I have a list with 10,000 which uses a Nintex form. I have added a calculated column(Connected to a list column) on the form which gets the value based on other sql request field on the form. All new items will be having the calculated column value.
Is there a way I can update all the list items with the value from the form.
I know you can update the list items using powershell, but you need to have value to update it with.
If you open the existing form and save it without doing anything it takes effect, but I cannot open 10,000 items for it to take effect.
Is there any easy way to do this?
You oucld use powershell to update the list items, you don't need to have value to update it with.
Below code for your reference:
$web=get-spweb http://yoursite
$list=$web.lists['ListName']
$items=$list.items
foreach($item in $items){
$item.update()
}
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I’m not sure where to start on this project. I know how to read the contents of the excel spreadsheet, I know how to identify the header row, I know how to loop over the contents. I believe I have the UX portion worked out but I am not sure how to process the data.
I’ve googled and only found .Net solutions but I’m looking for a ColdFusion/Lucee solution.
I have a working form allowing me to map a user's spreasheet column to my database values (this is being kept simple for this post; user does not have direct access to the database).
Now that I have my data, I'm not sure how to loop over the data results. I believe there will be several loops (an outer and an inner). Then of course I also need to loop over the file contents but I think if I can get the headings mapped out,I can figure out the remaining.
Any good links, tutorials, or guides would be greatly appreciated.
Some pseudo code might be enough to get me started.
User uploads form
System reads headers and content.
User is presented form with a list of columns from their uploaded spreadsheet to match with available database fields (eg “column1” matches “customer name”.
User submits form.
Now what?
UPDATED
Here is what the data looks like AFTER the mapping has been done in my form. The column deliiter is the ::: and within the column the ||| indicates the ID associated with the selected column value. I've included the id and the column value since I plan on displaying the mapping again as a confirmation. Having the ID saves a trip to the database.
If I understand correctly, your question is: how do you provide the user a form allowing them to map their spreadsheet columns to that of the database
Since you have their spreadsheet column names, and you have the database column names, then this problem is essentially a UI/UX problem. You need to show both lists, and allow the user to map them. I can imagine several approaches to this. My first thought would be some sort of drag/drop operation, as follows:
Create a list of boxes, one for each field in your database table, and include the field name in (or above) the box. I'll call this the db field list. Then, create another list for each column from the spreadsheet, which I'll call the spreadsheet column list. The user would drag/drop items from the spreadsheet column list to the db field list.
When a mapping has been completed by the user, you would store the column/field names in as data for the DOM element of the db field list box. Then upon submission, you would acquire the mapping data by visiting each box and adding it to an array. Then you would serialize that array into JSON and send that to your form submission handler.
This could be difficult or easy, depending on your knowledge of UI implementations using JavaScript. jQuery makes this easy (if you know jQuery). There's even a jquery UI plugin that does this: https://jqueryui.com/droppable/.
A quick search for javascript drag drop would help, and here's a few articles I found:
https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_draganddrop.asp
https://medium.com/quick-code/simple-javascript-drag-drop-d044d8c5bed5
You would also need to submit the array of mappings using javascript. You could search for that as well, and here's an article I found:
https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/94493/submit-an-array-as-an-html-form-value-using-javascript
I am fairly new to InfoPath and trying to create a form now that will link to the SharePoint list. Where I am stuck is that a lot of the steps online show you how to vlookup two fields (where one is a dropdown and another text box)But I need 2 fields to be a textbox field and connect them based on the sharepoint...so one text box field will automatically fill out info based on another Text box field..
So I have 2 infoPath fields:
a)Consumable Part number -> as a textbox - here user can manually enter the partnumber (I cant use dropdown here because we have circa 600 entries here!). All entries are stored in the sharepoint list in the Consumable Part Number column
b)Consumable Description -> as a textbox - here the field fills in automatically as soon as user enters the correct partnumber that indeed is available on this sharepoint list and each partnumber is linked to its unique Consumable Description. All entries are stored in the sharepoint list in the Consumable Part Number column
Is there anyway I could work around this please?
Thanks so much!
Add a data connection to the SharePoint List. Set the data connection to not run on form open - that is a checkbox in the last dialog box when you create the data connection.
On the text box where the user can enter a part number, add the following rules.
