Comments on: Calculated Column Formula Tips – Aggregating Calculations Over 1000

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:51:27 +0000

Dear Greg, Yes, I have several button workflows going on a project I'm finishing up. I'll work up some screenshots/screencasts in the near future. I'll also be covering button-initiated workflows in my EUSP workshop, Business Solution: Manage Milage Reimbursements, scheduled for December 3. Blessings, Jim Bob TIP: Keep an eye out at EventBrite for the EUSP workshops as they're scheduled.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:45:50 +0000

Hi Bob,
You totally opened my eyes on the XSLT customisation possibilities. Your post above and Laura’s screencast http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2009/09/01/get-it-together-groups-and-totals-in-the-data-view-web-part-screencast/
definitely triggered my interest.
As far as the button to trigger workflows, did you have a chance or time to work on it?
I checked the following post http://nextconnect.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-jquery-to-update-item-without.html but it is trigerring a javascript – not a workflow…

Greg

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:09:37 +0000

Be sure, also, to join in to the SharePoint Shop Talk (open Q&A) 8/13 @ 12:30PM EDT http://bit.ly/oZLv4

Laura Rogers, Paul Galvin, Nataly Voskresenskaya, Harry Jones, and I will be there. Mark Miller joined in last time, but I don’t know if he will this week from his fishing trip.

And I’ll get to that button post just as soon as I can.

Blessings,
Jim Bob

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:51:33 +0000

Hi Jim,
Thanks a lot for the pointers.
Will definitely investigate Nataly’s blog!
Also really impatient to see your post introduce the end users to buttons.
The out of the box workflow tab is always a training issue.
Greg

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:57:38 +0000

Here’s the link to Nataly’s post: http://bit.ly/15hEz2

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:21:16 +0000

Greg,

Aggregated valued, see Laura’s screencast, then check out the XSLT I display for each of the aggregated fields. Also, see my answer to this STP question: http://www.endusersharepoint.com/STP/topic/sp-designer-average-on-column-not-working

I’ll be writing an article on the Submit Report button, too. I’ve not finished the functionality of it, yet. But, I’m building it on a post from Nataly Voskresenskaya at http://spforsquirrels.blogspot.com. (Can’t remember the exact article off the top of my head, but I mentioned it on Twitter yesterday – http://www.twitter.com/jbhoward.)

And yes, this will be using a two-step submit for approval workflow.

Glad you liked the article. I’m planning more in the series on Calculated Column Formula Tips.

Blessings,
Jim Bob

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:11:10 +0000

Jim,
This is a definite gem. How did you:
- create the aggregated values
- create the ‘Submit Report’ button.
I am assuming this run a submit for approval workflow?

By: Tobias Zimmergren

Tobias Zimmergren — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:01:06 +0000

Great tip. Needed this a while back for a project but ended up doing a custom solution for it. Will definately add this to my memorybank for the future.