This article describes how you can create a filtered lookup for SharePoint 2010. It is easy to use and no code is required to make it work.
One of the difficulties of putting on a global virtual event is trying to keep track of the various times zones: when do things start, when are specific sessions supposed to happen, what time are the breaks.
If you would seriously consider spending a Saturday in front of your computer, watching the best presenters I can find from around the globe talking about SharePoint, please register for Live Online SharePoint Saturday – Europe announcement list and I’ll keep you posted as things progress.
Windows SharePoint Services already has a Contacts list feature built-in, but it only misses one thing: some form of quick search of contacts. So I made a search-as-you type functionality for WSS Contacts lists.
Although implementing a KPI dashboard like this one might look complicated it is not. By using the Data View Web Part you can create your own dashboards plus extras. The solution does not do anything special (only displays colorful icons) but your managers will love it.
Still hunting for the holy grail of a solution that ONLY allows users to view or edit documents they have created themselves.
Laura Rogers posted an interesting business requirement at Stump the Panel of End User SharePoint: Laura solved the problem with SPD workflow which sounds interesting. Laura, I can’t wait to see it. I took a different path and created a „non-code“ required web part to solve this.
Would your company be willing to implement a third party solution for a few thousand dollars and have access to a fully functioning workflow platform, or would they rather have you hack away at it for a couple weeks because, in terms of dollars, they are already paying for your time?
I had the pleasure of having lunch with Toni Frankola while he was in town from Croatia last week. Toni is a frequent contributor to EndUserSharePoint.com and Stump the Panel, but we had never met. During our lunch conversation, we touched on many subjects. A couple of times I recorded Toni in mid-sentence because I thought the information was interesting enough for him to expand on and share.
The real problem here is email as communication channel. Email is a great tool, easy to use and everything. But the problem is that knowledge from each conversation is lost in a personal inbox. If the receiver does not forward the email to other team members he will be the only one able to solve the problem. This is where SharePoint kicks-in; in this article I am going to describe a simple procedure to automate the knowledge capture with SharePoint (WSS included).
