Harmon.ie Webinar - SharePoint Tips and Tricks for Document Management, User Adoption and Usability
1. Expert Tips and Tricks
Increasing SharePoint Document
Management, Usability and End
User Adoption
Presented By: Richard Harbridge and Michal Cohen
Twitter References: @Rharbridge and @Michal_harmonie
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3. SharePoint Containment Hierarchy
Site Collections
Sites
Team Sites, Publishing Sites, Meeting Workspaces, etc.
Lists
Doc Libraries, Pages, Calendars, Discussions, Surveys, etc.
Folders and Document Sets
Item
Documents, Events, Pages, Custom Item, Image, etc.
Metadata
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4. Today’s Tips and Tricks
1. To Require Check Out or Not To?
2. Content Type Driven Default Metadata
3. Folder Driven Default Metadata
4. harmon.ie Demonstration
5. Question and Answer Period
5. Require Check Out or Don’t?
OR
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6. How do we do it?
• Library tab
• Library settings
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9. Require Check Out?
Not Enabled By Default
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10. Require Check Out?
When enabled bulk uploading
or explorer view additions are
checked out by default. Pro?
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11. Require Check Out?
Work Around: Navigate to Manage
Content and Structure and then to the
library. Select all of the documents and
choose Check In from the action menu.
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12. Require Check Out?
You cannot edit multiple
documents in datasheet view.
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13. Require Check Out?
Work Around: By turning the require
check out option off we can make edits in
the data sheet view temporarily and then
re-active require check out.
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14. Require Check Out?
Workflows and code must
check the file out before being
able to update it/it’s metadata.
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15. Require Check Out?
When required check out is
enabled ‘storing files to local
drafts’ is an enabled option.
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16. Require Check Out?
Co-Authoring is disabled on
libraries where check out is
required.
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17. Don’t Require Check Out?
• Office 2007 and Office 2010 let’s the user know
it is being used by someone else.
• This eventually times out.
(15 mins on XP – 60 mins on Vista/Win7)
• Other formats don't notify user.
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18. Require Check Out?
• You do not need to co-author documents.
• You do not need to bulk update metadata.
• There is typically a high number of people
updating the documents in this library.
• Updates are made frequently to the same
documents by different people.
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19. Don’t Require Check Out?
• You do need to co-author documents.
• You do need to bulk update metadata.
• There are few people updating documents
in this library.
• Updates are not made frequently to the
same documents by different people.
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20. Today’s Tips and Tricks
1. To Require Check Out or Not To?
2. Content Type Driven Default Metadata
3. Folder Driven Default Metadata
4. harmon.ie Demonstration
5. Question and Answer Period
21. List and Content Type Tip!
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23. Today’s Tips and Tricks
1. To Require Check Out or Not To?
2. Content Type Driven Default Metadata
3. Folder Driven Default Metadata
4. harmon.ie Demonstration
5. Question and Answer Period
33. Select a folder and set defaults
• Note folder inheritance
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34. Set the default value
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35. Today’s Tips and Tricks
1. To Require Check Out or Not To?
2. Content Type Driven Default Metadata
3. Folder Driven Default Metadata
4. harmon.ie Demonstration
5. Question and Answer Period
36. Today’s Tips and Tricks
1. To Require Check Out or Not To?
2. Content Type Driven Default Metadata
3. Folder Driven Default Metadata
4. harmon.ie Demonstration
5. Question and Answer Period
37. Thank You
Questions? Ideas? Feedback? Contact us:
Twitter: @RHarbridge
Blogs: http://www.RHarbridge.com
Email: Richard@RHarbridge.com
Resources:
700+ SharePoint IA Slides at PracticalIntranet.com
130+ SharePoint Standards at SPStandards.com
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Editor's Notes
Your group needs to see summary information about, or different views of, the same set of files. For example, a manager may want to see all files grouped by department or by due date. People want to search for the files in the same location on a site. You want to apply the same settings to files, such as tracking versions of files or requiring approval. The groups that are working with the library share similar characteristics, such as the same levels of permission. You want to analyze information about the files in a spreadsheet, or to receive consolidated updates about the files.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
Your group needs to see summary information about, or different views of, the same set of files. For example, a manager may want to see all files grouped by department or by due date. People want to search for the files in the same location on a site. You want to apply the same settings to files, such as tracking versions of files or requiring approval. The groups that are working with the library share similar characteristics, such as the same levels of permission. You want to analyze information about the files in a spreadsheet, or to receive consolidated updates about the files.
The types of files that you want to store and manage are distinct, and you don't expect people to frequently view summaries of the files or to search the files together. The groups of people who are using the files are distinct and have distinctly different permission levels. You need to apply different settings, such as versioning or approval, to different sets of files. You do not need to analyze the files together or receive consolidated updates about the files. You want to provide different sets of options for creating new files, or you want the options on the New menu of a library to appear in a different order.
Your group needs to see summary information about, or different views of, the same set of files. For example, a manager may want to see all files grouped by department or by due date. People want to search for the files in the same location on a site. You want to apply the same settings to files, such as tracking versions of files or requiring approval. The groups that are working with the library share similar characteristics, such as the same levels of permission. You want to analyze information about the files in a spreadsheet, or to receive consolidated updates about the files.
You can set the default content type of a library – and set that content type’s default values so that any item added to that library will automatically have metadata associated with it.
Your group needs to see summary information about, or different views of, the same set of files. For example, a manager may want to see all files grouped by department or by due date. People want to search for the files in the same location on a site. You want to apply the same settings to files, such as tracking versions of files or requiring approval. The groups that are working with the library share similar characteristics, such as the same levels of permission. You want to analyze information about the files in a spreadsheet, or to receive consolidated updates about the files.
Your group needs to see summary information about, or different views of, the same set of files. For example, a manager may want to see all files grouped by department or by due date. People want to search for the files in the same location on a site. You want to apply the same settings to files, such as tracking versions of files or requiring approval. The groups that are working with the library share similar characteristics, such as the same levels of permission. You want to analyze information about the files in a spreadsheet, or to receive consolidated updates about the files.
Your group needs to see summary information about, or different views of, the same set of files. For example, a manager may want to see all files grouped by department or by due date. People want to search for the files in the same location on a site. You want to apply the same settings to files, such as tracking versions of files or requiring approval. The groups that are working with the library share similar characteristics, such as the same levels of permission. You want to analyze information about the files in a spreadsheet, or to receive consolidated updates about the files.
A lot of this can seem daunting and I know one of the hardest things is figuring out how to do some of the things I have shown today. If you are interested in further training or assistance please let me know. Based on the number of people who are interested and the areas of interest we can schedule further training sessions to help everyone better use the SharePoint portal.It's our commitment to you that we will continue to hear your feedback and identify the issues. I encourage you to give us feedback during the coming months, and we will continue to deliver more and more functionality, more and more guidance to help you be successful with your application of SharePoint.Thank You for Reading/Listening