Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. DocSurvey can be used to create quizzes and questionnaires with the DocSurvey question type allowing multiple answers to be provided, from which the user must choose the single correct answer. Using this question type means that DocSurvey can then mark the answers provided and […]
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New Survey Request Feature in DocRead v3.0Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. Version 3.0 of DocRead introduces a new feature which, when combined with DocSurvey allows you to request that groups of users complete a survey / quiz or questionnaire without an associated document. In earlier versions of the software […]
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Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you have installed DocSurvey as part of an evaluation trial and no longer want to use the functionality, please follow these instructions to remove the feature. On each site where you have previously activated the DocSurvey features go to ‘Site Settings’ and from the […]
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DocRead includes a comprehensive, easy to use reporting suite to help you interrogate and understand the status of all reading tasks, descriptions of which can be found in the DocRead Administrators Guide in the Documentation Centre here. If you wish to perform additional queries on the DocRead database we have a SQL database view that […]
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Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you are considering migrating your SharePoint 2013 Farm to SharePoint 2016 then please read through this article for steps on how to achieve this. Before proceeding, it’s important that you read ‘migrating between editions‘ to understand how this effects your DocRead and DocSurvey licensing.Preparing your […]
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Why are the audience fields grayed out or disabled?Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you have activated DocRead against a SharePoint document library and you are unable to assign audiences to a document because they are disabled then this article explains how to resolve the issue. Only people with DocRead […]
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Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. This post describes how to move a site collection, containing DocRead, between two SharePoint Farms. The instructions on this document should first be tested on a test environment that mimics the live environment. Please note that you cannot move individual libraries or sites where […]
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Analysing DocRead Error MessagesNote: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. Should you encounter any error when using DocRead or DocSurvey, the first place to look for additional information is the Collaboris Error Logs. This is located within SharePoint Central Administration, in the Collaboris Settings menu: From the Collaboris Settings Menu, select […]
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Why aren’t Line Manager Reports working?Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. As of version DocRead 2.0 we introduced some really cool functionality to allow Line Managers to : Get notified (via email) when an employees required reading becomes overdue (or optionally assigned and/or completed). View 3 new Reports showing a break down of the status […]
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How to send two different DocRead tasks from the same base documentNote: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. It is really easy to use DocRead to assign an item that has been stored in a SharePoint document library or list to groups of users who then must acknowledge the completion of […]
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