I want to create a dynamic view on my list. The list is filtered based on the current users' information coming from an external database i.e. based on which user is logged in, a value is fetched from external database and based on that value i want my SharePoint list to be filtered.
How can i do this. I am newbie in SharePoint. Any help would be really great.
Thanks
One way to do this is to implement your own custom Filter Provider web part.
The Filter Provider gets the current user ID, finds whatever info you need from your DB and then passes the filter onto the List View that displays the data.
Writing a Filter Provider Web Part for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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So I am creating a list of Sharepoint for the first time. I want the column dropdown value instead of adding all users name manual, I want the list to get them from Azure Active directory.
Sharepoint:
Azure Active Directory:
Is there any direct way to accomplished or it requires a connector between them?
I don't see any direct way but a solution could be to write a PowerShell script or some sort of console app that executes on a schedule and consumes graph API endpoint to get users information and populates a particular (custom) list in your SharePoint site. Then you can create a lookup column in desired list that looks up user information in your users list.
I have an embedded site for my users to view a report. I have one master login for Power BI that all customers are routed through.
Authentication and the request are done through a .NET backend using PowerBI.Api.V2. Everything works well when I hardcode a single reportId and embed the fullscreen iframe.
My question is for customers that have multiple reports; Is there a built in report-picker-report that I can embed where the report selection is already handled for me? Or should I work on building an interface after retrieving the list of reports my users can pick from?
No, there are no built-in pickers. Power BI provides an API interface and you must implement these for yourself. Of course, you can build these pickers and make them available for us :)
To get list of workspaces you need to call Get Groups. This will give you a list of user's workspaces. You can show their name property values to the user, but you will need their id (the guid). When you know the id of a workspace, you can list the reports in it by calling Get Reports In Group. The same way you can call Get Dashboards In Group and Get Tiles In Group.
I am very new to the SharePoint platform, and I need an insight as how can I achieve the following.
I need to call an external Webservice from Sharepoint(2010), without using workflow feature.
When the Webservice returns the data, I need to use one of value as a filter for an existing List.
e.g. Webservice returns user's department. I need to capture that department and use it a filer for an already existing List that displays information for all the departments. I need the List to display the information only for the department returned by the Webservice.
It may be possible to have your web service return the data as an external content type (BCS). That can then be used in an out of the box filter on a page. I do something similar with a client ID using the picker box from SP to select the item from the external source and then filter other web parts on the page.
Very long time since I even look at Access.. but on SPO, with a database on Azure it seems really nice ... wondering tho..
Any way to remove that left pane with the Databases from the UI?
Set a list button to go to a URL formatted using selected column fields in the row?
Join in oData datasource like SharePoint Online List? Validate against SharePoint list Data? set dropdowns to lookup using SharePoint list data?
Any file upload control and upload to a sharePoint Library? A way to add metadata to a file and do some validation - like does file exist with this metadata. Dynamically rename files to some unique string.
Perform complex field validation with REGEX?
Secure the application and database to SharePoint groups.
What's the business language of choice? Not clear on how to edit and save macros. Can it make calls to webservices?
Any way to change that obsure url you get for the App in SharePoint 2013 Online?
Any way to remove that left pane with the Databases from the UI?
No, but there is a workaround. Right click on the tables you don't want to be visible, and select the option to hide them individually. You can also rename the table-views in that pane, so they appear to have more user-friendly names for your end-users.
Set a list button to go to a URL formatted using selected column fields in the row?
The best way to achieve something like this would be using a hyperlink control attached to a calculated column in your table/query where the URL and display text are computed and linked together automatically. If you need list functionality, you can allow the user to select an item in the list, and have that automatically update a separate hyperlink control to provide the link functionality.
Join in oData data source like SharePoint Online List? Validate against SharePoint list Data? set dropdowns to lookup using SharePoint list data?
Access 2013 Web Apps cannot pull external data at this time. Access 2013 Web Apps only accept incoming data connections e.g. a MS-SQL or oData service can use industry-standard methods to connect to your Access Web App and validate data.
Any file upload control and upload to a SharePoint Library? A way to add metadata to a file and do some validation - like does file exist with this metadata. Dynamically rename files to some unique string.
The only file support currently provided by Access Web Apps is in the form of images uploaded to an image field inside a table. This is useful to add people's photos to their records in a "contacts" table, and things like this. Other than that, you will need to use a custom SharePoint library interface for this type of functionality.
Perform complex field validation with REGEX?
Not currently supported to my knowledge.
Secure the application and database to SharePoint groups.
This functionality is handled within SharePoint, not within Access or SQL Azure. Secure your SharePoint site collection as needed, and these security settings will apply appropriately to read and/or write operations by SharePoint users within your database. e.g. a SharePoint "visitor" (read-only access) will not be able to edit any data in your database - only view it.
What's the business language of choice? Not clear on how to edit and save macros. Can it make calls to web-services?
In Access 2013 Web Apps, VBA is no longer supported. Macros have to be written using the GUI "wizardy" macro interface, which greatly limits the scope of available operations. As a result, you cannot perform more complex tasks, such as making calls to external web-services. However, for basic data operations and UI operations, the GUI macro interface serves the purpose well.
Any way to change that obscure URL you get for the App in SharePoint 2013 Online?
The URL is randomly assigned when you create an Access 2013 Web App, but is guaranteed to never change after it is assigned. Therefore, you could reasonably use your DNS/web-host to "mask" the URL with a CNAME or other type of HTTP redirection. There are many ways to do this, and they are all external to SharePoint and Access 2013 Web Apps, so it's up to your DNS and web providers to support this.
I have a custom list created in Sharepoint 2007 and displayed by a content query web part.
I would like to
Show all items to general admin users except those items created by two users.
The two admin users need to see all items in the list.
The first requirement is easily done by adding a filter to the view on the created by field.
The second one is where I need help, is there a way to set the view of a list based on the user logged in to acheive the second requirement?
Or is this achievable another way?
Many Thanks,
Nav
If user has SPBasePermissions.ManageLists permissions, he will have permissions to view all items in the list.
If its not about permissions, but just which view which user sees by default, then it will involve some sort of coding :
Either you create webpart which will switch to desired view for desired user. (Involves coding, building, deploying)
Use content editor web part to switch with javascript - not that nice solution. (Because page would reload when you open it).
In the end I created two pages one called restricted and the other for all users configured the views on each page for each group of users. Then I restricted access to the 'restricted' page to the relevant users.
I used audiencing to display a link to the 'restricted' page to selected users