parts in the SharePoint 2013 OOTB web parts, I couldn't find the web parts and “Outlook Web App” category is also not available. I was thinking it is deprecated or not available in SharePoint  2013. After searching, I found the following solution....

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SharePoint 2013 & 2010 OOTB Web Parts Comparison

There are many changes made in SP 2013 in OOTB web parts. I tried creating a summary which shows the following: 1. What category is added or removed in SP 2013? 2. What are the web parts removed from SP 2013? 3. What are the new web parts added and their functionality? Downloadable Link for the below...

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Promoted Links in SharePoint 2013

Promoted Links is a new list type added in SharePoint 2013. What it is and how to use this? 1.   New app in SP 2013 available Out of Box 2.   It is similar app like “Get Started with your site” in the home page  3.   It is a very cool feature which allows you...

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Site Administration in SharePoint 2013

In this article, we will have know how does Site Administration in SharePoint 2013 looks. Here is the screenshot of SharePoint 2013 site administration. ...

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New Features of SharePoint 2013

It has been a while here, there are many reasons and I was busy as well. Let’s start it again with SharePoint 2013J SharePoint 2013 has many new features and it is trending in the market. Let’s see the list of features which is new and what is different from the other versions of SharePoint. HTML 5 and CSS 3 support  - Cross browser compatibility and optimized browser experience. Device...

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The Server could not complete your request SharePoint Designer 2013

Problem: When I tried opening SharePoint 2013 site in SharePoint Designer, I got the following error: When I clicked on Details, it opened another dialog and continuously pop up window is opening and not able to open the SharePoint site.  Finally got an error message Solution:  ...

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News feeds not working in SharePoint 2013 - microsoft.office.server.microfeed.microfeedexception

To know about Micro Blogging in SharePoint 2013, read this post. When I tried to use the News Feed Feature in SharePoint 2013, it thrown exception: microsoft.office.server.microfeed.microfeedexception The below is the screenshot:   Solution: As I mentioned in the earlier post about...

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Micro blogging in SharePoint 2013

Introduction: Microsoft has introduced a new social feature called “Micro blogging” in SharePoint 2013 to enhance the social networking and collaboration features. This powerful feature is added as an OOTB web part to SharePoint 2013 and ready to useJ So, what is micro blogging? It is a type...

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