Operations on List and Libraries using SharePoint Designer 2010

SharePoint Designer is a very powerful tool and that’s why it being used for the customizations purposes! Apart from customizations, we can build variety of workflows by using SPD2010, which I will cover in a different article. Every GUI operation is possible using SharePoint Designer 2010. Frankly speaking it’s not possible to cover every aspect here but will share the major aspects which we required on regular basis, but if you are stuck at some point which is not a part of this article then please don’t hesitate and drop me a note by mentioning your query and we will discuss further!

1.   How to create a new list/library using SharePoint Designer 2010

2.   How to rename a list/library using SharePoint Designer 2010

3.   How to delete a list/library using SharePoint Designer 2010

4.   How to open list settings page by using SharePoint Designer 2010

5.   How to save the list as template by using SharePoint Designer 2010

How to create a new list/library using SharePoint Designer 2010

a)   Open the SharePoint Designer 2010

b)   Open your SharePoint Site ->it will ask you credentials

c)   Once the site structures opens in front of you then click on list and libraries from the left navigation see the following screenshot-

d)   Once the list and libraries gets highlighted then you can see the existing structure in the right side of the screen-> click on any list so that the top navigation options gets enabled/highlighted – please refer the following screenshot.

e)   Example you wanna create ‘custom list’, as you can see from the screenshot there are several list options are available.

f)    Click on any option directly and it will give you the option to type the name of the list and description

g)   Hit OK

h)   A list will be created successfully without any issues!

How to rename a list/library using SharePoint Designer 2010

a)   If you can refer the above steps then steps from a-d are same.

b)   Click on any list that you wanted to rename it by using SharePoint Designer 2010.

c)   Select Rename from the top.

d)   Type the name as per your choice/requirements.

e)   Hit OK. – Please refer the following screenshot.

How to delete a list/library using SharePoint Designer 2010

a)   If you can refer the above steps then steps from a-d are same.

b)   Click on any list that you wanted to DELETE by using SharePoint Designer 2010.

c)   Here we have multiple options by which you can easily implement this

d)   Right click on that and hit Delete OR

e)   Select the list and hit Delete from the top.

How to open list settings page by using SharePoint Designer 2010

a)   If you can refer the above steps then steps from a-d are same.

b)   Click on that list for which you wanted to open the list settings page by using SharePoint Designer 2010. – please refer following screenshot

c)   Once the list settings page get open then you can do anything like-

A.   Change the column metadata

B.   Delete the column

C.   Rename the column

D.   Create a new view

E.   Modify the view settings

F.    Apply filtering / sorting rules etc.

How to save the list as template by using SharePoint Designer 2010

a)   If you can refer the above steps then steps from a-d are same.

b)   Click on the list that you want to save as template

c)   Select the option ‘save as template’ from the top

d)   Please refer the following screenshot

e)   Enter the name

f)    Hit OK, that’s it.

Setup the home page using SharePoint Designer 2010

Today’s article is based on simple facts which can be done by GUI also but would like to share the way by using SharePoint Designer 2010.

Here are the complete steps:-

1.   Open the SharePoint Designer 2010 (Start->All programs->SharePoint->Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010)

2.   Select open site option

3.   Enter the site URL without default.aspx / Home.aspx

4.   Enter the credentials i.e. your username and password

5.   Select the ‘site pages’ library/ the location where you have created the pages

6.   Right click on the page

7.   Select ‘Set as Home page’

Note- Not only Home.aspx but you can set any page as your welcome page by this process.

Please refer the following screenshot for better clarity!

Please let me know in case of any issues/questions regarding the above mentioned information. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

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You cannot delete a hidden column

Working on lot of tickets nowadays, trying to share as much as i can!

Today’s article is based on a simple issue but needs a quick trick to resolve it. I have resolved this issue within a quick span but it might be difficult for somebody to troubleshoot and will take lot of time to get stuck on the same. Just wanted to save your time by sharing this article, but still after following the below mentioned information, if your issue still remains unresolved then please drop a note in the form of comment and I would be there to help you!

Problem description

One of the users is trying to delete a column from a custom list but he is facing a very weird problem which might scare you initially, as hey what happening in my farm J

Error message

You cannot delete a hidden column. <nativehr>0x81020092</nativehr> <nativestack> </nativestack>

What’s the ultimate goal? – To delete the column!

Please follow these steps-

Resolution

a)   Open the list where you are trying to delete the column

b)   List settings

c)   Go to the columns section

d)   Click on the column that you want to delete

e)   Change the metadata of that column - example from single line of text to multiple line of text

f)    Click OK

g)   Click on that column again

h)   Hit Delete

i)     You would be able to delete that column without any problems.

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

There has been a critical error while processing the form

One of our users has reported a concern that they are facing problems while opening the SharePoint list. When I checked the list then I could open it without any problems, further I checked the customizations but it’s an out of box list.

SP entities

a)   SharePoint 2010 site

b)   Internet explorer 11

c)   Permissions- contributor

Here is the error message that I was talking about:-

Error Message-1:

Object doesn't support property or method 'addeventlistener'

Error Message-2:

There has been a critical error while processing the form.

Troubleshooting

1.   Check in different machine to isolate the issue

2.   Check in different browsers to make sure that browsers are not the culprit

3.   Check the user permissions

4.   Check for any customization's

5.   Check the firewall restrictions

Resolution

SharePoint 2010 does not recommends/support IE11

1)   Open the IE

2)   Tools

3)   Compatibility view settings

4)   Enter the URL of your SharePoint site (without default.aspx / Home.aspx) in the “Add this website” section

5)   Click on Add

6)   Close

7)   Close the Internet explorer

8)   open your SharePoint site in a new IE

9)   Check the results and confirm!

In case of 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, Thank you.