You cannot view a Visio 2010 diagram that is saved to a SharePoint site

Problem Description:

Consider the following scenario:

1.   You create a Microsoft Visio 2010 diagram.

2.   You save the diagram as a .vsd file. A .vsd file is the default file format in Visio 2010.

3.   In Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, you save the .vsd file to a SharePoint site that is running Visio Services.

4.   You try to view the Visio diagram on the SharePoint site.

In this scenario, the diagram does not display.

Additionally, the diagram tries to open in Visio 2010 on the client computer.

Probable Causes:

·         Visio Services will display only Web Drawings (*.vdw) in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition.

·         It is not designed to display any other format Visio Drawings (.vsd/.vss/.vst/.vdx/.vsx/.vtx).

Possible workarounds:

To work around this issue, save the diagram as a Web Drawing (*.vdw).

To do this, follow these steps:

1.   Open the diagram in Visio 2010.

2.   On the File tab,

3.   click Save and Send .

4.   Click Save to SharePoint .

5.   On the right side of the window, select a SharePoint location.

6.   In the File Types section, click Web Drawing (*.vdw) .

7.   Click Save As and

8.   then save the diagram to the SharePoint location.

Additional Notes:

The only Visio file type that will have the "View in Web Browser" Open menu option in a Document Library is Web Drawing (*.vdw). All other Visio file types will only have the "Edit in Microsoft Visio" option. 

Applies To:

·         Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

·         Microsoft Visio Premium 2010

·         Microsoft Visio Professional 2010

·         Microsoft Visio Standard 2010

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. Thank you

whenever he clicks on excel spreadsheets, its says unable to process request

Problem Description:

Receive the following error when an Excel Document is attempted to be opened in Internet Explorer and would like to have the users be prompted to open Excel Documents in Excel instead of in IE, by default.

Error Message:

Unable to process the request

Wait a few minutes and try performing this operation again.

Probable cause:

Library settings are configured to open documents in IE by default and the Desktop Experience is not installed on the server.

Resolutions:

Solution#1:

Modified the library advanced settings to open the Excel Document in Excel by default:

1)   Opened the library selected Library Settings from the Library Ribbon

2)   Selected Advanced Settings

3)   Selected ‘Open in the client application’ in the Opening Documents in the Browser section

4)   Clicked OK

5)   Verified that the Excel Documents were opening in Excel

Solution#2:

Make sure the excel services are running

Solution#3:

Make sure that web application has Excel service connection. How 2 check this:

·         Central Administration

·         Manage web applications

·         Service connections

·         Make sure the option of ‘Excel service application’ is marked

Solution#4:

Make sure that your server has this hotfix installed: KB976462

Solution#5:

On document library level – you can go to Library Settings -> Advanced settings and change “Default open behavior for browser-enabled documents” to “Open in the client application”

Solution#6:

Activate this feature ‘Open Documents in Client Applications by Default’

How to activate this:

§  Open the SharePoint site

§  Site actions

§  Site settings

§  Site collection administration

§  Site collection features

§  Run IISRESET command

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues J Thank you

An unexpected error has occurred

Problem Description:

If you try to import a spreadsheet from within SharePoint Designer 2010 to create a list in SharePoint 2010 then you will get an error

"An unexpected error has occurred."

What exactly I am doing:

1.   Browse to a SharePoint site

2.   From the Site Settings menu click on "Edit In SharePoint Designer"

3.   Within SharePoint Designer, choose left menu "Lists and Items"

4.   From the Ribbon menu click "List from Spreadsheet"

5.   SharePoint Designer will launch the SharePoint site within a browser

6.   Add a title on the list and choose File then click Import

7.   You will get error message "An unexpected error has occurred"

After hours of troubleshooting and debugging, I got this issue resolved by using the following workaround.

Workaround:

1.   The URL when you try to load the page from SharePoint Designer will look something like the following and it will not work:

          http://server/_layouts/new.aspx?ListTemplate=SpreadsheetImport

2.   Append to the URL on the page that is being called from Sharepoint Designer with the following and reload the page.

          &ListBaseType=0&DisplayName=Spreadsheet+Import

Example:

http://server/_layouts/new.aspx?ListTemplate=SpreadsheetImport&ListBaseType=0&DisplayName=Spreadsheet+Import

I hope the above mentioned information will help you to resolve your issue. If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happyJ to help you as well as resolves your issues J J

SharePoint Server 2010 Web Parts

When SharePoint Foundation is installed, there are only a few web parts available, but that number jumps to many dozens of web parts when your environment includes SharePoint Server 2010; also, that number is dependent on whether the standard or enterprise version is installed. With large collections of web parts like this, it is beneficial to maintain the category information for all web parts by editing the information in the Web Part Gallery; this helps ensure that users are able to easily find relevant web parts for their pages.

