SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 RSReportViewer SQL Report Viewer not rendering error
INTRODUCTION A client of mine is upgrading their SP 2010 environment to SP 2016. As part of the migration work, the RDL files also need to be migrated. Installing and configuring the SQL Report Service for SharePoint is rather easy. You just run the SQL Install wizard and choose the SQL Reporting for SharePoint features. […]
Continue ReadingHow to Enable RBS Remote Blob Storage for SharePoint 2013, 2016 steps that actually work
INTRODUCTION I’m in the process of configuring SharePoint RBS Remote Blob Storage for a client’s SP 2016 on-premise installation. I thought I would be sharing in this article the steps I took to actually make it work. Some of the articles on the net are only partially working, so hopefully this article can paint a […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint calling 3rd party SOAP – An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
INTRODUCTION I have a custom ASMX deployed to SharePoint, within that ASMX was a code to call an another SOAP service (written in PHP). On my mockup ASP.NET website all works well. As soon as I transferred the code to SharePoint, I get this error even though I’ve tried to add the SSL certificate of […]
Continue ReadingThe Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileImportJob Generic failure
INTRODUCTION My client said to me that their SharePoint user profile is not synching. Upon checking, the “User Profile Synchronization Service” is started, and the User Profile Application Service is also running fine. However, when I clicked the “Start full synchronization”, nothing happens. The status does not change, it remains in “Idle”. Then I checked […]
Continue ReadingError: TypeError: Unable to get property ‘replace’ of undefined or null reference
INTRODUCTION One day the disk space on my client’s Production SharePoint SQL Server is running out. This caused couple of the custom lists in their Intranet site showing the following error on the list view page: Error: TypeError: Unable to get property ‘replace’ of undefined or null reference Even if I tried to create a […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint Lookup Drop-Down Cannot Be Clicked in IE11
INTRODUCTION My client has just upgraded their workstations to IE11. They’re currently running SharePoint 2010 for their Intranet and not looking to upgrade any time soon. So as you know, IE11 causes a lot of bugs. One of them is, the lookup drop-down control is not clickable if you have more than 10 items in […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint Reporting Service Error – System.Security.Policy.PolicyException: Required permissions cannot be acquired
INTRODUCTION I just uninstalled SharePoint SQL Reporting Service from my development environment because it’s no longer used and was using an incorrect version. The uninstallation was straight forward. After the uninstallation was finished, I went to Central Admin home page and it loaded fine. Only until I clicked any of the Central Admin internal pages […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint IsDlg Not Working Properly: Left Nav and Ribbon Are Still Displayed
INTRODUCTION So my client is running SharePoint which unfortunately the main master page has been modified using SharePoint Designer; therefore it causes the master page to be “un-ghosted”. Any updates made to the original master page located in the source control (TFS) no longer affects the stored master page due to this disconnection. Therefore, I had to copy/paste the customisation from […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint 2013 2010 Refresh Excel Service Data Source Error
INTRODUCTION I have some Excel files in SharePoint that connect to few external Data Sources such as SQL and other Excel files using Power Query. Upon clicking the “Refresh Data Connection” in Excel Service ie. web browser, I get a pop-up error saying that my data sources can’t be refreshed. Then I went to the SharePoint server […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint Workflow Error – Failed to find the XML file at location
INTRODUCTION I was trying to edit a custom Visual Studio workflow in SharePoint. And upon clicking the workflow, instead of redirecting me to the Workflow Association page, it returned me with ASP.NET error page. In the error log file I get the following error that is totally unrelated: Failed to find the XML file at […]
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