The SharePoint Hive

Managing SharePoint 2019/Online (I started with SP2007) is my dayjob ... every so often, I have a challenge that I can't solve via Google, so I have to figure it out for myself. When that happens, I post the solution here, reasoning that if I couldn't find the answer by searching the internet, nor could others. I hope these posts help someone ...

Friday, 8 August 2025

Setting DefaultSelectedItems in a hard-coded ComboBox

I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A SIMPLE FORM for our company's branch offices to report on what Business services they have in place. Over the ...

Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Problems with Lookup Columns when copying item metadata from one library to another

DURING 2024, MICROSOFT HAS BEEN DEPRECATING FUNCTIONS IN CLASSIC SHAREPOINT. Needless to say this has been causing me problems with the leg...

Friday, 26 January 2024

PowerApps - Retrieve an Employee's ID (employeeId)

YOU'D THINK IT'D BE EASIER TO GET THE EMPLOYEE ID, RIGHT? Just add Office365 as a data source to your Power Apps form then call: ...

Saturday, 22 April 2023

Passing SharePoint List values from one list to another

I WAS LOOKING TO PASS LIST VALUES FROM ONE LIST TO ANOTHER in Power Apps, and it was quite a bit trickier than I imagined. The company I wo...

Thursday, 2 February 2023

Where did that Contoso dummy content come from?

HERE'S A THING ... an internal client of mine was working on a modern Experience site, and some of her navigation links were taking her...

Thursday, 22 December 2022

Power Apps: Add person to SharePoint Name field via dropdown in Canvas App form

POWER APPS AND SHAREPOINT IS AN IMMENSELY POWERFUL COMBINATION that allows you to construct time-saving automated applications that will sa...

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