Business Data

These web parts allow you to display and interact with data in SharePoint Server 2010Business Data Connectivity. Business Data Connectivity allows SharePoint to integrate with external data sources. This group also contains web parts to display information from Excel Services or Visio Services.

Examples of web parts in the Business Data category follow:

•Business Data Item: Displays a single item from a source in Business Data Connectivity
•Business Data List: Displays a list of items from a source in Business Data Connectivity
•Excel Web Access: Displays an Excel 2007 workbook in a web page format

Content Rollup

This category exists in SharePoint Foundation, but it includes many more web parts when SharePoint Server 2010 is installed in your environment.

Examples of web parts in the Content Rollup category include:

•Content Query: A powerful web part that provides numerous web part properties
to specify how it displays data from multiple lists, libraries, and sites within the site collection
•RSS Viewer: Displays the results of an RSS feed, which is either an external feed or from a SharePoint list
•Site Aggregator: Allows you to create a tab for each site you choose that displays documents and tasks that are assigned to you

Filters

These web parts allow you to filter information in other web parts using web part connections.
Examples of web parts in the Filter category follow:

•Choice Filter: Filters the contents of a web part by allowing the user to pick an option from a list of values
•Date Filter: Filters the contents of a web part by allowing the user to pick a date
•Query String Filter: Filters the contents of a web part by using data in the query string (URL) of the page

Outlook Web App

These web parts connect to Outlook Web Access to incorporate your Outlook information into the page.

Each of these web parts requires Exchange 2003 or later. Examples of web parts in the Outlook Web Access category follow:

•My Calendar: Displays your Exchange calendar
•My Contacts: Displays your contacts from Exchange
•My Inbox: Displays your Exchange inbox

PerformancePoint

This category allows you to display and control PerformancePoint reports and scorecards to create an interactive dashboard. The use of these web parts requires that PerformancePoint be properly configured in your environment and that the necessary objects be created before configuring the web parts.

Examples of web parts in the PerformancePoint category follow:

•PerformancePoint Report: Displays a report from PerformancePoint that can be
connected to other web parts to create an interactive dashboard
•PerformancePoint Scorecard: Displays a scorecard from PerformancePoint that
can be connected to other web parts as part of a dashboard


Search
These web parts provide the functionality needed for searching within SharePoint. Most of these web parts are used in the Search Center site template and in the standard search and search results pages.

Examples of web parts in the Search category follow:

•Search Box: The standard search entry
•Search Core Results: Displays search results

Social Collaboration

This category exists in SharePoint Foundation, but it includes many more web parts when SharePoint Server 2010 is installed in your environment.

Examples of web parts in the Social Collaboration category follow:

•Note Board: Provides the ability for users to leave notes on the page for feedback
or collaboration purposes that are viewable by other users
•Tag Cloud: Displays tag information about the current page

SP2010: Exporting and Importing Web Parts

After you have properly configured a web part, including both common and unique properties, you may want to reuse the web part with the same settings in other sites or pages. SharePoint provides you with this capability by allowing you to export most web parts and import them into another site.

Exporting the web part creates an XML file with a .webpart or .dwp extension that contains the properties of the web part and the information SharePoint needs to duplicate its functionality. If the Export Mode web part property is set to the Non-sensitive Data Only option, the export will not include certain properties marked as sensitive information (such as passwords).

To export a web part, follow these steps:

1. On the page, click the Edit Page link in the Site Actions menu.
2. On the title bar of the web part you wish to export, open the Web Part Menu by
clicking the down arrow on the right.
3. On the Web Part Menu, click the Export... option.
4. On the File Download dialog box, click the Save button.
5. On the Save As dialog box, browse to the directory where you want the webpart file placed and click the Save button.

To use this exported web part (or any other .webpart or .dwp file provided to you by other users), you must import it into the site as a user with the Full Control permission level where you want to use the web part. You can import a web part in one of two ways. The first way to import the file prevents others from using the web part, but it must be done each time you want to add it to a page.

