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3 security roles of a SharePoint Term Store
I blogged extensively in the past about how security and permissions work on SharePoint sites. The topic of security is always on the mind of the users and never gets boring. However, if you are into Managed Metadata (also known as metadata within the Term Store), you might want to familiarize yourself with the concept of security/permissions in the Term Store. Security… keep reading >
How to create a Managed Property in SharePoint Online
In one of my earlier posts, I introduced you to the world of Crawled and Managed Properties. As stated in that article, crawled properties are created automatically in SharePoint once you set up columns (metadata) and upload documents. Managed Properties, on the other hand, might or might not be created for you, depending on how you set up your metadata. In this… keep reading >
Automatically created Managed Properties in SharePoint Online
A while back, I introduced you to the wonderful and mysterious world of crawled and managed properties. I also briefly explained how to create a custom mapping between a crawled and a managed property to build a custom search. I plan to explain this topic later as well. However, there are certain conditions when managed properties are automatically mapped to crawled properties.… keep reading >
How to make the Content Types available on all SharePoint Sites via the Content Type Gallery
If you are a big fan of metadata, like me, I am sure you are also familiar with a functionality called Content Type. Content Types allow you to organize your content into logical buckets, each with its own set of metadata columns. However, making those content types available on all sites to assure consistency was always a bit of a matzo ball.… keep reading >
Crawled vs. Managed Properties in SharePoint Online
Today I want to talk about a topic that is a bit more technical and advanced than my usual posts. I want to explain to you Crawled vs. Managed Properties in SharePoint. If you love metadata (as I do) and want to use it to build advanced search queries, you need to understand this topic. There is a lot to understand and… keep reading >
How to manage categories of news using custom metadata
One of the most popular web parts in SharePoint has got to be News Web Part. I love it so much myself, I blogged quite a few times about it in the past. However, here is an interesting requirement I hear all the time from users. You want to publish different kinds of news on the site and separate them into categories.… keep reading >
How to combine Filtered and Keyword search in a SharePoint Document Library
In case you are using metadata in place of folders in your document library – Mazel Tov! This means you have additional means to sort, group, and filter your documents. But what if you want to filter by metadata while also searching by a keyword? You know, just like on Amazon.com® – you type some keywords into the search box and then… keep reading >
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