Learning SharePoint

  H ope you are doing fine and safe in this pandemic situation. I recently came up with an opportunity to work with SharePoint Site Designs. SharePoint Site templates are now replaced with Site designs in Modern Sites.   SharePoint allows us to create JSON schema to apply our custom options that we want to add. Below are the things we can apply using site script. Create a new SharePoint list Define a new site column Define a new content type Add a navigation link Remove a navigation link Apply a theme Set branding properties Set a site logo Join a hub site Install an add-in or solution Register an extension Activate a Feature Trigger a flow Configure regional settings Add users (principals) to SharePoint Groups Manage guest access Let us assume we have a JSON schema created. I am taking below sample from MS documentation for reference.   We will now be adding above JSON schema to SharePoint as Site Script. Below is the command we execute. $site_script = ‘{   ...

S harePoint Site templates are now replaced with Site designs in Modern Sites. We can create custom site designs using some json script(s). Site Design allows to create lists, create list views, apply theme, customize navigation, create content types, create site columns and so on. Click here to see JSON scheme reference for creating custom site design.  Endpoint to apply site design as a part of flow is as below. _api/Microsoft.Sharepoint.Utilities.WebTemplateExtensions.SiteScriptUtility.AddSiteDesignTaskToCurrentWeb We must use “Send Http Request to SharePoint” action to make an API call to SharePoint. SiteDesignId must be part if body, this is GUID of the SharePoint site design you need to apply. We can line up sequence of calls if we need to apply multiple site designs to a single site. We can now wait for few mins and all our sited designs will get applied or we can also check the status by making another API call with below endpoint. You just need to pass the Apply Desig...

In continuation to my previous blog on custom connector . Here is the blog on how to deploy connector to a new environment. To move custom connectors from one environment to another. We have to perform 3 different actions. 1.        Adding connectors to Solutions. 2.        Exporting solutions   3.        Importing solutions in new environment. Click here to visit Power Automate Portal. Login with admin user credentials.         •    Click on the “Solutions” tab on the left panel. Please refer image below.     Note: Custom connectors created outside solutions cannot be added to solutions at this time.   Adding a connector to a solution To add Custom Connector to Solutions below steps are to be followed. •        Click on New Solution on top ribbon. Enter necess...

Recently I came across a requirement to create an interface between SharePoint and 3rd party project management tool. Click here  login with your Ofice365 account. Click on Data > Custom Connector menu option from left navigation pane. Click on "New Custom Connector" from top right corner. Select Create from blank. You can now see a new connector creation screen. General Tab Provide the host URL and API end point URL. Click on "Security" tab select the authentication method that the source tool is using. Security Tab Based on your selection rest of the input controls will be be shows, Lets assume you have selected 0Auth 2.0. You should now see columns like  Client ID : is id from app registered in project management tool to consume API.  Client Secret : is a secret key generated by the source from where you are to consume API. Authorization URL : is token generation endpoint URL.  Token URL : is Refresh token URL. Scope : Specify if the API documentation has ...