Posts Categorized: SharePoint

2024 SPFx Development Environment Software List

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Quick list of use software for SPFx development as of 2024 Requires a license for commercial use (but is worth it): Snagit – Awesome tool for capturing and marking-up screenshots – https://www.techsmith.com/store/snagit Beyond Compare – Tool for comparing file contents –  https://www.scootersoftware.com/shop Teracopy Pro – Tool for copying files quickly, copies tons of small file […]

Application Insights and Power BI – Expand dynamic customDimensions JSON object into new columns automatically

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(Note: If you’re already familiar with importing Application Insights data into Power BI, and just want to skip to the solution for dynamically expanding the customDimensions JSON object into columns, skip to Solution 2) When using Application Insights, there are a number of additional attributes you might wish to track. One common example when tracking […]

Special Characters in RefinementFilter

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When attempting to use a refiner with values containing special characters (hyphen, dash, backslash, etc) you’ll run into an issue where the refinementfilters=’property:equals(“value-name”)’ doesn’t return any results (despite the refiner indicating that it has results matching this value). There is a technet discussion around this issue, but the suggested resolution loses the precision of the “:equals” […]

Bulk uploading images to a Picture Library with meta data… sort of.

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In SharePoint, Picture Libraries are some mythical special creature, unlike any other list or library. It’s the only place you can get the Image column… and the views are severely limited. There are also issues around “Upload multiple files” not working… I’ve seen posts that suggest you need to install the Microsoft Office Picture Manager, […]

JavaScript Event That Fires When SharePoint Page Has Finished Loading

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If you’ve ever had an issue with JavaScript running before the element you’re trying to manipulate on a SharePoint page has loaded, this post is for you. Rather than momentarily considering using something terrible like a setTimeout to delay execution, we can instead use an event that will let us know when the “body” of […]