To import a web part using this method, follow these steps:

1. On the page, click the Edit Page link in the Site Actions menu.
2. On the page, select the Web Part command from the Web Parts group on the Editing Tools - Insert ribbon.
3. On the Web Parts bar, click the down arrow next to Upload a Web Part.
4. On the Upload a Web Part pane, click the Browse button.
5. On the Choose File dialog box, browse to the .webpart or .dwp file, select it, and click the Open button.
6. On the Add Web Parts pane, click the Upload button.
7. In the Categories section of the Web Parts bar, select the Imported Web Parts category and add the web part to the page

The other process used to import a web part file causes the web part to appear in the other categories available in the Web Parts bar. This is beneficial because other users can easily add instances of this imported web part by using the appropriate category, whereas the previous import method was a one-time-use scenario.

To import a web part using this method, follow these steps:

1. On the site, click the Site Settings link in the Site Actions menu.
2. If the site is not a top-level site, click the Go to Top Level Site Settings link
under the Site Collection Administration section.
3. On the Site Settings page, click the Web Parts link under the Galleries section.
4. On the Web Part Gallery page, select the Upload Document command from
the New group on the Library Tools - Document ribbon.
5. On the Upload Web Part window, click the Browse button.
6. On the Choose File dialog, browse to the .webpart or .dwp file, select it, and
click the Open button.
7. On the Upload Web Part window, click the OK button.
8. On the Edit Item window, edit the name, title, and description that were
loaded from the file. Select a Group and, optionally, any of the
Recommendation Settings to determine how the web part is organized and
presented to users on the Web Parts bar.
9. Click the Save button.

The Web Part Gallery page will refresh and contain your newly uploaded webpart in the list. The Web Part Gallery page also lets you edit, delete, and manage security for web partsusing the same familiar capabilities found in lists and libraries. The Edit Item window for a web part in the Web Part gallery contains an Export command in the Actions group on the Edit ribbon, allowing you to export the web parts as files for importing elsewhere.

Please let me know in case of any queries/questions,I hope the above information will helps you to understand the detailed know-how about export-import process of webparts..Thanks..

SP2010:How to Manage Webparts On Pages

After adding web parts to a page, you may need to do many other tasks to create a useful SharePoint page. Rearranging, closing, deleting, and connecting web parts are all done after placing the page in Edit mode. Edit mode provides you with the option to modify the presentation of the page; note that you don’t need any programming knowledge.

After placing web parts on the page, you may determine that the page would function better if the web parts were presented in a different order or in a different location. SharePoint allows you to easily rearrange the web parts on the page once the page is in Edit mode. Edit mode displays the current page, making the management features available to you. To set the page to Edit mode and rearrange web parts, follow these steps:

1. On the page, click the Edit Page link in the Site Actions menu.
2. The page will be refreshed, displaying the content areas and web part zones. The page is now in Edit mode.
3. Click the title bar of a web part you want to move; and while holding down the mouse button, drag the web part to another location in a content area or web part zone on the page. If placing the web part in a zone, a bar will appear when the mouse is in a valid location to place the web part.
4. When the mouse is in the correct location within the content area or the bar
appears in the desired location within a web part zone, release the mouse button.

You may also want to remove web parts that you have determined should no longer appear on the page. There are three ways to keep a web part’s content from displaying on the page. The first is to minimize it. Minimizing a web part keeps the title bar displayed, but does not display the contents of the web part to the user.

To minimize a web part on a page, follow these steps:

1. On the web part page, click the Edit Page link in the Site Actions menu.
2. On the title bar of the web part you wish to minimize, open the Web Part menu by clicking the dropdown arrow on the right.
3. On the Web Part menu, click the Minimize option. You can also select the Minimize command from the State group on the Web Part Tools - Options ribbon.

If you face any issues/queries regarding the above procedure then please let me know,Thanks...

SharePoint 2010: How to add a webpart to Pages

Web parts are an important factor in determining how information is presented to SharePoint users.These reusable components can be placed on pages and configured to present SharePoint content in themost beneficial way for your site.

Web parts are not limited to displaying SharePoint information. They can also provide you with the ability to search and manage data in external databases and file systems. Custom web parts can bedeveloped to provide much of the functionality found in other applications, thereby integrating your SharePoint environment with your other existing systems.

Once you have created a site or have added either a Web Part page, Publishing page, or general content page to an existing site, you will want to customize the display of the page by adding web parts. This is accomplished directly on the page using ribbon commands.

For Web Part pages and some Publishing page layouts, web part zones are provided to manage where web parts are placed within the page. Add a web part to a web part page in a collaboration siteusing the following steps:

1. On the page, click the Edit Page link in the Site Actions menu.

2. On the web part page, click the Add a Web Part link in the web part zone where you want the new web part placed.

3. In the Categories section of the Web Parts bar, select the category that most closely corresponds to the type of functionality you are looking for in a web part.

