kwizcom sharepoint list custom actions feature product overview
DESCRIPTION
Make your SharePoint solution Easier to use by adding context-sensitive custom menus.TRANSCRIPT
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SharePoint Custom ActionsImprove your SharePoint solution’s usability!
Nimrod Geva
Product Group [email protected]
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KWizCom Corporation
• Founded in 2005
• Headquartered in Toronto
• Global vendor of SharePoint Add-Ons
• 5000+ customers worldwide
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Make your SharePoint solution
Easier to useby adding Powerful and Relevant
Custom menus
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SharePoint list menus are Generic:
No matter which item type - you always get the same generic menus
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Waste of time & Usability issues
Too many clicks and page refreshes
Solutions less clear and less convenient
to business end-users
Issue gets worse in mobile environment
So, what’s the problem?
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DemoPM role: Approving CRs and bugs in product versions
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This is our CR tracker,I want to review this CR and
approve it.
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1 To approve the item I click “Edit”
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2
Now I need to check the “Approved” checkbox
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3
Checking it
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Clicking “Save”
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5We did it!
Took us “only”: 4 clicks 2 page refresh
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Wouldn’t it be great If I had an “Approve” button?
Single click!
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SharePoint Custom ActionContext-sensitive menus for productive business users
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DemoCustom menus for a more convenient IT Helpdesk UX
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Demo
This is my helpdesk workspace
I see an unassigned issue that I wish to
work on
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Demo
Once I click the item I see it in
View mode
Since the issue is unassigned, I see a single
custom action called “Assign to me”
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Demo
I am clicking the custom menu to gain ownership over this
support ticket
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Demo
Now the issue appears under “My Support Tickets” web part
(which means it is assigned to me)
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Demo
By looking at the Support Tickets list, you can see that the custom action has updated the “Assigned To” and
“Issue Status” fields
Conclusion:You can use Custom Actions to auto-update item fields without having to edit the item!
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Demo
Now I see 2 different custom menus, which are relevant to me as the support engineer to whom
this issue is assigned
If I click this item
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Demo
Now I see 2 different custom menus, which are relevant to me as the support engineer to whom
this issue is assigned
If I now click this item
After resolving this issue, I am clicking the “Close Ticket”
custom menu to update the relevant ticket’s fields.
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Demo
I am redirected to the issue’s edit form, That includes only the
relevant fields (other fields are automatically updated)
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Demo
Once I save my updates, I can see that some additional fields were auto
updated(Issue Status, Issue Closing Date)
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Let’s see how we configure these Custom Actions
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DemoCreate a List Custom ActionCreate a ribbon button that creates a support ticket, auto-updates its fields and then redirects the user to the home page
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Demo
20% of my helpdesk calls look like this(Replacing a printer toner)
I would like to have a custom action that updates all fields and leaves me only with this
one to update
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Demo
This menu should be visible only to Helpdesk engineers
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Demo
After you deploy KWizCom Custom Action Feature, you’ll notice a new “Custom Actions Settings” menu
(In the List ribbon)
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Demo
“List Custom Actions” allows you to add custom menus at
the list level
“Item Custom Actions” allows you to add custom menus at the
Item level(Edit/View item forms)
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Demo
This is the List Custom Actions settings page
To create a new custom action, type its name and
click “Add Action”
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Demo
Type the menu’s title and description (tooltip)
Type the name/url of a page to which the user will be redirected after the action completes
The ribbon button’s icon
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Demo
You can make this menu visible in specific list views
Custom action static permissions
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Demo
Check this checkbox if you want this menu to create a
new list item
Configure fields which should be auto-populated with data
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Configure the visible tabs after the item is created Configure which workflows
should be triggered
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Let’s see the result…
Demo
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Demo
Here is the new List Custom Action (Menu), visible only
to support engineers
When I click this menu…
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Demo
I see only the fields that were not auto-populated
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Demo
New support ticket created, already updated with all required
data and assigned to me.
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DemoCreate an Item Custom Action
Configure an item-level menu called “Close Ticket”:• Visible only to the helpdesk engineer to whom the
support ticket is assigned• Auto updates Status field to “Closed” value• Auto updates Issue Closing Date field to today’s value• Redirect the user to the site’s home page
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So, without this custom action – this is what I need to do to close a ticket…
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Demo
Edit the item
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Demo
Update and save the ticket
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Let’s create now the custom item action
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Demo
This is the Item Custom Actions settings page
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Demo
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Type the action name and click “Add Action”
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Demo
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Type the redirection url after the action completes
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Demo
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Action static permissions
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Demo
Configure dynamic conditions for this action’s
visibility
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Configure field auto-updates
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Configure field auto-updates
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Configure the visible tabs after the item is created Configure which workflows
should be triggered
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Let see the result…
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Demo
Let’s click the “Close Ticket”
action
As a Helpdesk engineer I see these item-level custom actions in the
item’s view/edit forms
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Demo
I see only the fields that require update
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Demo
And redirected back to the home page
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Viewing the same support ticket after it was closed
I see different actions!Actions are context-sensitive
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Customized menus,
relevant to your
business logic
Less fields to update,
less page refreshes
Easily integrate with
workflows
Easier, user-friendly UX
Summary
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SharePoint Custom ActionsProduct web page:http://www.kwizcom.com/sharepoint-add-ons/sharepoint-list-custom-actions/overview/
Download FREE trial version:http://www.kwizcom.com/sharepoint-add-ons/sharepoint-list-custom-actions/download/
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Nimrod GevaProduct Group Manager, KWizCom
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