Comments on: Tips When Asking For SharePoint Help

By: George W

George W — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:05:06 +0000

@Mari:
[Today] cannot be used in a calculated column– it won’t refresh, as you know. You can only use it in a filter.
YOu’re better off posting this question in Stump the Panel

By: mari

mari — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:17:09 +0000

Dear Mark,
We created a calendar on sharepoint and we would like to show by using a web part the entries with starting date occurring during the 7 days. We crated a column in the calendar custom list called current week, calculating on the formula area with this formula:
=IF(AND(IF([Start Date]-Today-1,(IF([Start Date]-Today<0,-5,DATEDIF(Today,[Start Date],"D")))<7),"Yes","No")

It works but does not refresh or loop, therefore, we need to refresh the data manually once previously entered. Would you have a better formula to calculate events occurring during the current week? and not showing it on the webpart when end date expires (because we do have events with start date during the week and end date could be in a month – therefore we need to show them as long as the end date is not over).

If, not, would you have any other suggestion on how to go about it?

Thanks a lot!

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:13:36 +0000

Is there a way to install SharePoint as a trial for free? I am running Windows 7 Pro 32-bit.

Thanks.

By: Veronique

Veronique — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:35:28 +0000

Lol Sabrina – you’d have to go to SharePINT for that! ;-)

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:59:11 +0000

You mean you CAN’T tell me how to increase my gas mileage? Drat…

And here I thought SharePoint could do everything!

By: Veronique

Veronique — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:59:21 +0000

I’m please to have stumbled onto your post. I am mentoring end users to save them the time and hassles I had whilst learning SharePoint too. In my personal education, I have found it near impossible to take it to the next level to learn the technical and advanced functionality of SharePoint without a mentor. I can’t find anyone who has the time or who speaks in a language I can understand. I am following your blogs from right now and am planning on asking you the questions I am too shy to ask anyone I know. Thanks Mark, you’re my ray of light.

By: Eric Hall

Eric Hall — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:27:18 +0000

Mark –

Good summary. I work with web applications and find that framing up the question of what is REALLY being asked is often the most difficult task.

Thanks for providing some help. I may point people to this article when they ask me questions.