February 2014

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“Metadata Navigation Settings” Link Missing in SharePoint Document Library?

July 6, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments sharepoint metadata navigation settings missing, sharepoint online metadata navigation settings missing

Problem:Metadata navigation settings in the SharePoint document library is missing! Metadata navigation makes it easier to find and dynamically filter content in large lists and libraries. Once enabled, it uses a navigation tree in the quick launch. Solution: You must activate the “Metadata Navigation and Filtering” Feature from the Site features page!…

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Add Custom Scope to SharePoint Search Dropdown using PowerShell

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments sharepoint add search dropdown

Requirement: We’ve created a custom search scope “Search All Documents” in SharePoint Central Admin and would like to include it in search scope drop downs of few site collections. SharePoint: Add search scope to drop-down Well, it’s a few clicks job to include custom search scopes to search drop down in SharePoint….

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Find All Inactive Features in SharePoint with PowerShell

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 2 Comments

What is inactive Feature in SharePoint? Well, Features which are installed but not activated anywhere! Here is the PowerShell script to find inactive features for SharePoint: Please note: There could be many OOTB features that stay Inactive based on the site template we use. So, use this script to get an insight…

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SharePoint Features Usage Report using PowerShell

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments

Task: Generate a report for All Installed/Activated Features for the entire SharePoint Environment. Here are some nifty PowerShell scripts to find features installed on the farm as well as specific features activated on a particular scope. Get-SPFeature cmdlet:Get-SPFeature cmdlet retrieves all features installed on the environment when the “Scope” parameter’s value is…

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Import XML File Data into SharePoint List using PowerShell

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 6 Comments import xml data to sharepoint list, import xml file into sharepoint list, import xml to sharepoint list

Requirement: PowerShell to Import XML to SharePoint List We have a utility from a third-party system that generates project data in XML format. We had to import those data to a list in the PMO site. In other words: We’ve to import from XML file to SharePoint list. Here is a sample…

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How to Add New List Item in SharePoint using PowerShell?

April 9, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments add item in sharepoint list powershell, add list item sharepoint powershell, add sharepoint list item using powershell, create item in sharepoint list powershell, create new list item sharepoint powershell, create sharepoint list item using powershell, powershell write to sharepoint list

Requirement: Add a list item in SharePoint using PowerShell Add SharePoint list items using PowerShell Are you looking for a way to add a list item in SharePoint using PowerShell? Well, in this article, we will show you how to add an item to a specific list in your SharePoint site using…

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Exclude a Column from SharePoint Search Crawl

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 1 Comment sharepoint exclude column from search

Requirement: Exclude a column from SharePoint search. By default, the SharePoint search engine craws and indexes all documents and their associated metadata properties from lists and libraries. In our case, We keep few fields for configuration in a custom SharePoint application and don’t want those fields to appear in SharePoint Search results….

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Copy Files to SharePoint Servers Remotely using PowerShell

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments

Requirement: During a branding project, We had to deploy a logo file every time to all SharePoint servers by individually logging in to them and copy pasting given file to all SharePoint 2013 server’s 15 hive. Wanted to do a bit automation with PowerShell here. Let the PowerShell do Copy-Paste for us….

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Find Who has Created / Modified a SharePoint View

February 28, 2023 Salaudeen Rajack 2 Comments sharepoint who created a view

Have you ever wondered how to find the user who has created or modified a particular SharePoint view? And when was it created/modified? Well, there is no SharePoint UI to get this information! But using the SharePoint object model, we can retrieve these data programmatically from SPFile object’s properties. Here is how…

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Get All SharePoint Site Collection Owners (Primary/Secondary Site Collection Administrators)

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 2 Comments sharepoint powershell get site collection owner, sharepoint site collection owners

Requirement is to find out owners of each SharePoint site collection in the environment.We needed this data to get approvals on critical changes and to inform site owners prior to maintenance windows. Simple! Use STSADM command: On SharePoint 2007 and above, STSADM command can be used to get primary owner details of…