SharePoint Http Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to http:

Http get method

Method utilized to communicate information which is appended at the end of the uniform resource locator (URL). The information can and usually is utilized to display information on a said page or utilized by a program for further processing.

 

Http post method

Method utilized to communicate information is provided in the body of a request. Such information could be used to order a product or send an e-mail. However, the information can be used to display information on a said page or utilized by a program for further processing.

SharePoint - High-Trust App

The following is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day: 

High-trust app

App which is responsible for creating the user portion of an access token, which is trusted to declare a user identity.

SharePoint - Host Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words Related to Host:

Host depth

Humber of host hops in regard to a content source.

 

Host hop

Process of traversing with a different host name during a crawl.

 

Host web

SharePoint site on which an app is installed.

SharePoint - High Confidence Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to High Confidence: 

High confidence property

Managed property from a metadata index that the administrator identifies as an indicator of a relevant item. It is used to produce a high confidence result.

 

High confidence results

A subset of search results which are considered to be relevant because of a precise match between a property value and the tokens in the query text.

SharePoint - Hidden Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Hidden:

Hidden cell

A cell which no longer appears in a worksheet view because it is contained within a hidden row or a hidden column.

 

Hidden column

A column that does not appear in a worksheet view because it has its width set to zero. A column can be hidden if the outline is in a collapsed selection.

 

Hidden row

A row which does not appear in a worksheet view because it has its height set to zero. A row can be hidden if a user is filtering or if the outline is in a collapsed selection.

SharePoint - Global Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Global:

Global master pages

Central master pages that are utilized by sites, regardless of which site definition the site is created from.



Globally reusable workflow

Workflow that most commonly is utilized as a workflow template that is reusable for all the sites in a site collection.

SharePoint - Ghosting Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary of the Day Words Related to Ghosting:

Ghosted

Document whose content is stored in a location other than a content database. When a document is ghosted, the front-end web server determines the location of the content utilizing the setuppath value for the document.



Ghosting pages

Known as uncustomized pages, while unghosted pages are known as customized pages. Modifying any ghosted page, will show a message such as saving the changes will customize the page so that it is no longer based on the site definition.

SharePoint - Feature Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Feature:

Feature

Functionality which can be activated or deactivated at a site, site collection, web application and farm level.



Feature definition

XML fragment which defines a feature and attributes.



Feature identifier

A GUID which identifies a feature that is available in an environment.



Feature property

Property which is associated with an active feature at a particular scope.



Feature scope

Scope at which a feature can be activated or deactivated.

SharePoint - Full Text Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Full Text:

Full crawl

Crawl process that indexes all items in a given content source even if the item hasn’t been modified.



Full-text index catalog

Collection of data that is needed to perform queries as the full-text index components and other files are organized in a specific directory structure.



Full-text index component

Set of files which contain index keys which are extracted from a set of items.



Full-text index propagation

Process of propagating a full-text index component.

SharePoint - Federated Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Federated:

Federated location

A source which returns search results for a given query. The source can from a local search catalog or an Opensearch compliant search engine.



Federated location definition

Configuration settings which describe how to issue a query for a given federated location and then display the search results.



Federation

Issues a query to multiple federated locations designated by federated location definitions which ar utilized to return the results in a single search results page.

SharePoint - External Content and Data Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to External Content and Data:

External content type

Reusable collection of metadata which defines a set of data from one or more external data sources. It also includes the operations available on that data, and connectivity information related to that data.



External content type layout

Microsoft Office External Data Parts utilized in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional way to display information to a user.  

  

External data

Data stored in a repository outside of the system which it is being displayed in.



External data column

Single field in an item associated with an external content type.



External data grid

Web Part which displays a list of external items from a business application. For example, one can utilize a Business Data List Web Part to display customers or orders from a database.



External data item

A single item which is part of an external list.



External data part

Control which shows details of a single item or a list of items which belong to an external content type.



External data related list

Displays a list of related external items that are from a business application. For example, one can use a Business Data Related List Web Part to display all the orders for a particular customer from a database.



External item content control

External data from a data column in a document library which is available as a content control. The data that is exposed in content controls is read-only.



External list

A list of items which are part of an external content type.



External reference

Reference to a cell, range, defined name, or other object in a worksheet or workbook.



External system

Supported source of data which can be modeled by business connectivity services, such as via a database, web service, or a custom .NET framework assembly.



External workbook

Workbook, other than the active workbook, which is on disk or in memory which has a dependency to another workbook.

