Creating an email alert link
Email alerts can be very useful for not just power users, but for site visitors as well. Unfortunately the email alert option is either hidden in the ribbon or in the ellipses where many people will...
View ArticleCSWP Showing Personalized Results
Content Search Web Parts can show results specific for the current user. The personalization options can be for the person’s organizational profile date (Department, Job Title, and Location) or self...
View ArticleSharePoint Analytics via the CSWP
Using the Content Search Web Part (CSWP) you can get analytics for the number of the different type of items (Files, Events, Discussions, Tasks, Pages, etc) that are in your SharePoint Farm. The one...
View ArticleCSWP Sites Display Template
This is a downloadable display template that you install on your site collection to allow any Content Search Web Part (CSWP) to display sites, their icon and site description. Also depending the type...
View ArticleCSWP Announcements Display Template
This is a downloadable display template that you install on your site collection to allow any Content Search Web Part (CSWP) to display announcement items with an icon, body text, author and posted...
View ArticleCSWP Discussion Display Template
This is a downloadable display template that you install on your site collection to allow any Content Search Web Part (CSWP) to display discussion board posts with an icon, description, # of replies...
View ArticleCSWP Simple Discussion Posts
Using the Content Search Web part and a CSS file you can create a simple Discussion board list that pulls discussion board posts from multiple sites or discussion boards. Creating Simple Discussions...
View ArticleCSWP Simple Announcements
Using the Content Search Web part and a CSS file you can create a simple Announcements list that pulls announcements from multiple sites or announcements lists. Creating Simple Announcement CSWP...
View ArticleCreate a Content Search web part Display Template
You can either upload an existing Content Search Web Part (CSWP) template to your Site Collection or you can create your own CSWP display template. Although you can use other tools to create and edit...
View ArticleContent Search web part (CSWP) Setup
Content Search web parts or CSWP are probably the most useful web parts in my opinion. This post will give an introduction to CSWP’s, show how to edit the content that is displayed, and links to how...
View ArticleOnly returning real people in search
Depending on how your active directory and profile import is setup, you could have a bunch of non-employee accounts showing up in your SharePoint people search results. This could include test...
View ArticleNintex forms open new form on submit
You can set a Nintex form to go to a new blank form when the previous form is submitted. This is usually used for short forms where people need to submit multiple forms all at the same time. You can...
View ArticleCopying Nintex Workflow Emails
The problem with trying to copy the email text from one Nintex workflow email to another, is the field references don’t copy. If you just highlight all the text in one email, and paste it into another...
View ArticleNintex Forms conditionally require attachments
To only require attachments on forms some of the time, you will need to use a javascript function to evaluate the conditions to make attachments required. If you want attachments required all the...
View ArticleSharePoint Calculated Columns
SharePoint Calculated Columns can be used to remove commas from number fields, open links in a new tab, categorize active items, display images, customize text, and do date or mathematical...
View ArticleLock down specific list or form columns with a workflow
Although it is not possible to just lock down specific columns on a list, it is possible to use a workflow to create and sync two lists together. One list would be available publicly or to a larger...
View ArticlePreventing Duplicate Nintex Workflow Emails
Duplicate emails can sent out when a workflow is set to start when an item is modified and you are not checking to see if that same email has already been sent out. To prevent duplicate emails from...
View ArticleAlerting Blog author when comments are added
SharePoint blogs allow people to comment on blog posts but unfortunately the blog author is never alerted when a comment to their post is added. Using a Nintex workflow you can add that functionality...
View ArticleFormula Examples
Examples of SharePoint Calculated fields, Nintex Form Rules, Nintex Form Calculated Values, and Nintex Runtime Functions or Formulas. SharePoint Calculated Field formula examples This article has...
View ArticleRuntime Function examples for Nintex Forms
There are two types of functions in Nintex forms, ‘Runtime functions’ which run while the form is open and ‘Inline functions’ which run before the form is opened. Runtime functions are used both for...
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