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Recently a new feature called column formatting is released. Column formatting changes how data in a list item is displayed. It uses a JSON object that describes the element(s) that are displayed. The basics of column formatting can be found … Read More »
To explain in detail how to reference a file in an Azure function some background information on the basics of Azure functions is necessary. To complete the story it will all be explained for C# script based function as well … Read More »
To extend the SharePoint user experience with modern pages en libraries the SharePoint Framework Extensions can be used. Currently three new extension types are available: ApplicationCustomizers – Adds scripts to the page, as well as access well-known HTML element placeholders … Read More »
In SharePoint Online an app can be easily created using PowerApps to manage data. In this post I want to show you how to create cascading drop downs in an app and save the data back to SharePoint. Start with … Read More »
A recent assignment was to adjust the hover panel of search results. At the bottom, the footer, a menu item was wished for. The displaytemplate involved here was Item_CommonHoverPanel_Actions. This displaytemplate is responsible for displaying the menu items at the … Read More »
Adding a list as web part to a page results in an XSLTListViewWebpart. Figure 1 Added a list to a page This results in a hidden view configured with the query and field references used. The accompanying view xml is … Read More »
The PnP Provisioning framework can be used to remotely extract and provision standardized sites based on templates. This is a typical requirement for enterprises and we have classically used technologies like site definitions, site templates or web templates to achieve … Read More »
To update shared fields in a document set using Office 365 Dev PnP PowerShell Cmdlets the following cmdlet can be used: This cmdlet sets the field from the available content types to the document set. ‘from the available content types‘ … Read More »
The other day I was trying to add terms to the site collection level term group using PowerShell CSOM when an issue arose: Cannot convert argument “context”, with value: “Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext”, for “GetTaxonomySession” to type “Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRuntimeContext” Let me explain the situation. There … Read More »
A nice feature available at document library level is to set a default value on a field. This can be done in the UI by navigating to the document library settings and select ‘Column default value settings’. A default value … Read More »