Comments on: SharePoint: Extending the DVWP – Part 25: Using an Audit Trail by Creating List Items with SPServices

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:06:59 +0000

Thank you Jim.

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:41:07 +0000

Richard,

When writing to the audit trail, I’m not pulling from the database; I’ll scraping the content off the page with the jQuery. Depending on the control, notice I’m getting the .val() or .text() of the control itself. IOW, I’m getting what the user is seeing rather than what is going on behind the scenes.

As for the >20 dropdown scenario, all of my cascading dropdowns were over 20. So you might want to test the <=20 options scenario following the logic above.

Hope that helps a little.

Blessings,
Jim Bob

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:53:45 +0000

Hi Jim,

In your audit list, all the lookup columns were changed to single line of text. How did you get the display text of the dropdown fields? When I reference a dropdown form field, I get the id of the selected option. Also, what happens to the form field reference when the control gets more than 20 options? Thanks.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:51:31 +0000

Thanks Jim!

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:45:07 +0000

Hi Richard,

Sorry for not talking out the steps for that.

In your Audit list, you’ll need to create a Calculated Column (i.e. LastChange), which converts Modified to a string.

=TEXT(Modified,”mm/dd/yyyy”)

Then in your main list (FTE for me), you’ll have the “In this column:” for Last Change set to LastChange.

Hope that helps.

Blessings,
Jim Bob

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:11:39 +0000

Hi Jim,

I am having some difficulty with inserting an ID into the Last Change column. I tried it in the Document ready function. I have the id, but I can’t place it in the column so that the date shows from the audit list instead. Is it a little complicated with Lookups?

Thank you.

Richard

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Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:36:56 +0000

[...] Now that our data is flowing well, we can set up an audit trail to capture any changes made to the list. [...]

By: George W

George W — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:17:42 +0000

Jim:

This is terrific !!

More, please !

By: Tom Resing

Tom Resing — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:31:35 +0000

I haven’t worked with OOTB Auditing much either, so I can’t really compare the two other than what I’ve already said. However, I always prefer an OOTB approach first and then adapt if necessary.

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:26:38 +0000

Another thought, Tom…

(Again, haven’t worked with OOTB Auditing, so you’ll have to correct me if I’m wrong…)

Another benefit of using the jQuery option (given you manage the async possibilities) is that you can automatically type-cast content from your main list into your audit list, if they’re different.

For example, I set up my main list with several lookup site columns. But I want my audit list to store the text at the time of audit snapshot, so the corresponding columns in the audit are “single line of text.” They copy right over and aren’t dependent on the site columns staying the same in perpetuity.

Your thoughts…?

Blessings,
Jim Bob