Unable to “Edit series” for a repeating event in sharepoint calendar list

Issue:

Unable to “Edit series” for a repeating event in sharepoint calendar list

Problem Description:

There is a repeating event (event series) in sharepoint calendar list with “All day event” selected and no specific start and end time.

When someone opens an event and then clicks on "Edit series", it opens up the series in edit mode. But after making any type of changes, page can’t be saved and clicking “Ok” returns to same edit page reflecting some validation errors which doesn't allow us to commit the changes.

Workaround\Resolution:

Solution for this problem issue is extremely simple very unobvious.

Whether we make changes to the series or not, we must uncheck the box for “All day event” and then select the check box again.

Group Work Lists SharePoint 2010 feature

Doing some research on this new feature i.e. Group wok list which is a new enhancement in SharePoint 2010 features.

Basics/background:

Let’s mesmerize some SharePoint 2007 basics then you will come to know that such functionality was present in room and equipment reservations application template (One of the template belongs to Fabulous 40 templates provided by Microsoft).

The Room and Equipment Reservations application template helps teams manage the utilization of shared meeting rooms and equipment. The application template enables team members to identify times when specific rooms and/or equipment are available and place a reservation for a specified time.

You will find this feature under site settings-manage site features i.e. http://SharePoint2007/sites/Yousitename/_layouts/managefeatures.aspx

How to enable this feature:

·         Open the SharePoint site

·         Site actions

·         Site settings

·         Site actins-manage site features

·         Group work lists (Provided calendars with added functionality for team and resource scheduling)

·         Activate

·         That’s it-Feature will be successfully activated without any issues

What kind of changes occurred after activating that feature?

Let’s make this point very clear, whenever you will activate any site collection/site feature then some changes happened and we should be able to identify those changes. You must be wondering as what exactly I am talking about and that’s also based on this feature.

Yes-you are absolutely right, as soon as I have activated that Group work lists feature then I checked the view all site content page (http://sitename/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx )

Addition of 3 new lists:

·         Phone call Memo

·         Resources

·         Whereabouts

How to make our default calendar to use this functionality?

·         Open the calendar list

·         Settings

·         List settings

·         Title, description and navigation

·         Make this option ‘Use this calendar for Resource Reservation’ to Yes

·         Click OK

Now we can specify resources while adding a new item to the calendar list.

Note: Make sure to add the number of resources by giving proper naming conventions as per your project requirements.

How to add the new resources:

·         Open the resources list (View all site contents-List Section)

·         Add new item

Example:  Conference room10, conference room20, conference room30, Video conference, audio conference etc.

Please refer the following example in which I have an event named as ‘MVP’s Meeting’ which is scheduled on 15^th June 2012, time slot: 8 AM-9:30 AM and I have allocated a resource also i.e. Conference Room 30

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 our issuesJ J

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connect to outlook is missing on sharepoint

I am using MOSS 2007 with sp2 and outlook 2007. I want to connect outlook express through Lists>option>connect to outlook but I am missing link connect to outlook option. The lists are tasks, survey, calendar. I can see the link connect to outlook on other option like documents. As far as I can see this is not an issue with the MOSS server but a client problem.

Must require:
1) Microsoft Office 2003/2007 should be installed on the machine
2) SharePoint Services Support feature should be installed in the clients Office
3) Web application should be windows based and not a form based authentication because Client integration is disabled by default when you use FBA

Additional Data/Reference:
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The survey list doesn’t have “Connect to Outlook” option by design. The option is present only in the following:

 1. Calendar: Schedule projects, appointments, and milestones. View the SharePoint Server 2007 calendar next to your Outlook 2007 calendar, or overlay both calendars to see all items at once.

2. Task List Assign: project duties and track them to conclusion. Team members can see all tasks in the Outlook 2007 Tasks window, or can view tasks assigned only to them in the To-Do Bar. 

3. Document Library: Use document libraries to preview, search, and open team documents. Team members can edit documents online or offline.

4. Discussion Board: Discuss topics with team members. E-mail discussions require participants to find and sort messages, but Discussion Boards isolate messages for easy tracking.
 5. Contact List: Stay in touch with team members and important people outside the team. As one member adds contacts or edits them, the entire team gets the new information.

Troubleshooting Done:
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1. Office Repair: If are any office issues then we can run the office diagnostics and check any corruptions are there or not.

2. Manually unregister and register the owssupp.dll with regsvr32 (FYI: Path:-Office 12 folder)

3. We need to track that this issue is machine specific/user specific.

4. Which kind of browser is used by that machine where the problem resides? Troubleshooting purpose: we can check the behavior in chrome/Firefox.

5. If its a problem with all the users then Central Administration is the only option by which we can fixed this issue.

6. SharePoint STSSYNCHANDLER:Connect to Outlook to synchronize lists

Reff: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms456225.aspx / http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2007/03/26/searching-the-visible-moss-2007-code-for-activex-references.aspx

Multiple Resolutions:
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1. Try to enable the add-on called “SharePoint Stssync Handler” in Internet Explorer go to Tools, Manage Add-Ons and look for add-ons called “SharePoint Stssync Handler” if disabled,Enable it. If enabled, disable it restart IE and re-enable it.

2. If you are using multiple office versions on the same machine then as per Microsoft recommendations-Please keep the core version only.

what is mean by core version? If you are using Office 2003 and some components of Office 2007 then office 2003 is the core version.

Remove the additional components and reair the office installation completely and restart the computer.

3. SharePoint Services Support feature should be installed on the machine. Control Panel-->Microsoft Office-->Change-->add the components

4. Enable Client Integration Option: Central Administration -> Application Management -> Authentication Providers (Under Application and Security)

In the Authentication Provider’s section, go to the particular web application and select the Membership Provider's Zone, and check that you have enabled the Enable Client Integration Option. Once this option is enabled, you will see those options for integrating with client application options on SharePoint lists.

My Resolution:
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-My customer was using a custom list and he has converted a custom list into calendar view. "connect to Outlook" will never be present in the custom list.

-Created a out-of-box calendar view and transferred the items by using content & structure to the newely created calendar list.

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