Writings and ramblings on SharePoint for those who are addicted to it!
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
Collaborative Application
Markup Language (CAML)
An XML-based language that is utilized to describe various
elements, such as queries and views, in sites that are based on the Microsoft
SharePoint technology base.
Cell
A box that is shaped by the intersection of a row and a
column in a worksheet or a table. A cell can contain numbers, strings, and
formulas, and use different formats on that data.
Cell contents
The information within a cell, such as text, values,
formulas, cell errors, etc.
Cell error value
Any of a number of special values that are returned as a
result of an unsuccessful formula calculation.
Cell formatting
The settings that specify the presence of a cell, such as
font characteristics and fill color.
Cell reference
The set of coordinates that a cell uses in a worksheet.
Example, B2 is the reference of a cell that shows at the intersection of column
B and row 2.
Cell value
A phrase for the text or numeric content of a cell, or the
results of a formula.
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
Capacity planning
Process of classifying and preparing for an application,
hardware, and network options to anticipate site traffic, growth and failover in
order to attain site performance goals.
Calculated column
A column in a table which utilizes a formula that is copied
automatically to each record in the column or in another column if applicable.
The following are SharePoint dictionary words of the day related to Business Data:
Business data actions
A program or web page, available by using its uniform
resource locator (URL), that can be connected with an external content type so
that users can achieve the action on the specific elements of that type.
Business Data Catalog (BDC)
A service which collects information in regard to business
application data that occurs outside the server farm. Such a service can be used
to show business data in lists, web parts, search, user profiles, and custom
applications.
Business data connectivity
service application
An installed occurrence of the business data connectivity
shared service.
Business data connectivity
shared service
The SharePoint shared service that delivers a means for
storing and securing external content types, application models, and external
data sources.
The following are some good sites around SharePoint and Viva:
Create a SharePoint home site for Viva Connections:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/create-sharepoint-home-site-for-viva-connections
Add SharePoint as a content source for Microsoft Viva Learning:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/learning/configure-sharepoint-content-source
Plan, Build, and Launch a Home Site for Your Organization:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/home-site-plan
Overview of Viva Connections:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/viva-connections-overview
Microsoft Viva Overview:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/microsoft-viva-overview
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
Alert
An Internet communication that is sent to subscribers
automatically to notify them when certain criteria are met. Alerts are once
set-up are automatically sent when items such as documents, web pages, list
items, sites, or other assets have changed.
