Few
Days before, we encountered a weird error message, not error we can say but
normal properly working list or document library turned out to be readable only
and we were not able to edit anything by using datasheet.
In
standard view, it worked properly but our users wanted to use datasheet view
only because they are more comfortable with that view and also it is more
flexible to apply the metadata for multiple documents in datasheet view. I
tried to reproduce the issue and strange thing is i am also facing the same behavior.
After
lots to research and troubleshooting, we are able to find out the cause as well
as resolution.
CAUSE:
User was using Office 2003 and then later installed an Office
2007 component so the Windows SharePoint Service Support tool portion of Office
defaulted to using the Office 2007 version. Office 2007 will by default use
Access instead of Excel for opening lists in Datasheet view. The types of
columns that were being used in the list did not translate correctly to Access
from Excel and so were changed to read-only.
This
issue is by design and Microsoft is working on this one:
WORKAROUND:
This
will in effect remove the Office 2007 integration with SharePoint and change it
back to using Office 2003 integration.
On
the client machine:-
1. Go to Add/Remove
Programs
2. Select the Office
2007 component, if there are more than one, do this for each of them.
3. Select “Change” and
then Add or Remove Features Expand the Office Tools section and
4. Change the install
state for Windows SharePoint Service Support to Not Available (Right click on
it and choose “not available”) Continue through the wizard.
5. Reboot
Go
to Add/Remove programs --> Select Office 2003 -->Select Change and then
Repair-->Continue through the wizard.
I
hope the above steps helps you to resolve your problem and you are able to use
the data view properly. If you face any issues after applying the above steps
then please let me know!! Thanks!!
