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Can we force Sharepoint doc links to open in new tab? Links are in dynamic lists generated via HCWP
We're creating a modern Sharepoint team site to store a few hundred documents. Each page covers a specific topic/theme, and our documents are tagged with the corresponding topic/theme using managed metadata. I've added a highlighted content web part to each page of the site to display filtered lists of relevant documents. So far so good. My manager would like the links in the dynamic lists to open in a new browser tab. I can't find a way of achieving this. CoPilot said I could add a ScriptEditor web part to each page and paste a bit of code into it, then immediately contradicted itself. ChatGPT says there's no out-of-the-box solution but suggested various workarounds that either involve PowerShell or the Sharepoint Framework (SPFx). We have no in-house technical knowledge of either. Does anybody know if there's a fairly simple non-technical way of managing how links behave? I read that it's possible in a QuickLinks web part, but I think we have to use HCWP to generate these lists.
New Co-Authoring Feature REMOVES Discard Changes
This post is more of an information for SharePoint users since Microsoft haven't announced the removal of Discard changes for pages / news posts as part of their co-authoring feature. This is a major regression and will cause a lot of pain to most of Microsoft's customers. Microsoft have said that they are replacing Discard changes (as it's no longer required anymore - REALLY) with Undo and version history. The Undo button doesn't discard changes to a page. You can undo your changes, but the page will still be saved as a new version regardless. I've testing in my test tenant where the new co-authoring feature has been rolled out and I can NOT discard changes anymore. Scenario (and an extremely common one) We have flows (reviews, approvals, etc.) that run when a Page (Standard Page or News Article) is published. Now, if I go into a published page to check on some of the page layout and make some temporary changes (VERY frequent that this happens across all of our authors), it will save a version with my changes, and I am now forced to restore the previous version to remove my changes, which will inadvertently move the page back into Draft mode and need to be republished. Republishing it again will kick off another flow, and the page will now be published by the user that temporarily updated the page, and on the current date/time. We absolutely need our pages and news articles to keep the actual date they were published and display who originally published them (these are displayed on the page) and not kick off additional review/approval flows. It will also affect our version history which we rely on for auditing purposes. Before, I could go in and help someone with their page and discard my changes, or our authors could just play around with the design of the page and not have any intention of keeping their changes. Now, those users will end up in the version history when they didn't actually have any intent on keeping their temporarily changes. Love to get your thoughts on this regression. Especially since Microsoft seem to think it's not important, and have not posted any communications (general, M365 service announcements, etc.) about the removal of Discard changes.
Get page views into column
I can see there is a standard column for "Like count" but not for "page views"? I want these 2 columns sitting side by side in the page library list. How can i get page views into a column? Currently the information only seems to be accessible by going to the "Details" icon.
Connect a SharePoint online calendar using "Connect to Outlook" on IOS
I have an Event list and i can use the "Connect to Outlook" to connect a SharePoint online event/calendar list to my outlook on windows 11 PC:- but on my MAC machine, this options will be disabled.. so how i can Connect a SharePoint online event/calendar using "Connect to Outlook" on IOS?? ThanksSharePoint opens different versions of files in the desktop app and the browser
Hello, I am experiencing two problems with Excel files on SharePoint. I have File A, which is linked via formulas to File B (File A serves as an input for File B). I am using Excel 365. Problem 1: Sync and Loading Issues with File A When I open File A using the desktop app, Autosave is enabled, and I can see other users working in the file (their cursors are visible). However, I do not see the changes they make. When I open the same file in a browser, I do not see myself listed as working on the desktop app, nor do I see the changes I’ve made in the desktop app. Additionally, when I try to close the desktop app, I receive the error message shown in the screenshot, but the loading process never completes. If I cancel the loading process and reopen File A in the desktop app, it displays the version I had previously saved via the desktop app. Furthermore, if I download the file from SharePoint, it matches the browser version. When working on Files A and B simultaneously in the desktop app, changes made in File A correctly affect File B. Problem 2: File B is based on desktop version of File A When I open File B, it displays the input from the desktop version. However, the other user sees the input from the browser version of File A.
*site* has no Primary Owner set. Please go to the site and set one of the owners as primary.
Hi, I need help with these emails that are coming. On SharePoint site there are persons who has Ownership on this site but they still get email. Do you know how to set this in sharepoint admin panel or somewhere else so they don't get these emails anymore?SharePoint List from Excel File
I have several SharePoint lists. Several of the names of the lists need to be changed. Several of the columns in the lists need to be changed. As a test, I've used Power Query to change the names of the columns and saved the file. When I try to create a SharePoint list out of the Power Query edited Excel file the columns are now 'field_1', 'field_2', etc. Is there anyway to use the SharePoint 'Create a list - from Excel' and retain the column names rather than the transition forcing 'field' on all column names?Creating Web Apps that use SSL
Hello, I just built a new Subscription Edition farm and when I deploy web/apps using port 80 (no ssl), the IIS sites get provisioned across all WFEs. However, when I deploy a web/app and select SSL, I have 2 issues: The installed certificates do not show up in the SSL drop down menu in Central Admin. The web/app gets created in central admin but the IIS site only gets provisioned in the central admin. I also notice that the certificate binding is not present in IIS and I have to manually bind the certificate. I can browse the site locally on the central admin. However, the IIS site does not get provisioned in any of the other WFEs. Has anyone experienced this? Regards, Rumi
