The security validation for this page is invalid in SharePoint

Sometimes, when a user with least permissions in the SharePoint site, creates or updates an item, then the following error will be shown: “The security validation for this page is invalid. Click Back in your Web browser, refresh the page, and try your operation again” When you are creating a custom...

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Workflows in SharePoint

What is a Workflow in SharePoint? Ø  In simple words, we can say workflow is a serious of activities occurs in steps which will produce an output at the final step. Ø  In SharePoint, workflow is an automated movement of documents or items through a sequence of actions or tasks that are related...

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Exporting SharePoint User Groups with Group Names

In the article Exporting SharePoint User Groups into Excel, we have learned about exporting the SharePoint user groups into excel. Here we are able to export all the users in a SharePoint site but we are unable to sort the users with the group name. In this article, we will learn a small work around filter the users with the group name. We can use SQL Query to fetch this data. Connect to the SQL...

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The Search Service is currently offline

Problem: The search service is currently offline. Visit the services on server page in SharePoint central administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress You will get the below screen when you navigate to the default content access...

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Configuring Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2010

Hi All, Read the useful arcticle which explains about Configuring the Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2010. A step by step explanation with screens is explained in this artcile. Configuring Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2010&nbs...

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Inserting a web part into SharePoint page without designer

In the article “Inserting a web part into SharePoint Page without designer”, we have discussed about inserting a web part in New/Edit/Display from.aspx in without using designer the lower versions of SharePoint (WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007). Now, in this article we will discuss about inserting a web part...

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The Parameter is incorrect crawl error Search Server

In this article, we are going to discuss about a strange issue with Microsoft Search Server. Scenario: Usually with the SharePoint, we will install Microsoft Search Server for providing the users a search function. We will configure the content source in Search Server Admin page and crawler...

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Export SharePoint User Groups in Excel

In this article, we are going to discuss about a SharePoint tip which is not present in the User Groups by default. Scenario: From any list in the SharePoint, you can export the whole list in to a excel file or you can edit and save the excel file. But is that possible in SharePoint User Groups? Yes,...

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SharePoint Web Part Maintenance Page

In this post, we will come to know how to navigate to the web part maintenance page. Why we need this page in SharePoint ? In the webpart maintenance page, we will see the web parts present in a SharePoint page. By adding “?contents=1” at the end of the page URL, you can navigate to the web part maintenance page. For Example: http://severname/default.aspx?contents=1 Here, you can...

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Cascading dropdown (or) Filtered Values in Lookup Columns in SharePoint

Update: 27/06/2017 To know about implementing Cascading drop down or filtered lookup in SharePoint 2013 or SP Online using REST API, read this article: Cascading drop down in SharePoint using REST APIUpdate: 06/07/2017 To know about implementing multi-value lookup column and filtering values,...

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