SharePoint - Entity Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Entity:


Entity

Data class that represents a type of business data object which is stored in a line-of-business (LOB) system whose instances have a persistent EntityInstanceId.



EntityInstance

Set of values which have a unique identity that represent an instance of an entity. They are stored in a line-of-business (LOB) system.



EntityInstanceId

Set of field values of an EntityInstance which collectively identify an EntityInstance in a line-of-business (LOB) system.

SharePoint - Document Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Documents:

Document center

A document library template which is configured to contain a large quantity of documents with each document uploaded to the center assigned a unique identifier number.



Document library

A list where documents and folders are stored. The document library has customized settings above and beyond a folder such as advanced settings, versioning settings, workflow settings, and information policies.



Document set

Allow for a collection of related documents, and have them displayed as one unit. Example, one may have a collection of project management template documents which would include - a requirements document, a project plan and a status report document, etc. These would be stored as the Project Management Templates document set.



Document workspace

Document repository which lets users collaborate on one or more documents.



Document workspace site

SharePoint site which is based on a document workspace site template. It is used for planning and posting about a document or a set of related documents.

SharePoint - Deployment Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Deployment:

Deployment package

A collection of files which makes up a package that gets deployed. XML files are utilized to describe the deployment objects and their relationships. Sometimes, the deployment set of files are compressed into one or more files.



  

Deployment system object

An object which is created as part of a site or site collection. Examples are root folders, catalogs, default pages, and galleries which are created during site or site collection creation. Note, this deployment system object is not part of the underlying template.

SharePoint - Declarative workflow

The following is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:

Declarative workflow

Workflow which is created with XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) files. It does not require any form of precompiled code in order to run.

SharePoint Time

As a SharePoint evangelist one needs to be mindful of the following:



SharePoint Growth – One has to mindful that as more users and information expands into SharePoint, the environment needs to accommodate such growth.



New Initiatives – Keep-up on new features and functionality to turn on, document and educate on.



Responding to Challenges – Work on finding the best technology to solve the right problem.



Advice – Have documentation on what tool to utilize and provide quick guides on the best use of those tools. Example: MS-Forms for surveys, Power Automate for workflow and PowerBI for analytics display, etc.

SharePoint/Office 365 Personal Growth

When working in SharePoint/Office 365 its important to keep your value via the following:



Personal Growth – Always continue to learn something new to maximize your SharePoint/Office 365 skills.



Inner Circle – Spend time with some key technology individuals either face to face or virtually via seminars, over coffee or via social media posts.



Success – Always take time to review what went right with your SharePoint/Office 365 project so you can learn from experience.

Reflective SharePoint/Office 365

When it comes to SharePoint/Office 365 – several items are useful to reflect on before diving into a SharePoint/Office 365 project:



Reflect on the true perspective based on experience:

What features and functionality bring the most value?

What features and functionality are un-noticed gems?



Reflect on experiences from insights:

Use your experiences on what worked or didn’t work previously to your advantage.



Reflect and be confident in your decision-making:

With so many options in SharePoint and Office 365 be it ways to create forms, utilize in-line code and Office 365 tools such as: PowerApps, Power Automate, PowerBI, etc.



Reflect on the big picture:

Think about what you’ve done and what can be improved as well as what allows for growth for the future.

SharePoint - Deployment System Object

The following is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Deployment system object

Object that is created as part of a site, site collection or application. Examples of deployment system objects are root folders, catalogs, default pages, and galleries that are created during site, site collection or application creation.

SharePoint - Default Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Default:


Default list view

The view of a list that is defined to appear when users browse to the list without specifying or selecting a view.



Default master

Used by all pages within a site, it is represented by the token ~masterurl/default.master.



Default mobile list view

The view of a list that is defined to appear when users browse to the list from a mobile device without specifying or selecting a view.



Default search scope

The search scope assigned automatically to a search scope display group.



Default user store

Supplied as a starting point for expanding group membership when a user store is not already specified.

SharePoint - Data Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictonary Words of the Day Related to Data:

Data connection

Link between an application and a data source. Data connections are used to query and submit data. They are utilized with an external data source, such as a database, Web service, SharePoint list, or XML fil, etc.



Data connection library

A document library, located on a site which can contain a collection of universal data connection (.udcx) and Office data connection (.odc) files.



Data form web part (DFWP)

A web part which reads data from and writes data to a data source in the form of XML as it applies XSLT.



