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Action Button in Lists: Set Column Value

Posted on June 16, 2022 by WonderLaura 4 comments

SharePoint Lists / Microsoft Lists have a capability that allows you to add a button to a row, which when clicked will set the value of one or more columns in that row. For example, a “Complete Task” button, when clicked, could set the a status column in a row to “Completed” and set a person field called “Completed by” to the current user’s name. All of this can be done without the need for any kind of workflow or flow. You’ll also learn the logic of how to create a button that only shows for a certain person.

I’ll also show you a way to kick off a flow, without the flow panel popping out and without the user having to click to run the flow in multiple dialog boxes.

Quick Chart: SharePoint/Microsoft List Data

Posted on October 5, 2021 by WonderLaura Leave a comment

In SharePoint online, the Quick Chart web part can show you dynamic data from a list! As long as you have a SharePoint list (aka Microsoft list) on your site that has at least one number or currency column, you can use it in the web part settings, to display as a chart. In this post, I’ll detail the steps

SharePoint Custom List Templates

Posted on September 21, 2021 by WonderLaura 10 comments

In SharePoint Online, when creating a new list, also known as a Microsoft List, there are several templates to pick from, in order to save some time. In your company, if you have a specific template that you would like to create, to be used in any SharePoint site, there is a way to create a custom list template, using

SharePoint List Form – Form Editor

Posted on April 6, 2021 by WonderLaura 64 comments

Over the years in SharePoint, there have been several different technologies to use, in order to do some customization to the out-of-box list forms. No more SharePoint Designer for forms, no more InfoPath. Yes, you can use Power Apps to customize forms, but now there’s another alternative! If you have some pretty basic changes to make to the way your

FREE Training in February

Posted on February 9, 2021 by WonderLaura 4 comments

For the rest of this month, my SharePoint (Power User) Managing Lists and Libraries self-paced course is FREE. This class is usually sold as part of our training plans, but for now anyone can take it for free. Here’s what this course includes: This modern and up-to-date course will cover planning and creating document libraries and Microsoft Lists, two of

SharePoint List Rules

Posted on January 31, 2021 by WonderLaura 30 comments

Microsoft Lists, AKA good old SharePoint lists, now have a new rules wizard. This is a very simplified way of creating notification rules, to be notified about certain things happening in the list. You can Create a rule, or click to Manage rules (edit or delete) rules that you’ve already created. Here’s what it looks like, at the top of

#MSIgnite and Microsoft Lists Announcements

Posted on September 23, 2020 by WonderLaura 3 comments

SharePoint lists have been around for 20 years, and now they have been re-branded as “Microsoft Lists” and DRASTICALLY improved. I created a video last month during my SharePoint Power Hour, Microsoft Lists First Look if you’d like to see that demo and explanation. This week during Microsoft Ignite’s virtual conference, there have been several exciting announcements around Microsoft Lists.