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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Accessing Radio Buttons using JQuery in SharePoint Online

I couldn't find anything obvious for accessing SharePoint Radio Buttons so chucked this together, hopefully useful for someone else :) Note: The below code/solution is applicable to accessing radio button in a custom SharePoint List forms. To know how to create a custom form in SharePoint Online,...

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Get Current Logged in User & Manager using REST API in SharePoint Online

Scenario:  Environment: SharePoint Online  Approach:      Populating Current logged in user in People Picker. Also populating user's Manager automatically using REST API and SP Services. Solution: 1. Create an SharePoint custom list "Learning" (in my case). 2. Create...

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Deploying List Workflow in SharePoint Online

Recently, I had a query from one of my readers about migrating the Workflows from development to production and the environment is SharePoint Online. Scenario: Suppose that you have created a List Workflow in development site in SP Online and now it is ready to move to Production in SP Online, you...

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Creating reports using OData Feed in Power BI

Today, I published my second Tech Net article about creating reports in Power BI using OData feeds after winning gold winner for TechNet Guru August month :) To learn about basics of Power BI, click this article: Power BI in SharePoint Online Articles in SharePoint Business Intelligence (BI) series: 🔗 Power...

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Tabbed View Report using SSRS

Today, I published my first Tech Net article about creating Tabbed View Report using SSRS. SQL Server Reporting Services is a powerful BI tool by Microsoft. Soon, I will publish articles about SSRS and its integration with SharePoint. Read my article from the following link and share your valuable...

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Deprecated Features in SharePoint 2016 Preview

SharePoint Foundation 1. SharePoint Foundation 2013 remains available for use 2. Previous releases of SharePoint Server included SharePoint Foundation, a free edition of SharePoint that included most of the core functionality and architecture provided by the commercial editions of SharePoint. SharePoint Foundation is no longer available in the SharePoint Server 2016 release. Standalone Install...

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SharePoint 2016 Preview Arrived

I am excited to share the news with my blog readers that SharePoint 2016 Preview is arrived and it is available for download in the below link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48712 SharePoint 2016 Forum Discussions: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?forum=SP2016 Customer Feedback Link: http://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/282887-customer-feedback-for-sharepoint-server Soon...

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Power BI in SharePoint Online

I am very excited after Microsoft released Power BI GA (general availability) at the end of July. It comes with list of impressive new features which is explained in detail in this MSDN article. I want my blog readers to know what is Power BI and how it can be used with SharePoint Online...

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Power Query and Power Map in Excel 2013

As you all know, Microsoft is improving the BI capabilities with a lot of new features with exciting releases in the year 2015. Microsoft has introduced new add-ins called Power Query and Power Map for Excel 2013. Believe me guys, this is really awesome add-ins which taken the Microsoft's BI capabilities...

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