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Struggling to fix 2013 workflows
I build a new farm. I installed 2013 worfklows. I cannot get them to run. I can't find a fix. I'm exhausted from trying with SharePoint. :( I need a consitent way to make sharepoint work. It's terrible. Anyone have a current checklist of things to do to reverse engineer all the problems? I can only go so far as follow the flipping instructions. Ugg.
MS List - View a list of columns, including internal column name and column alias
I'm trying to make sense of column names in MS Lists. It seems like columns can have both an internal/system name and an alias. For example, my Title column (internal/system name) is displayed as a custom "Asset ID" column in the Microsoft Lists app. Is there a way to view a list of all column names, and the list would show both the internal/system column name and the column alias? Like this:
Posting news article not sending notification to Teams activity feed
Hello I am trying to troubleshoot why when posting a news article it is not coming up in people's Teams activity feed. We have a hub of sites branded as the intranet but they are not news organisation sites. When news posts are published from any site in this hub, people are receiving notifications of news posts in their Teams activity feed. Eg. 'Joe Blogs published news'. On a stand alone communication site, I publish a news post, for the members of that site they do not receive the notification in their Teams activity feed. Some facts We are not using Viva Connections - so there is no home site (no Viva license yet) No sites are news organisation sites Internet sites are not necessarily followed (most people do not follow) so this has no bearing on receiving notification in Teams Notification settings in Teams are not disabled for test users What other steps can I take to investigate why this site not connected to the internet hub is not pushing notifications? It is one example of a site, there are many that do not push notifications as well. Thank you.
New Navigation Menu
How does the new "Navigation Side Bar" get turned off on a site level? SharePoint without our authorization just rolled out a new feature to all our SharePoint sites. The organization defaults the web browsers to the company SharePoint Hub site causing all users to be impacted and so there for it is incredibly improper for a feature rollout on this scale without the opportunity for proper process and decision making. I have reviewed the documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/enable-new-sharepoint-experienceThere is a reference to settings - "Global Navigation" which does not exist, as to where the configurate is to turn this off. The owner of the site, and then tenant global admin does not see "Global Navigation", so it is not missing due to a permissions issue. If anyone can please point me in the right direction to turn off this new side bar. No global navigation.Import picklist values for SharePoint List choice field
I have a column in a SharePoint List that uses the choice field type. I'm able to manually enter each choice value by copying/pasting text from an Excel spreadsheet. Is there a way to import a long list of values directly into SharePoint to save time?Create reference number in SharePoint lists with each new entry
Migrating an Excel table into SP lists, so I can existing reference numbering system, so with each new entry I need this to increase by one. Let's say the current ref number is R5687 how to I ensure that subsequent entries are allocated a reference number, which is one more last the lastChanging the License Type and Key of a SharePoint Subscription Farm
Hi everyone, I need some assistance with a licensing issue on a brand new SharePoint Subscription Edition farm. I have 6 servers total 4 Application/Search servers + 2 Web Front End/Distributed Cache servers and current state of farm is Fresh installation no custom code or solutions, no production content web apps configured yet. The Problem: During setup, our systems team accidentally provided a SharePoint Standard Edition product key, which I used during farm creation. We actually require Enterprise Edition, but I am unable to convert the license type through Central Administration. Issue 1: When I go to Central Administration > Upgrade and Migration > Convert farm license type, the Product Key text field and the OK button are both completely grayed out and disabled. Issue 2: When I go to Central Administration > Upgrade and Migration > Enable Enterprise Features and enter our Enterprise key, the process fails with an Unknown Error / SkuUpgradeJob timer job exception ("Post setup configuration failed when attempting post setup configuration task -cmd services -install -cmd installfeatures"). What I Have Tried So Far: Running PSConfig CLI: Ran psconfig.exe -cmd sku -upgrade -key from an elevated Command Prompt. It fails during the installfeatures phase. PowerShell Feature Activation: Attempted to run Enable-SPFeature -Identity PremiumFarm -Force in the SharePoint Management Shell, but feature provisioning fails because the underlying SKU definition hasn't switched. Service Account Privilege Adjustments: Tried restarting the SharePoint Timer Service (SPTimerV4) and changing its logon account to Local System / Local Admin to rule out file permission issues on the 16-Hive directory, but hit SQL permission/authentication blocks. Clearing Timer Jobs and Restarts: Cleared stuck or failed SkuUpgradeJob instances under Timer Job Status, restarted the SharePoint Administration Service and Timer Service across all servers, and performed iisreset. Since this is a completely fresh farm with no customization or data loss risk, what is the cleanest way to force the farm to accept the Enterprise product key without having to completely unjoin and rebuild the 6 servers? Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!
SharePoint List Web Parts - New UX
Hey everyone, I am hoping I can get some assistance on the following request. My organization's using SharePoint to manage multiple processes, but am confused with a new UX update that's come in the last few days. Please look at the following example, which is a list with a modern calendar view: For all of my lists, that are used as a web part on a different Site Page, have been given an ability to add a 'New Item', by selecting the title name, which's very frustrating as all of our list processes already have their own system to collect information and it seems as though I cannot turn off this functionality. Any help would be very much appreciated.Storing and organizing performance review data - SharePoint lists or something else?
My team has been asked to move our performance review records from a legacy HR system into something within M365. Someone suggested SharePoint lists but I'm worried about permissions (employees shouldnt see each others reviews), workflow complexity, and whether it'll scale. We have about 400 employees. Is SharePoint the right tool for this or should I be looking at something purpose-built that integrates with our M365 environment?
Can you preserve links when exporting from a list to Excel?
Hi! I have a list with a multiline text field set to support enchanced richtext used to store URLs of files. I am inserting data into this list when people submit a Jotform using Power Automate to connect the two. In Power Automate, I build the field value by looping the uploaded files and building out HTML: <a href="https://www.server.com/path/file.png">file.png</a><br> <a href="https://www.server.com/path/file.pdf">file.pdf</a><br> Problem is, if I go to the list and do Export to Excel, the query.iqy file I get just shows file.png and file.pdf as basic, nonlinked text in the column. Is there any way to get Sharepoint to create an Excel file where the links are preserved?
