Order of Server Shutdown and Restart in SharePoint Farm
Hello, I'm planing to restart my company Sharepoint 2019 farm, and i need to know if there is an order to respect in shutdown and starting the servers. The farm is composed of Two Database server in Failover cluster, App Server, Web Frontal Server, Search server and Office Online server. Thank you
PnP Search Results Handlebars template saves but does not reflect on UI
Hi everyone, I am working with the PnP Search Results web part in SharePoint Online and facing an issue where a custom Handlebars result template saves successfully but does not reflect on the UI. I created a table-style Handlebars template with columns Document, Region, Country, Language, Status and Validation Date, one row per document. Documents are returned correctly and filters based on the same refinable properties work as expected. Debug output using JSONstringify(item) confirms that all refinable values are present. The same if-condition logic using item.RefinableStringXX works in a list-style layout, but in a table layout the template saves without errors and either does not reflect on the UI or renders rows with empty metadata columns. Inline bindings do not render unless wrapped in if blocks and even after fixing this the UI sometimes continues to show the previous layout. Managed property mappings, selected properties, indexing and library reindexing have already been verified. Has anyone experienced this behavior with PnP Search Results templates or knows if this is related to caching, result types overriding templates or a known limitation with table-style Handlebars layouts?
Sharepoint - Prevent a new version each time a document is read
Hello, i am using Library in sharepoint for managing documentation using version and simultaneous collaboration on Word and Excel file. This is great. However, there is a drawback : each time someone open a document just for read it, a new version is store which is not releated to a real change. I ask users to download file an open it localy when not change is required however, errors happened and it is not easy for everyone to not forget this rule. One solution is to force checkout of the document before change (option in the library of sharepoint). In that way, a box appears at the end of the user operation for asking to checkin the new version. In this way the user will not checkin if nothing changed and prevent error. The drawback is that it prevent simultaneous editing 😞. I am looking for a way to not prevent simultaneous editing but be sure that not new version is created if not change has been made to the document or ask confirmation to the customer when a new version if about to be created in sharepoint. Is it possible ? Using power app ? How ? thank a lot for your help.
Call SharePoint Server Subscription Edition REST API via App Only Authentication
Need to call SharePoint Server Subscription Edition REST API via App Only Authentication and found below article. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/security-apponly-azureacs can i do this using TokenHelper.cs as suggested in the article? Seems request tires to access ACS because of below settings in TokenHelper.cs and requests timeout since the code is executed from a Server where no access to Azure ACS. private static string GlobalEndPointPrefix = "accounts"; private static string AcsHostUrl = "accesscontrol.windows.net"; Any support on how to do this for On-Prem SharePoint is really appreciated.Sharepoint deleting data and sites
Hello, We have noticed an issue that started about a year ago in which data is being deleted in Sharepoint. When looking at this data in the Recycle bin, it will show it was modified/deleted by specific Users but these user deny ever doing such a thing. It is at the point in which we believe the Sharepoint system itself is actually deleting data possibly due to a bug. It would be odd for the employees tagged in the Modified By field to have deleted it. Our data is backed up so recovering any deleted items isn't the issue. The issue is that we are trying to get Microsoft to investigate. We have submitted tickets through the MS 365 portal but they state they only work on break/fix issues. Any recommendations? I can see searching the internet this issue has come up for many others in the past.
My Content Type instances have duplicate Document IDs (dlcdocid).
Hi, I have a Documents library with Content Types enabled, and with the Document ID service enabled. However new documents do not have a unique ID, but all get assigned the same ID as the content type template. The setup I enabled Document ID service via the Site Collection Features: https://<domain>.sharepoint.com/sites/<sitename>/_layouts/15/ManageFeatures.aspx?Scope=Site I enabled and configured content types. I created a Word template in the SharePoint library, and used Insert > Quick Parts > Document Property to create form fields sync'd with the Library/content type columns (Description, Project, Status). I downloaded the Word template from the same library into my OneDrive sync'd location, and uploaded it to the site collection's Content Types https://<domain>.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/online/AdminHome.aspx?modern=true#/contentTypes and sync'd to the site content types. I created documents in the library using the "New" menu. Later I ask the user or reviewer to update the document frontsheet with the dlcdocid (Insert > Quick Parts > Document ID value, or Insert > Quick Parts > Field... > DocProperty > _dlc_DocId) as well as the SharePoint Version using the policy label method (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5146555/sharepoint-label-to-embed-version-in-word-doc-havi) via Insert > Quick Parts > Document Property > Label. The Problem In the Documents library, new Word files are being re-assigned the original dlcdocid of the template (say DOCUMENT-0123456789-5). Now the "unique" URL shows me a list of multiple files all with DOCUMENT-0123456789-5. This is a read-only field so I cannot edit or delete the IDs. I want to have a Content Type template, with the frontsheet/header/footer fields sync'd with the Library columns, but I also want each document to have a unique ID and version. Help requested Is there a way to fix the template to clear the template ID, and to avoid this issue on future templates? How should I replace the template? Is uploading Template copies to the Content Type bad? Should I instead point to the file URL? Does it matter where the Template file is stored? Are there any ways to reset the ID of the few existing documents with the duplicate value?
Linking a specific OneNote page to a Sharepoint List
Hello, I am trying to link a OneNote page in a Sharepoint list via the Hyperlink field. So basically users would copy the link to the OneNote (shared) page in the URL field of Sharepoint. However, I keep getting an error when I save the list with the page URL in (it works well before saving!). I can link the general notebook, but not a specific page (which is what I am interested in). I read it might be linked to a limitation in the number of characters that Sharepoint accepts as URL? Can somebody help me on this? Many thanks! Kind regards Valeria
SharePoint Workflow Manager service constantly restarting - InvalidCastException
We recently started encountering an issue with the Microsoft Workflow Manager. Every few minutes the Workflow Manager service will crash and restart. We have 3 hosts to manage 2013 workflows in our SharePoint 2016 environment. Workflows in the environment continue to work, but sometimes delayed or unavailable. We went ahead and upgraded to the SharePoint workflow manager that was released this year (2023) as the Microsoft one has been deprecated, still with 3 nodes in the farm. We are still encountering the same issue. All that is recorded in the event viewer is "Failed Service Bus Operation: System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid." Which is then followed by "Application: Microsoft.Workflow.ServiceHost.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception." And after a moment or two, the Workflow Service comes back online. My best guess is that there is an offending workflow that is trying to cast an incompatible value? I can't seem to find it though, and I find it odd that it crashes the workflow service and there is no further information on what workflow or where to look to fix it. Nothing in the SPLogfiles that jumps out either. Here are the screenshots from the Event Viewer:
