Month: October 2011

Sharepoint 2010 & Google Analytics

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Discovered that you can set a custom variable in Google Analytics to the ID of the Sharepoint user (that’s ID, not Name) :

This is the tracking code I used. The important part here is the _gaq.push([‘_setCustomVar’ line. We can use the Sharepoint JS variable _spUserId:



Don’t forget to change the UA string from


UA-xxxxxxxx-x


to the value for your site!


 Lovely!

			


					
			





	

					

				
Sharepoint Error, Part 2
		

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Sharepoint Error


“The list cannot be imported because a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible spreadsheet application is not installed or is not compatible with your browser.”


 I resolved the above error by running the Office Setup routine from the installation disk. Incidentally, you’ll need to use 32 bit Internet Explorer when importing your spreadsheet as a list.


However, I still had an issue, where once i’d clicked ‘Import’, the following error occurred:


“An unexpected error has occurred.”


 


Handy. Not.


However, the following Microsoft Support Article helped resolved the issue:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2492798


It would appear that you have to append ‘&ListBaseType=0&DisplayName=Spreadsheet+Import‘ to the URL of the import page.


Thanks to the following websites for help with this:


http://kbalertz.com/833714/requires-Windows-SharePoint-error-message-Office-document-document-library.aspx


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms427792.aspx


http://lichao.net/eblog/how-to-resolve-edit-document-requires-a-windows-sharepoint-services-compatible-application-and-microsoft-internet-explorer-60-or-greater-error-200901215.html

			


					
			





	

					

				
Sharepoint Error
		

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SharePoint Error


Ok, so I gotta vent. This is frustrating:




“The list cannot be imported because a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible spreadsheet application is not installed or is not compatible with your browser.”


 


I’m using:


Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation 2010


Microsoft Internet Explorer 8


Microsoft Excel 2010


 


I’ll get back to you once i’ve found out how to sort this nonsense.