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May 2008 - Posts

Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:21 AM

Aggregating Data From Different SharePoint List Types

The Content Query web part is a great tool for rolling up data from different SharePoint lists. One of its limitations is that is does not aggregate list items across different list types. Here’s a scenario I recently came across… We were building a knowledge
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:13 AM

Great MOSS Search Training Resource

The Enterprise Search Blog has a post about new training material for MOSS search configuration. It's 17 hours (over 14 modules) of online tutorials. This is good stuff. The 14 recorded presentations are based on training modules from a three-day, in-person
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:04 AM

Quick Workflow Tip - Creating a Hyperlink Behind Text in Email

Q: How can you create a hyperlink behind text in an email that is generated through SharePoint Designer workflow? The interface does not have a way to insert a hyperlink. A: Simple HTML... Type Click <a href= www.microsoft.com >Here</a> in
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 1:20 AM

Quick Follow-up on Using SharePoint's Web Services

Per my last post, it is very easy to use SharePoint's web services to access things like list data. Here's one troubleshooting note... Let's say you implement my example but when you run your application you get a " Microsoft.SharePoint.SoapServer.SoapServerException
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Saturday, May 17, 2008 1:55 AM

Binding Your Web Application Controls to SharePoint List Data

Time to put my Developer hat back on... One of the benefits of using SharePoint for application list management (i.e. data in a dropdown) is that it offers a built-in interface for entering and changing that data. Whether your custom application is doing
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:12 AM

Business Intelligence Must Read

I just finished reading " Drive Business Performance - Enabling a Culture of Intelligent Execution " by Bruno Aziza and Joey Fitts. Wow, what a fantastic book! It is one of the best I have read on the subject of Performance Management. It finds the right
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Sunday, May 04, 2008 3:30 AM

State of the (SharePoint) Union Address

If I may, I'd like to take a couple of minutes to get on my soapbox and talk about what I'm seeing in the SharePoint community. I had the opportunity to speak at DevConnections a couple of weeks ago and had the pleasure of interacting with many SharePoint
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Saturday, May 03, 2008 9:32 AM

Session Slides from DevConnections

Thank you to all who attended my sessions at DevConnections. Below are links to the presentation slides. As usual, DevConnections was amazing. It really is the best technical conference that I have experienced. It was a great learning experience for me(
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