In a related blog post I showed how I set up default metadata values when migrating data from a file share to a SharePoint 2010 Document Library which saves a lot of time and works very well. But there is more. Each of the documents have the following metadata: instructor and technicalDepartment. The default metadata … Continue reading How to use Metadata Navigation in SharePoint 2010
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How to enable Ratings for SharePoint 2010 Lists and Libraries
Ratings are new in SharePoint 2010 and can be very useful. SharePoint Search takes ratings into account and it is part of embracing the use of the product in what is termed as ‘Folksonomy’ as opposed to" Taxonomy". Taxonomy is a way of organizing information. This is normally done by a professional Taxonomist (yes there … Continue reading How to enable Ratings for SharePoint 2010 Lists and Libraries
Video: How to set up a Content Type Hub in SharePoint 2010
In this post, we’re going to be setting up a Content Type Hub in SharePoint 2010. We’re going to do this in seven steps. 1. Create a Site Collection 2. Activate the features necessary to create a Content Type Hub, 3. Create a new Managed Metadata Service Application 4. Connect the Service Application to the … Continue reading Video: How to set up a Content Type Hub in SharePoint 2010
Setting Default Metadata Values in SharePoint 2010
In this blog I will be migrating several documents from a file share into SharePoint 2010. On the file share they are unstructured data. When we migrate them into SharePoint they will be seen as the content type courseOutline and they will have an Instructor and technical department site column attached to them as metadata. … Continue reading Setting Default Metadata Values in SharePoint 2010