Writings and ramblings on SharePoint for those who are addicted to it!
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
Data
verse
Formally
Common Data Service which is a data service and app platform which lets users
store and manage data from multiple sources and integrate that data in business
applications using a common data model.
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
Data loss prevention
(DLP)
Allows way to monitor
and respond to sensitive information within an organization through content
analysis. DLP can flag certain messages and alert users when they try to send or
post personally identifiable information (PII).
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
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 file,
etc.
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day related to custom:
Custom action
Extension to user interface – such as a command on the
ribbon or list item menu.
Custom master page
Used by publishing pages on a publishing site, represented
by the token ~masterurl/custom.master.
Customized web page
Web page that is stored within a content database.
The following are SharePoint dictionary 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.
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 utilized in automation services.
Conversion process
An instance of an automation service.
Conversion queue
A database or storage mechanism that stores a list of conversions that are pending, in progress, or completed.
The following are SharePoint dictionary words of the day related to context:
Context site
A site that corresponds to the context of the current
request.
Context type
A GUID that is used as a classification for an event
receiver.
Contextual search
scope
A system-defined restriction that can optionally be added to
a query to restrict the query results to items that are from a specific site or
list.
The following 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.
The following is a SharePoint word of the day:
Common
data service
Now
called Dataverse. Data service and app platform which lets users store and
manage data from multiple sources and integrate that data in business
applications using a common data model.
The following are six core and key traits for a technical SharePoint architect:
Excellent communication skills – have good listening skills as well as understanding and explaining key concepts to both managers and technical resources.
Good anticipation and problem-solving skills – be able to anticipate where problems might be and find solutions before the system is changed or deployed to.
Adaptability – be flexible as the requirements may seem clear at first but will change often.
Passion – has the long hours, stress, uncertainty. This is the toll for being an architect.
Creativity – have the ability for creative solutions via subtle and careful listening to meet the clients' needs.
Teamwork – to produce the best, one needs input from many subject matter experts.
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 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.
The following 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.).
The following 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.
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
Zero-based index
Indicator when the first item has an index of zero.
The following is a SharePoint dictionary word of the day:
Z-axis
Third axis in a three-dimensional chart that is used to
represent the depth. In on premise SharePoint can be utilized via a chart
webpart. In SharePoint Online can be utilized in Excel via a file viewer web
part or via the Power BI, Power App or quick chart web part.
