What is a Calculated Column? A calculated column in SharePoint is a column that displays a value based on a formula. The formula can reference other columns, perform operations like concatenation or rounding, call SharePoint functions, and more. Calculated columns allow displaying information derived from other data in the list or library without affecting the…
The Problem: Allowing Only One Submission Per Day Enforcing a limit of one list item submitted per user per day can be important to prevent spamming or abuse. Reasons to enforce this include: Preventing users from flooding lists with multiple items, which can impact performance Restricting promotional posts or inappropriate content Making sure all users…
Assessing Your Current SharePoint Environment The first step in planning your migration to modern SharePoint is thoroughly evaluating your current SharePoint environment. This includes reviewing the SharePoint version, features and capabilities, integrations with other systems, and any customizations that have been implemented. Older versions of SharePoint lack the enhanced collaboration, intelligence, accessibility, and mobility offered…
Key Benefits of Integration Integrating SharePoint with other business systems and applications can provide many valuable benefits: Improved data flow between systems – Integration enables seamless transfer of data between SharePoint and other systems, ensuring information is up-to-date across the technology ecosystem. Enhanced productivity and efficiency – Smooth data flow reduces manual data handling tasks….
Defining SharePoint Governance SharePoint governance refers to the policies, processes, roles, and metrics that ensure SharePoint environments meet organizational business needs. Effective SharePoint governance is essential for managing risk, driving adoption, and realizing ROI from SharePoint investments. Key components of a SharePoint governance model include: Executive sponsorship to provide leadership support Steering committees to set…
What is CAML and Why Use Query Operators? Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) is an XML-based querying language used in Microsoft SharePoint to define queries against list data. CAML provides a wide range of operators that allow performing powerful lookups, filtering, and shaping of SharePoint list content. Some common CAML query operators include: Eq –…
The Core Problem of Inconsistently Rendered Web Parts A common frustration for SharePoint Online administrators and page editors is getting custom JavaScript (JS) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to consistently load and apply across page layouts. Despite carefully adding script editor or content editor web parts to pages, the imported JS and CSS files often…
The Problem with Losing “this” Context When working with the SharePoint JavaScript object model (JSOM), it is common to pass callback functions to asynchronous methods to handle the response. Inside these callbacks, the meaning of “this” can change, causing errors. For example, say we make a call like: var context = new SP.ClientContext(); var web…
Understanding SharePoint Security Needs As organizations continue adopting cloud-based SharePoint platforms, they must implement robust security measures to safeguard sensitive data and documents. SharePoint contains valuable information such as financial reports, product designs, customer data and other intellectual property that cybercriminals actively target. Key security considerations when moving SharePoint to the cloud include: Managing user…
The SharePoint Script Editor web part allows inserting custom JavaScript, CSS, and HTML into SharePoint pages. However, it has several limitations that make it not well-suited for larger JavaScript/CSS solutions. Limitations of the SharePoint Script Editor Web Part No IntelliSense or Debugging The Script Editor web part does not provide IntelliSense or debugging capabilities for…