Data view web part (DVWP)

A web part which is used to display items in a list. Such a web part allows one to view and manage data coming from different data sources.



Data source

A database, Web service, disk, file, or other such collection of information that data is queried or submitted from.  Supported data sources vary based on the application and the data provider that is utilized.



Data source control

An object which can be added to a web page that encapsulates the needed logic to connect to a data source. A data source control can provide data to other controls on a page.





Data type

A property of a field that defines the kinds of data that can be stored in such a field.



Data validation

Process of testing the accuracy of data based on a set of rules that specify the type and range of data that can be entered by users or dynamically by another system.

SharePoint - Crawl Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictonary Words of the Day Related to Crawl:


Crawl

The process of traversing a URL to acquire items for a search catalog.



Crawl log

Provides information about the results of crawling a URL. The information includes if the crawl was successful, the content source that the display URL belongs, and the level, message, time, and identifier of any errors that happen.



Crawl queue

A structure that stores the list of items to crawl next.



Crawl rule

Preferences that apply to a specific URL or range of URLs. A crawl rule can be utilized to include or exclude items in a crawl. Additionally, the rule can specify the content access account to use when crawling a URL or range of URLs.



Crawl status

The state of the crawl operation (example In-Progress, Suspended, etc.).



Crawl type

Specifies whether to evaluate all of the users and member groups in the directory service that is crawled, or utilize those users and member groups that were modified after the last crawl.



Crawl URL history

A structure that stores a list of URLs and their properties, such as when a URL was last crawled.



Crawled property

Metadata that can be discovered during a crawl and then applied  to one or more items.



Crawled property category

Crawled properties for a specific type of item set.



Crawled property set identifier

A unique identifier that utilizes one or more crawled properties with a crawled property category.



Crawler

Process that browses and indexes content from a content source.

SharePoint - Conversion Related Words

The following are SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day, Related to Conversion:


Conversion item

A document that is converted as part of a conversion job.



Conversion job

The basic unit of work for the Word Automation Services.



Conversion process

An instance of Word Automation Services.



Conversion queue

A database that stores a list of conversions that are pending, in progress, or completed.

SharePoint - Context Related Words

The following are some SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day that refer to Context:


Context site

A site that refers to the context of the current request.



Context type

A GUID that is utilized as a classification for an event receiver.



Contextual search scope

A system-defined restriction that can if needed be added to a query to restrict the query results to items that are from a specific site or list.

SharePoint - Content Type Related Words

Below Are Several SharePoint Dictionary Words of the Day Related to Content Type:

Content type

A named and unique collection of settings and fields which store metadata for individual items in a SharePoint list. One or more content types can be associated with a list.



Content type group

A named category of content types that is utilized to organize content types that are of similar purpose.



Content type identifier

A unique identifier which is assigned to a content type.



Content type order

The sequence of how the content types are displayed.



Content type resource folder

A folder which stores the resource files that are related with a content type.



Content type schema

An XML definition that defines the contents of a content type.



Content type specific view

A view which is related with a specific content type that is linked with a folder.

SharePoint - Content Placeholder

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Content placeholder


A region within a page layout which is populated dynamically that has a value of the publishing page field that utilizes a bound object. Utilized most commonly on an ASP.NET master page to define a region on a page for text, mark-up and server-based controls.

SharePoint - Content Editor Web Part

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Content editor web part


The basic common area in SharePoint where textual content can be entered and edited.

SharePoint - Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML)

Below 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.

SharePoint - Code Access Security

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Code access security


A mechanism utilized by the common language runtime which uses managed code to grant permissions by security policy. These permissions are then enforced, helping to limit the operations that the code will be allowed to perform.

SharePoint - Client Context

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Client context


The object that is used to initiate actions with the client-side object model. It is the primary object for coordinating requests against corresponding objects in a site collection.

SharePoint - Claims-Based Identity

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:

Claims-based identity


A unique identifier that represents a user, application, computer, or other entity. It lets that entity gain access to multiple resources, such as applications and network resources, without entering their credentials multiple times. Additionally, it allows resources to validate requests from an entity.

SharePoint - Chrome Control

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Chrome control


An HTML and JavaScript control which renders the top chrome that is available to use in apps for SharePoint.

SharePoint - Child SIte

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Child site


A site located within a site collection that is a top-level site and then can have one or more child sites, known as subsites.  

SharePoint - Central Administration Site

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:

Central administration site


A particular SharePoint site where an administrator can oversee all sites and servers in a farm that is utilizing Microsoft SharePoint based technologies.

