Monthly Archives: January 2015

How to get WssID for new taxonomy value in the REST Post call?

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Pankaj

How to get WssID for new taxonomy value in the REST Post call? So I looked for this and I found various places to use CSOM or JavaScript way to get the WssId. But it is quite simple for the … Continue reading →

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SPRemoteAPIExplorer cool tool for the developers

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Pankaj

The SP Remote API Explorer is pretty cool utility for developers. https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/26a16717-0c9a-4367-8dfd-bb09e7e2deb5?SRC=Home The utility can be installed on the developer VM with SharePoint and Visual Studio. The utility pre requisite is you will need local SP farm with Visual Studio. … Continue reading →

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How to navigate to ‘User Photos’ List on my site host?

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Pankaj

If you are not aware that the user pictures are stored in the my-site host site collection. The pictures are stored in the ‘User Photos’ list’s folder named ‘Profile Pictures’. There will be three types of picture for an User … Continue reading →

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Workaround for correctly retrieving Single select taxonomy field Label value via REST

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Pankaj

Problem: I have list names “Experts” with a Metadata Column as ContosoLevel. When I retrieve the column via REST call I get only following in the response for the column. “ContosoLevel”:{“__metadata”:{“type”:”SP.Taxonomy.TaxonomyFieldValue”},“Label”:”1″,”TermGuid”:”47dd115d-7399-46d1-b985-205e499bbbdd”,”WssId”:1} I was expecting the Label field will have the … Continue reading →

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