Error Loading Survey: You have already completed this surveyNote: This content applies to the on-premise version of DocRead only. For the Office 365 version have a look here. If users are having problems accessing surveys attached to DocRead tasks and receive the following error: Please check that the survey has been created using the option “allow multiple responses” […]
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Automated content targeting in SharePoint with DocRead Reading TasksNote: This content applies to the on-premise version of DocRead only. For the Office 365 version have a look here. What is a Reading Task? A DocRead ‘Reading Task’ is something an end-user must complete when they are required (or recommended) to read a document by a specified deadline. […]
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DocRead & DocSurvey V5.0Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. 2nd December 2021 – Build 5.0.21281.2Improvements and bug fixesFixed issues with the web-parts loading overlay in Classic Mode.Fixed issues with dynamically loading data in the task panel. Performance improvements in loading data from web-services.Modern Experience Pack for SharePoint 2019New DocRead task list […]
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How to target SharePoint content with DocReadHaving amazing content stored in SharePoint is great, but how do you ensure people know where to find it? Targeting SharePoint content to groups of users is easier than you may think!This post shows how easy it is to use DocRead to target documents, or any other content stored in SharePoint. […]
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The Effect of Reset Task on ReceiptsReset task can be really useful if you already have a policy assigned by DocRead to the relevant audience and simply need to update / refresh the policy and get everyone to re-acknowledge the new policy. Before we look at what changes when you reset a task, let’s take a […]
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Permission levels required to create a Survey in SharePointThe permissions to create Surveys are controlled by SharePoint itself. By default SharePoint allows users with the “Contributor” right to create Surveys in a site (so any member of the SharePoint Site Members group will get this permission by default). Using enhanced quiz / survey features in SharePoint using […]
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How to Migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint 2019Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you are considering migrating your SharePoint 2016 Farm to SharePoint 2019 then please read through this article for steps on how to achieve this. Before proceeding, it’s important that you read ‘migrating between editions‘ […]
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How to update multiple documents in a SharePoint document library with PowerShellWe recently received a query for DocRead to see if it was possible to set the ‘Required Audience’ and ‘Acknowledgement Days’ to about 100 policies on mass (via a script). Hence, being one who is always up for a challenge, I loaded up PowerGUI and […]
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Configure SharePoint SP2019 to support SPFx applicationsThis post describes how to configure your on-premise SharePoint 2019 farm to allow you to deploy and run SPFx applications. The instructions below will take you through the steps required to install each pre-requisite. Depending on the status of your farm, you may already have some of the pre-requisites installed […]
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SharePoint Groups vs AD Groups vs Global AudiencesIf you’d like to know whether to use SharePoint Groups or SharePoint Audiences to manage users, then look no further! This post will help you decipher what to use and when. I also want to include a little discussion on SharePoint Audiences as I believe they are a […]
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