How to enable users to add new Terms to the Term Store
As you probably already know from my blog, Term Store is one of my favorite SharePoint features. It has lots of excellent capabilities that make using metadata a pleasant experience.…
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How to Merge Terms in SharePoint Term Store
SharePoint Term Store happens to be one of my favorite SharePoint features. If you follow my blog, you probably already know I am a huge fan of metadata. However, there…
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A cool way to display Project Phases on SharePoint Pages
I recently had a request from a client to find an interactive way to display project phases on a SharePoint page. They had a Project Management Office (PMO) SharePoint site, and…
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How to display Office Locations using Gallery View on a SharePoint List
What I love about SharePoint is that it is almost like a Lego set. It has so many cool and hidden features and capabilities that allow you to create an…
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How to translate terms in the SharePoint Term Store
One powerful feature of the Term Store is the ability to display managed metadata in multiple languages. This allows global organizations to display terms in the local language of the…
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How to create a Suggestion Box in SharePoint
When I build Intranet Portals for my clients, I am often asked to add some sort of suggestion box and have it available on the Intranet Landing page. Typically, the…
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How to set up Synonyms in the SharePoint Term Store
If you have been following my blog, you probably already know that I am a huge advocate of metadata. And not just any metadata, but the one defined within the…
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How to manually sort terms in the SharePoint Term Store
One cool advantage of the Managed Metadata compared to the regular Choice column is that the Term Store term set automatically sorts the terms alphabetically. With the Choice column, you…
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How to import Terms into the Term Store in SharePoint
Whenever I explain metadata on my blog or during a training session, I show how easy it is to create metadata values on the fly just by typing them in.…
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How to create Term Hierarchies in SharePoint Term Store
Using Term Store or managed metadata vs. the regular Choice column has many advantages. One of them is the ability to create term hierarchies. This is super powerful, as you…
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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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