Monthly Archives: January 2015

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

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

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?

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

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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