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This evening I ran into a profile synchronisation issue, where fields available in the User Information List were showing outdated personal information for each account, even when the equivalent field on the user profile had been updated.  A field in the User Profiles was previously mapped to a field in Active Directory, and successfully pulled the corresponding data from AD during profile imports. I wanted to allow the field to be edited in SharePoint, so AD mapping for this field was then removed.  Data that was previously pulled from AD remained in the field, and at this point was in sync with data in User Information Lists accross the site collection.  After making changes to the information via the My Profile area on the MySite Host, the changes were not reflected in User Information Lists. Both full and incremental profile imports had run after the changes were made, but this didn't seem to have any effect on User Information Lists.  I also used the sync op...

How to set values of form fields generated by the SharePoint List Form Web Part when adding a new item to the list using JavaScript. Using a custom metadata field in a SharePoint list to set categorisation & filter criteria that is later used by List and Data View Web Parts to arrange & filter content for specific audiences.  Depending on the audience that a user is in, I wish to set alternate default values for specific fields rendered by the List Form Web Part. In most cases, a custom multiple choice field in the list will be set to a value which corresponds to the current user’s audience, but will sometimes need to be manually adjusted.  To improve the experience for end users, the appropriate checkbox option from the multiple choice field that corresponds to the current user’s audience will be selected when the form loads, and the default value for the field un-checked if required. The custom field is used in multiple content types across the primary site col...

I found a blog post by Andy Burns that explains how to find and use the javascript from the 'New' button on a Document Library with managed content types to add a link to any page which will open a new document from the template. As the "add new document" link on the summary toolbar of a List or Data View Web Part links to the Upload page of the document library, i used the javascript from the new button instead to create a link that opens a new blank document from the content type template associated with the document library.  This meant that the default save location for the document was set to the document library. Andy's post explains how to incorporate the javascript behind the 'New' button into a link on a different page. The issue that I was attempting to resolve is that I wanted to use the link in client applications outisde of SharePoint.  this meant that I couldn't use javascript, as the function called was not available to the applica...

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Managed Property not populating with data I was playing around with search scopes and result page XSL templates in order to develop a search solution that incorporates custom fields from a content type used on multiple site collections.  Content types containing custom columns that were to be searched across, as well as displayed in the search results. The same content type has been reused multiple times across the primary site collection, and has also been deployed and used multiple time in other site collections.  When configuring managed metadata property mappings for the custom fields, I was able to map each field to a managed property by searching for the field name. I was then able to create an advanced search page the included the custom properties.  When incorporating the additional managed properties into the search results, I found that only items from the original (primary) site collection would have data associated with the custom mappings. The cont...

Metadata Error: Metadata not saving on item in Document Library after editing Properties Scenario: I came accross an issue in a Document library where i was unable to update the document metadata properties using the SharePoint interface.  The Edit Item page worked fine, and I was able to set the metadata to the values i required, but after pressing ok to save the metadata the new values weren’t being saved into SharePoint (reverting back to the previous value).   The issue was on multiple documents, but not specific to a folder within the library or dependent on certain metadata properties.  The majority of documents in the library work fine when applying changes to metadata. After troubleshooting the issue a little, I found that I was able to update the metadata when editing the document using Office 2007.  After saving the document (stored in SharePoint), the metadata would be applied as expected.  I was also able to replicate the issue in a separate ...