Hi all One workflow action that anyone getting into SharePoint Designer 2013 workflow development needs to know is the Call HTTP Web Service action. This action opens up many possibilities for workflow developers, and in some ways, turns them into …

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Hi all, and welcome to part 12 of my articles about SharePoint 2013 Workflows and whether they are ready for prime time. Along the way we have learnt all about CAML, REST, JSON, calling web services, Fiddler, Dictionary objects and …

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Hi there and welcome back to my series of articles that puts a real-world viewpoint to SharePoint 2013 workflow capabilities. This series is pitched more to Business Analysts, SharePoint Hackers and generally anyone who might be termed a citizen developer. …

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Hi and welcome to part 3 of my series of articles that take a peek under the hood of SharePoint 2013 workflows, while trying to answer the question of whether SharePoint 2013 workflows can enable citizen developers to go forth …

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Hi all I am reporting this one because the resolution was harder to find that it should be. After applying the October CU for SP2013 and try and launch PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer, you will receive the error message Application cannot …

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Hiya Here is me in tech/troubleshooting mode so you business-types who read this blog can skip this post The Issue There are often times when its very useful to use a SOAP webservice call to a SharePoint 2010 list when …

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Pardon the pun, but I just had a ‘clever workaround’ moment with SharePoint’s oData/REST implementation when it comes to filtering list items based on taxonomy (managed metadata) columns. Now I do not consider myself a developer, so this article is …

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Here is a quick note with regards to PowerPivot Dashboard Designer connecting to SharePoint lists utilising Per-user identity on the single server.  The screenshot above shows what I mean. I have told Dashboard designer to use a SharePoint list as …

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