Before we get down to the specifics of building a dashboard library inside our SharePoint Online, Enterprise E3 Business Intelligence Center (BIC) site collection, we need to note an important point. PerformancePoint Services Dashboard Designer is NOT available to SharePoint Online users. So plan on building any of the dashboards you require locally, with, for […]
BI Center Site Collection SharePoint Online Library and List Types
The following screen is produced with SharePoint Online, Enterprise Edition, once a Business Intelligence Center (BIC) site collection has been successfully added: The three prompts in the center of the screen are simple and right to the point: Explore and Analyze Data Create powerful data mash-ups of millions of rows of data from various sources […]
Adding a Business Intelligence Site Collection to SharePoint Online, Office 365 2013
We planned to add a status list to the top level site collection of our Office 365, SharePoint Online account. But we quickly learned about the removal of this out of the box type of list from an article, Discontinued features and modified functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2013, which was published on the Microsoft® Office […]
Creating and Using Site Columns and Content Types Applied to SharePoint Online, Office 365 2013
In this post we apply the steps Asif Rehmani demonstrates in a video titled Creating and using Site Columns and Content Types to configure site columns for a document library created in our SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013 environment. Asif Rehmani is a SharePoint MVP and MCT. A subscription to SharePoint-Videos.com is required to view […]
Adding a New Document Library to SharePoint Online, Office 365
Keeping in mind that lists and libraries are called “Apps” in SharePoint Online, Office 365, 2013, the process of creating a new document library is straightforward. From the team site page for our site collection we clicked on “Site Contents.” From “Site Contents” we clicked on “add an app”, and selected the first “Document Library” […]
Train Business Users to Build Workflows with a Combination of InfoPath and SharePoint Designer 2010
Business users looking for simple methods to build processes to deliver targeted data should be trained to use SharePoint Designer 2010 and InfoPath 2010 to build workflows. Of course these users should have the technical understanding required to safely use these tools. In a video tutorial titled Create a Site Workflow and Modify its Form […]
Concluding a Look at a Video Tutorial on Building a Workflow to Add Events to an Announcements List with SharePoint Designer 2010
This post continues our comments on a video tutorial, Creating a Workflow on a List using SharePoint Designer 2010, authored by Asif Rehmani, SharePoint® MVP and MCT. Be sure to add a specific value for the “Title” field of the Announcements List to which the event will be added as a new item. As Asif […]
Creating a Workflow on a List Using SharePoint Designer 2010
Providing Line of Business (LoB) users with workflows for business processes is a powerful way for IT organizations to hasten user adoption of computing on a SharePoint platform. In a video tutorial titled “Creating a Workflow on a List Using SharePoint Designer 2010, Asif Rehmani demonstrates how to build this type of workflow on a […]
Using Visio and SharePoint Designer 2010 to Build Workflows
Visio plays an important role in the recommend process for building workflows in SharePoint 2013. It makes sense for SharePoint 2010 Administrators, developers and even business analysts from Line of Business (LoB) units to build up a familiarity with the best practices associated with using Visio and SharePoint Designer 2010 to build workflows. In a […]
SharePoint 2010 Search Requirement Planning Basics
SharePoint Search must be carefully planned to include several essential components for a successful implementation. In a video tutorial titled SharePoint search requirement planning basics, Robert Piddocke presents the requirement planning steps stakeholders should take to ensure a successful implementation of this feature. A subscription to SharePoint-Videos is required to view the tutorial. The intended […]