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Site Assets Library missing in SharePoint Online

 In SharePoint online when you create a communication site and you go to Site contents and search for  SiteAssets, you will not find  SiteAssets Library.  It will get created when you set a site logo or when you enable site feature. This article will answer your questions like  Site assets missing in sharepoint online? or Site assets library missing in communication sites? There is several options available to get the  SiteAssets  library.  To get the SiteAssets library back by this options: Option 1 : 1. Click on the gear icon and then Change the look option. 2. Then move to the Header section and set the Site Logo . Once you set the site logo.  SiteAssets  library will get created. Option 2 : By enabling the site collection features, we can achieve it. 1.  Go to your Site collection  and  click on “Site Information”.   2. Go to Site Settings   and  click on “ Site Collection Features ” under the Manage ...

How to update web part name, package name, solution name in SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

In this article, we are going to discuss some common things which we need to update in SharePoint Framework(SPFx) solution. How to chage the SharePoint Framework Solution name?? SharePoint solution name we set while creating the solution but some time we need to chang it. In order to change the SharePoint Framework solution name, we need to edit the package - solution.json file, change the name under the solution. It will change the name and new name will also appear on title in SharePoint appcatalog when you deploy the package. How to chage the SharePoint Framework package name?? If you want to change the name of sppkg package created using SPFx, you need to edit the package-solution.json file.   Upadate zippedpackage under the paths. Only the name after '/ ' should be updated. How to chage the webpart name in SharePoint Framework Solution?? You can change the name of your webpart from the webpart.manifest.json file present in the solution. Change the value of default in tit...

Update list metadata Created By,Modified By, Created,Modified Field using PowerShell

In this article, we are going to learn "How to update list metadata using PowerShell". In some cases  we want a particular person to be the created by and modified by and we also want to update the time stamp of modified at and created. We can achieve this using PowerShell. Power shell to update Created By,Modified By, Created,Modified field values --Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies-- Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll" Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"     -- Replace the tenantName and listName with your site name and list name -- $SiteUrl = "https://tenantName.sharepoint.com/sites/training/" $ListName= "listName" $ID=1 ---- Replace the Username and Password with your one-- $Username = "userId"   $Password = "pwd" |  ConvertTo-...

Permission XML for SharePoint Add-in

In this article, we will be discussing the permission XMLs, which are used to provide permission to SharePoint add-in. Permission XML for the SharePoint app. You can set the App only permission, by setting "true" or "false" in  AllowAppOnlyPolicy=“true” in these permission XMLs.   If add-in granted permission to tenant scope, It includes all children in scope. Before granting access to the app, need to register an app. Follow this link for step by step guide to  How to register an app/add-in in SharePoint   Providing access to add-in at tenant level: To provide access at tenant level user must have the tenant admin level permission. To grant this permission tenant admin can use this URL   https://tenantName-admin.sharepoint.com/_layouts/appinv.aspx Search the App Id (Client ID) and it will fetch all the information which you provide at time of registration of app.   Assign full control at tenant level : <AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy=...

"You can't add this app here" error in SharePoint

Once you add your app to app catalog and then you go to the site collection and you select the add an app option, and you search the app and you see the error message “You can't add this app here”.  You can't add this app here is the common issue users get while installing the SharePoint apps or SPFx packages.   This is a generalize message shown in various situations. You can check the reason on clicking "Find out why". Some of the causes and there solutions are listed below:  Cause 1 : Good news - you already have this on your site.   First Scenario : Meaning of this message is that app is already added on the site, go to the Site content and check that app is already exist or not, If exist and still you want to add it, uninstall the app and also remove it from the recycle bin and then you will be able to add this app. Second Scenario :  If you checked the site content and app is not installed, go to the recycle bin (also to admin recycle bin ) and if app...

"Append Changes to Existing Text " in SharePoint document library

You want to add a multi line text field in document library, which allows to append changes to existing text. When you create a multi line of text field in library and there is no option available to do this. In this post you will also get answer for the question "Append Changes to Existing Text" option is missing in SharePoint document library. There is no option available for "Append Changes to Existing Text " in SharePoint document library but this option is available in the List. But, you can get the append able column in SharePoint document library by following the steps mentioned below: Create a site column: 1 Go the Site Settings and click on the " Site columns " under "Web Designer Galleries" . 2 Click on the Create . 3 Give the name to the field and select "Multiple lines of text" and " Append Changes to Existing Text " to  Yes.  Add site column to document library: 1 Go to the Library Settings and Click on the ...

Everything you want to know about sharepoint groups

SharePoint group is collection of users. SharePoint group is useful when you want to assign a common permission to multiple users at once instead of assigning permission to one user  at a time. How to create a group in SharePoint?  To create a group in SharePoint, follow the steps mentioned below: 1 Navigate to your site and click on gear icon. 2 Click on the Site information and one section will appear. 3 From site information section, click on the “View all site settings” 4. You will be redirect to the Site settings page. Now move to the click on “ People and groups ” under the “Users and Permissions” section. 5 You will be redirect to the People and Groups page. Click on the “Groups” option available on top of the left panel and you will be redirect to the groups page. 6  Now click on the “New” option.   7. Now you are at Create group page. Type the name in textbox next to the “Name” field and choose the appropriate permission as per your ...

Issue while embedding content using iframe in SharePoint

In this blog post, we'll explore the necessary settings required prior to embedding code within a SharePoint page. Failing to configure these settings correctly may result in issues when utilizing the embed code.  The HTML field security setting is useful to allow or restrict the ability to embed content on SharePoint pages if you use external images in JSON formatting.  Common issue like: External Icon/Image URLs not working in JSON Formatting. Embedding content from this website isn't allowed. "Embedding content from this website isn't allowed, but your admin can change this setting. They will need to add 'www.techrobbers.com' to the list of sites that are allowed." This issue came when you try to add embed code from the site which is not added into the "Allow iframes from this domain". To embed the content from the site you need to add the site in the  HTML Field Security . To resolve this issue, follow steps mentioned below: 1. Click ...

How to join microsoft teams meeting

In this article, you will going to get all the answers of your questions which are related to joining the Microsoft teams meeting.  Some common questions are: How to join the teams meeting from web?? How to join the teams meeting using browser?? Join microsoft teams meeting as guest?? Join microsoft teams meeting without account?? Anyone can join a meeting using Microsoft teams without a Teams account. follow steps mentioned below to join meeting without MS Teams account. Click on the meeting link form the meeting invitation.  Once you click on the meeting link it will open a web page. alert will be generated, click on                 " Cancel ". After cancelling the alert, Select the " Continue on this browser ".                 You will redirected to teams meeting, do the setting of mic/camera and click on " Join now ". Now you will bring to the lobby and some one from the team...

Useful commands for SPFx development

In this blog, we are going to learn all the commands which are very useful in developing SharePoint Framework client side solutions. These commands are useful in both web parts and extensions development using SPFx Framework. You can install node modules and use them in SharePoint Framework and either you can use things from CDN also. Clean and build the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) client side solution. gulp clean gulp build Create app package of SharePoint Framework (SPFx) client side solution. gulp bundle --ship gulp package-solution --ship Install Jquery in  SharePoint Framework (SPFx) client side solution. npm install jquery --save npm install @types/jquery --save-dev Install bootstrap in  SharePoint Framework (SPFx) client side solution. npm install bootstrap --save npm install @types/bootstrap  --save-dev Install bootstrap with a specific version in  SharePoint Framework (SPFx) client side solution. npm install bootstrap@4 --save npm install @types/bootstrap@4 ...