How to add a quick link to DocRead ReportsThe normal process for accessing DocRead reports is to use the SharePoint ‘Site Settings’ option. and then select the ‘Reports’ link from the DocRead menu… …which provides access to all DocRead reports you have permission to view. If a user does not have permission to use the initial […]
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Using DocRead in a hybrid scenario DocRead needs to be installed into an on-premises version of SharePoint. It is possible for the same SharePoint Farm to have other sites running in SharePoint Online, but the site where DocRead is installed needs to be fully running on-premises. It is possible to create a “link” to a […]
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DocRead uses the SharePoint API to get the list of users that have been assigned to a DocRead audience. Because of limitations with this API DocRead audiences can only contain individual windows users, SharePoint Groups, ASP.Net roles, standard Windows security groups and SharePoint audiences. Active Directory Universal security groups and distribution lists are not supported. […]
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Where is all the data stored in DocRead? Virtually everything is stored in the DocRead database – however, there is also configuration stored in SharePoint allowing us to embed DocRead into it so tightly. The following list details all of the types of information that are stored for DocRead and where they are stored. Globally – […]
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Why don’t we send DocRead e-mails using SharePoint ? All e-mails in DocRead are sent using the DocRead Notification Scheduler service (not using the email functionality that SharePoint offers). This means that the DocRead Notification Scheduler is a Windows Service that can run on a Windows Server that doesn’t require SharePoint. At the time we designed scheduler, we thought […]
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How to maximise the impact of the My Reading List DocRead offers several ways to manage your compliance requirements. Emails can be sent when a new task is issued to you. But probably the most helpful is the DocRead ‘My Reading Task’ web part. This can be placed on your organizations intranet site and customized […]
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