4. In the Web Parts section, select the web part you want to place on the page.

5. In the About The Web Part section, select the desired web part zone in the Add The Web Part To selection box.

6. Click the Add button.

7. Select the Stop Editing command from the Edit group on the Page ribbon.

Done !! The webpart has been successfully placed on your page..

If you have any queries/doubts regarding the above mentioned procedure then please let me know,Thanks..

Dataview does not work work in SP 2010

Hey Guys, 

This is another post based on Office 2010 issue in combination with SharePoint.

Error Message:
The list cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons:
-A datasheet component compatible with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation is not installed.
-Your Web browser does not support ActiveX controls.
-A component is not properly configured for 32-bit or 64-bit support.
What happens exactly:
I have Office 2010 installed but when I tried to open a list in Sharepoint Server 2010 in dataview I get the "datasheet component combatible with SharePoint Foundation is not installed" error.
Resolution:

after lots of research n troubleshooting, i found out this great article which is published from Microsoft:

If your business needs justify using the 64-bit version of Office 2010, you can install the 2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components to enable the Datasheet component. These components are available from the 

Microsoft download center:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7554F536-8C28-4598-9B72-EF94E038C891&displaylang=en

The form submission cannot be processed

The form submission cannot be processed because it exceeded the maximum length allowed by the web administrator. Please resubmit the form with less data.

Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.
 

Whenever you are trying to upload a file into the SharePoint with more than 50MB, you will get this error. By default, files in SharePoint document libraries are limited to 50mb.

Solution: (How 2 change the Upload Limit)
Go to Central Administration Site

1)   Go to Application Management tab

2)   Select the specific web application in which you are facing the problem-->select General Settings

3)   Click on “Web application general settings” under “SharePoint Web Application management”, and change the “Maximum upload size” to 60 MB (as per your requirement).

4)   Click “OK”

Please try to upload the document again and check the results

This time the document will upload without any issues..

Note:
Client machines have some problems as uploading large files may have additional issues due to HTTP timeout, IIS thread execution time outs. Check the web.config file under your web app. There is a setting under system.web to change the file size upload limit. The UI version saves the setting in the content db not the physical web.config under the inetpub\wwwroot folder structure.

I hope the above information will be useful to resolve this issue... in case of any problems then please let me know, Thanks!!

SharePoint 2010 Recovery/ Restore Options

In my last post i had mentioned some sneak peak regarding SharePoint backups. By means of sharePoint 2010, Microsoft has comes up with great options in terms of recovery also.

I would like to highlight some key information which is shared by Microsoft that will be usefull to all of you:

1. Restore a farm (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428314.aspx

2. Restore a farm configuration (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428326.aspx

3. Document farm configuration settings (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff645391.aspx

4. Copy configuration settings from one farm to another (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff627859.aspx

5. Restore a Web application (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748647.aspx

6. Restore a service application (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428305.aspx

7. Restore search (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748654.aspx

8. Restore secure store services (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748602.aspx

9. Restore a content database (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748604.aspx

10. Attach and restore a read-only content database (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748633.aspx

11. Restore customizations (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748613.aspx

12. Restore a site collection (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748655.aspx

13. Import a list or document library (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428322.aspx

Three Cheers to Microsoft 4 sharing such valuable information, Thanks...

SharePoint 2010 Recycle Bin Settings

Recycle Bin Settings in SharePoint 2010

Recycle Bins are one of the key features which are mandotory from business requirements.They are used to protect and recover data.Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 as well as SharePoint Server 2010 supports two stages of Recycle Bins:First-stage Recycle Bin and Second-stage Recycle Bin.
To configure Recycle Bin settings by using Central Administration

1. Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.
2. On the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, click Application Management.
3. On the Application Management page, click Manage Web Applications.
4. Click the Web application for which you want to configure Recycle Bin settings. The ribbon becomes active.
5. On the ribbon, click the General Settings drop-down menu, and then click General Settings.
6. On the Web Application General Settings page, in the Recycle Bin section, you can configure the following settings:
->You can specify a time after which items in the Recycle Bins are deleted, or you can specify that these items should never be deleted. By default, items are deleted after 30 days.
->You can set the Recycle Bins for the Web application to be On or Off. By default, Recycle Bins are turned on.

Note:
If you turn off the Recycle Bins, any existing items in both the first and second-stage Recycle Bins are deleted. Depending on how much data is contained in the Recycle Bins, deleting these items can take a long time.

Please let me know in case of any issues,Thanks !!