SharePoint - Capacity Planning

Below 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.

SharePoint - Calculated column

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


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.

SharePoint - Business Object

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Business object


An object which performs a set of operations, usually defined such as data validation or business rule logic, related to a business process or workflow.

SharePoint - Business Data Catalog (BDC)

Below is a SharePoint Word of the Day:


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.

SharePoint - Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Client Runtime

Below is a SharePoint Word of the Day:

Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Client Runtime


A runtime which reads and understands a configuration file and then executes the applicable instructions on the Microsoft Office applications. This is utilized primarily to display the user interface such as form regions in Microsoft Outlook, task panes, and ribbons.

SharePoint - App Definitions

Below are some SharePoint Dictionary App Words of the Day:

App

Features that a site owner or administrator can add to a SharePoint Site, such as document libraries, lists, calendars and tasks.

 

App catalog

A SharePoint document library that administrators can use to distribute apps for Office and SharePoint to users.



App custom action

A category of a custom action that is added to a host site by an app for SharePoint and which links to additional functionality that is contained by the app.



App for SharePoint

A cloud-enabled app that adds rich, scenario-focused functionality into a SharePoint environment.



App part

A module of an app for SharePoint that can be embedded on a site page to show the functionality of the app.



App web

A sub-web site where the SharePoint elements of an app are deployed when the app is installed on a host web.

SharePoint - Alternate Access Mapping

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Alternate access mapping


A mapping of URLs to Web applications. Incoming alternate access mappings are used to provide several URL access points for the same set of content. Outgoing alternate access mappings are utilized to confirm that content is rendered in the correct URL environment.

SharePoint - Alert Subscription

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Alert subscription


A request to receive an Internet message automatically when user-defined criteria are met. Such communication messages are generated automatically when items such as documents, Web pages, list items, sites, or other assets have changed.

SharePoint - Alert

Below 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.

SharePoint - After Event

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


After event


An asynchronous event whose handler runs only after the action that raised the event is finished. Also called a "post-event." Unlike a before event, an after event handler doesn’t terminate the action that caused the event.

SharePoint - Activity Flow

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Activity flow


A running request of a workflow that contains a sequence of action occurrences and/or activity model requests. These action and activity instances can be sequenced in any order to build a single activity flow.

SharePoint - Activity Feed

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Activity feed


A feed that delivers information, notifications and updates constructed on people, documents, and tags one is following.

SharePoint - Activities

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Activities


Tracked updates associated to an explicit user. These items are often related to the user’s social collaboration within SharePoint (such as tagging, rating, likes, etc.).

SharePoint - Active selection

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Active selection


The present selection of cells, rows, or columns that comprises the active cell in a datasheet.

SharePoint - Active Directory

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Active directory

A directory service from Microsoft utilized in SharePoint for categorizing user login accounts in named groups.

SharePoint - Action

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Action

The tiniest component of work in a workflow system. An action can comprise one or more responsibilities that define work that needs done. Actions are deployed and registered in the workflow system to be triggered by protocol users. Additionally, this is a component of work that can be performed by a workflow and is usually defined in a workflow markup file.

SharePoint - Accessing resources remotely

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:

Accessing resources remotely


Permits users to access Office 365 (0365) system external to a network firewall. By default - O365 accepts user’s access from any device at any time.

SharePoint - Access URL

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:

Access URL

The core URL that is utilized by a crawler to classify and access an item.

SharePoint - Access control list (ACL)

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary word of the day:

Access control list (ACL)

In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that pertain to a complete object, a set of the object's properties, or a single property of an object, and that describe the access granted to one or more security principals.

SharePoint - Access control entry (ACE)

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:

Access control entry (ACE)

An entry in either a securable item’s discretionary access control list (DACL) or an item’s system access control list (SACL). In a DACL, the entry grants or denies permissions to a user or group. In a SACL, the entry identifies which security events to audit for a certain user or group or controls the Windows Integrity Level for the item.

SharePoint - Absolute reference

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Absolute reference

A reference to a set location on a sheet. An absolute reference constantly refers to the equal range, even if the formula that comprises it is moved or copied to a different location.

SharePoint - Absolute Path

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:

Absolute path

A string that displays the location of a file and starts with a drive identifier and root directory or network share and ends with the applicable file name. Example: C:\Documents\Work\testexample.txt and \\netshare\Documents\Work\testexample.txt.

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