5 places to use formulas in SharePoint lists and libraries
Remember when you were in school and studied “boring” formulas and probably wondered whether you will ever use them in real life? Well, perhaps you should have smoked less weed…
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2 ways to manage row-level security in a SharePoint list
I had an interesting request from one of my clients the other day. They created a custom list in SharePoint that served as a dashboard of projects with various columns…
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How to use a Hyperlink column on a Custom List to organize links to SharePoint sites
Today I want to share a cool trick with you, which you can use to organize your SharePoint sites. For most of the operational types of sites, I am sure…
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How to share a Custom List
A welcome addition to the Custom List lately was the ability to share it and give others easy access to view, edit, or manage it. Ironically, this is really not…
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How to hide a field in SharePoint lists and libraries with the conditional formula
Working with SharePoint reminds me of watching James Bond movies – you think you have seen them all and know all the cool spy gadgets, yet, a new movie comes…
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How to do column validation in SharePoint
If you use metadata in your list or library, you then rely on your users to enter proper information into respective columns. But how do we assure that users add…
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3 ways to display Related Documents in SharePoint
As companies embrace the power of SharePoint document management, I see many users warming up to the idea of metadata (which brings a smile to my face as this is…
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How to create a Calculated Column in a SharePoint list or library
Metadata is, by far, my favorite feature in SharePoint. In the past, I wrote numerous posts on different types of metadata columns you can create (choice, term store, text, etc.)…
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How to create a Lookup column in SharePoint
Though I am a huge advocate of metadata, one column type that I have never blogged about previously is the Lookup column in SharePoint. The reason for this is that…
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5 ways to display recently modified documents on a SharePoint site
When I build department or project sites for my clients, I like to display recently modified documents on a SharePoint site homepage. This is a neat trick because it is…
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I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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