List with latest major Versions

We are working on SharePoint 2010 trying to provide a web part or a list to show only the latest major versions within a document set which is hosted within a document library. For instance if you have this set of documents: document.V.1.0 document.V.1.1 document.V.2.0 document.V.2.1 Then, just document.V.2.0 should be shown. Do you know … Read more

The Jordan rules

I played basketball for so many years, and this book remembered me these days on highschool watching NBA finals. Very interesting book about the NBA backstage.

Configuring Reporting Services for SharePoint 2010 Integration

This is the basic information to use the SSRS integrated in SharePoint, interesting reading for learning. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb326356.aspx I have to ask about how the Report Server Database exactly works, there are so much things without answer in my mind. Other important thing to be clarify: let’s talk about performance!! The business case I have on … Read more

SharePoint, Business Data Connectivity

Learning about SharePoint BDC, that is an standard functionality that is there in the server, but that the configuration and its start-up is not free in terms of effort. 1.- BDC service provides a means for storing and securing external content types and related objects. An external content type defines the following: A set of … Read more

Occupational Health

I assisted to a great session where the different processes related to Occupational Health were reviewed. In summary, so much data to organize, the implementation of the processes depends on the product you choose. In the business case we have for it, we have to cover Europe, a place where our customer is implementing all … Read more

You requested a project not a simple technical action

Looking into information about SharePoint My Sites I have found this excellent article that talks about the lack of understanding that some customers have about the meaning of the installation of a tool, a feature or the effort needed to have something done. Implementing SharePoint MySites: A Project in Itself: http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-collaboration/implementing-sharepoint-mysites-a-project-in-itself-009519.php We have received this … Read more

SharePoint 2010, filtered view

The aspect of the view is easy, there are a lot of options to enable the visualization in the right way. The only problem I have faced is within the filtering. I have tried to use brackets to point to other fields (for instance: [field_A] ) with the purpose of showing just the documents where … Read more