Here's a real nifty way to do your revision dates in controlled document libraries - automatically. Documents might have different revision cycles, so adding days as a cycle would then calculate the date it needs to be reviewed. Yup!! OTB... Continue Reading →
In this example, I would like to validate the length of the ID number as well as that it only contains numbers. Of course if it must be numbers, just use a number column, but if it's meant for ID,... Continue Reading →
Using a single line of text for email addresses are tricky, as there's no checks. If you use column validation it can at least do a couple of checks for you. See how we can validate whether an address includes... Continue Reading →
Here's another great OTB function in SharePoint, that allows you to validate the data in your list, which gives the user an error on the form. In this example I'll show you how to validate that a delivery date must... Continue Reading →
Another great OTB function in SharePoint is to exclude libraries and lists from Search results. You might be wondering why on earth you'd do that - but in the example I've excluded a Document Types Lookup list. Even though everyone... Continue Reading →
The Enforce Unique Values is a great OTB SharePoint functionality which allows you to set a list or library, to not allow items with the same value. This of course can cause a lot of trouble if that was not... Continue Reading →
Tracy van der Schyff 