Rule condition - field bound to the text box for the user entered part number is not blank
Set a field's value - select the Part Number Query field from your SharePoint List data connection (be sure you pick the part number field in the "queryFields" folder)
Query for data - run the query to your SharePoint list
Set a field's value - set the field you want to have the description in to the returned data field Consumable Description in your SharePoint list data connection
Since you are querying based on the user entered part number, you should get back 0 or 1 item(s). You can add other rules to handle for the user entered number not being found (count of items returned in the SharePoint List data connection equals 0, you could display an error on the form, for example)
Edited to elaborate in light of additional comments:
The above technique sets a query field and returns items that match only that query field. If you have additional fields that dictate which list data should be returned, you'd set additional query fields.
If, instead, you need all items returned from the list and then you need to use XPath filters to determine which item you need from the list, you'd use the filter data button when picking the field that has the value you wish to use in your set value rule - from there you can add the various filters you need.
I'm afraid that I don't understand what you are attempting to achieve based on your comments.
I am trying to pull data from a SharePoint list. The field is a calculated column that takes a yes or no answer and changes the words to archived and non-archived.
I can see the data being formatted correctly in the calculated column in IE but when I try to pull the data it shows up as nothing when I check the variable data.
$site = get-spsite https://extranet./sites/site
$web = get-spweb -Identity https://extranet/sites/site
$list=$web.getlist("https://extranet/sites/site/lists/List");
$View = $list.Views["LISTVIEW"]
$listitems = $list.Getitems($view)
foreach ($listitem in $listitems) {
I have tried this also but get an indexing a null variable error.
$mailboxdb = $listitem.Fields["mailboxdb"] -as [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldCalculated];
$mailboxdb.GetFieldValueAsText($listitem["mailboxdb"]);
I see this also in the $listitems output. ows_MailboxDb='string;#Archived'
But when I check $mailboxdb its empty.
Found this but I don't know what it means by stored results.
In Powershell, although you can reference any field in the list in your script, you can only compare retrieve values from "static" fields - that is, you cannot use calculation fields. PowerShell will not complain - but you will not get results in your script. This is because the .Net library for Sharepoint will not do the field calculation for you - that only happens inside the Sharepoint UI itself.
If you need to have access to a "calculated" field, you actually need to have two fields - the calculated field (usually hidden) and a "stored result" field, which must be updated from the calculated value in the last step of the "Update" workflow. Then you can use the "stored value" field in PowerShell - and also, incidentally, in View calculations in Sharepoint.
You basically have two options here. You can have Powershell do the calculation for you, which is probably the simpler of the two options given the basic nature of your calculation.
The second option, as mentioned at the end of your post is to create a new field which can store the result of the calculation. In your case, you could call it status. Then you would create a workflow that runs whenever a list item is updated or created that stores the results of the calculated field in the results field. This seems redundant to me if you have this field for no other reason than to use the value of the calculated field in a PowerShell script.
I'm trying to find the best way to go about my problem and I would love your input. I am trying to allow users to scan multiple barcodes into a text area. After they are submitted they are split into an array. The user then inputs how many iterations of each value in the array are to be inserted into a MySQL database. I've achieved this using PHP and session variables, looping through the array one step at a time. With Django I've found it a little more difficult and I am wondering if I should just have a "temporary" table in my database that gets refilled with the values from the array of barcodes. The following pages then pull each value from the table instead of using any sort of session variables.
Edit:
I apologize for the confusing question. Let me try and clear it up a bit:
I need to render a view based on each value in the user-submitted array. When it is first submitted, a view is rendered for the first value. When the user hits "Next" a view will be rendered for the second value in the array, and so on.
As for the database issue, each value can have two "types." The user will declare how many of each type is added to the database in each of the views I am trying to render.
Thank you.
this is nothing about django.
forget that temporary table.
add a field "filled" to ur table
select 1st not-filled row, and show "refill" page by this row
then update user input number back to db, set "filled" to "true" at same time.
You probably can port your PHP solution using a Django session object.
I'm not sure if that "one item at a time" is a feature or a "it was easier to code that way" thing, but in the second case - you may want to use Django Formsets to display all items at once and avoid looping through the array.
I have a list in sharepoint foundation. Each item has a field which is of type lookup. A user can select multiple values in this field.
Some items already have values selected in this field. I would like to update a number of items using the updatelistitems call in the Lists web service. Whenever I update an item though, the new value overwrites the existing value in this field instead of appending to it.
Is there a way to append the new value?
Thanks
You need to first retrieve the selected values of these fields and hold in a collection and then merge with your new values and update back to the field...