Configuring Group Calendar in SharePoint 2010

Group calendar options

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction Group Calendar enables users to view available resources and facilitates collaboration with team members. Using a Group Calendar you can view the availability or schedule of other team member’s, availability of resources such as meeting rooms, projectors, conference lines etc. Group Work Lists feature has to be enabled for the Site to use [...]

Using SharePoint Circulations List

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction Use Circulations List to send information to employees or users regarding policy changes and seek confirmation from the recipients that it has been read or acted upon. Scenario Company XYZ has made changes to the unused vacation for all employees. It requires that all employees read the proposed changes and signify acceptance. Use [...]

How to setup Branching in Sharepoint Survey

setup branch questions

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction In a SharePoint Survey, Branching is used to collect additional information based on the user’s response. For example, if the user likes Chinese food, the branching question can be relating to ‘favorite Chinese restaurants’. Branching is enabled after creating the basic Survey Prerequisites Before you can setup Branching, create the question to which [...]

SharePoint Team Discussion Dashboard Web Parts

subject view

{lang: ‘ar’}Overview In a SharePoint Team Discussion Board you can create columns to monitor items based on Priority (Low, Medium, High) or Status (Open, Closed). The columns get displayed in the Subject view. Though helpful, it does not give a quick snapshot especially if the feedback list has several items. One way to get a [...]

Create online approval form in SharePoint

approval columns

{lang: ‘ar’}Overview In an Organization approval of the key stakeholders is required for various tasks such as the project plan, design document, user documentation etc. The approval can be either a physical signature or it can be in electronic form.  This article outlines using SharePoint (2007, 2010, or even 2003 versions) to capture the approval [...]

SharePoint Discussion Board Hide Columns

message content type hidden value

{lang: ‘ar’}Introduction The SharePoint Team Discussion Board has two Content Types (1) Discussion and (2) Message.  The Subject and the Post of a discussion item are represented by the Discussion content type and the Replies to the feedback item are represented by the Message content type. When you create a new column for the Team [...]

SharePoint Calendars Overlay

Calendars Overlay

{lang: ‘ar’}The Calendars Overlay feature in SharePoint 2010 allows you to display items from one or more calendars in the same calendar view. Example You have a Project calendar to track the project deliverable’s, meetings, and other key milestones. A separate calendar tracks vacation of the employees associated with the Project, called Vacation Calendar. Using [...]

SharePoint 2010 Calendar Features

SP2010 calendar features

{lang: ‘ar’}The calendar functionality in SharePoint 2010 is similar to the one in SharePoint 2007. However, the Ribbon interface in SharePoint makes it easier to access the calendar functionality from the toolbar. This article outlines some of the features in SP 2010 calendar Enhanced Interface The new interface makes it easier to access most of [...]

SharePoint Button Caption Different in IE and Chrome

import spreadsheet

{lang: ‘ar’}Trying to import a spreadsheet into SharePoint 2010 Foundation, I observed the button caption being different in Internet Explorer 8 /Firefox and Google Chrome. Sequence of steps Site Actions > More Options > Import Spreadsheet Click Create Difference in Button Caption Google Chrome [alert]Note the File location button displays Choose File [/alert] Internet Explorer 8 and [...]

Import Spreadsheet as SharePoint 2010 List

import spreadsheet

{lang: ‘ar’} Introduction If you maintain data in a spreadsheet the columns and data can be imported to SharePoint. The imported data becomes a list. The steps are outlined below for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Excel 2007. Application Used SharePoint 2010 Foundation Microsoft Excel 2007 Steps Select Site Actions > More Options Select Import Spreadsheet and click [...]

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