Tag Archives: sharepoint designer 2010

XML Data Source Weirdness in SharePoint Designer 2010

Using the XML File Data source is SharePoint Designer 2010 is a very handy thing indeed. In my experience it can be a bit buggy to get it to work. Sometimes it just works and many times I find myself … Continue Reading

How to add a Web Part Connection using SharePoint Designer 2010

Many times it is helpful to create what we call a master details type of view on some data. For example, I have a list of SharePoint Courses and I find it easier to keep all of the data about … Continue Reading

Loop Through Documents with SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow

This is a technique I use to emulate the idea of looping through a bunch of documents in a document library in order to execute a workflow on them when they already exist in a document library. I call it … Continue Reading

Using BCS and External Content Types in SharePoint 2010 To Bring Contacts In and Connect To Outlook 2010

We will use SharePoint Designer 2010 to create an external content type. This will be connected to the customers table in NorthWind and will allow for the creation of a new external list. We will add the functionality of being … Continue Reading

Creating a Custom List Form with SharePoint Designer 2010

In this post I will go through one of the common techniques of creating a custom list form using SharePoint Designer 2010. Custom-List I CHOOSE SITE ACTIONS > MORE OPTIONS I start off with a fresh site collection for which … Continue Reading

Creating Hidden Columns in SharePoint 2010

This blog will cover how to set up hidden columns in a SharePoint 2010 List or Library. Setting up hidden columns is a core skill as one progresses to more advanced SharePoint Designer 2010 custom workflows. This skill is one … Continue Reading

ITIL – Incident Management with SharePoint 2010 using SharePoint 2010 Designer Workflows

This blog post is a step by step description of the creation of the Incident Management Solution created for Mark Thomas and my presentation at the 4th Annual I.T.S.M Summit in Arizona. This solution uses a pair of provided matrices … Continue Reading