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SharePoint Pro FAQs

Q: How can we neatly manage a complex mix of private and public content on the same SharePoint portal?

By Celina Baginski, 01/12/2012

In this article, Celina Baginski will show you how to manage a mix of private and public content on the same SharePoint portal.

Q: How Do I Change the Icon on the Sign-In Page in SharePoint 2010?

By Bart McDonough, 06/06/2011

Give your SharePoint sign-in page a new icon that's more user-friendly.

Q: I received the error "Failure Loading Item Picker" in the SharePoint ULS log. What do I do?

By Ethan Wilansky, 05/31/2011

The underlying SharePoint BDC code didn't catch this and the error message isn't exactly specific. What should you do?

Q: I got this error: "Report Server has encountered a SharePoint error. User cannot be found."

By Ethan Wilansky, 05/09/2011

Did you set the Author field on all Webs in all site collections in all SharePoint Web Applications?

Q: How do I control the visibility of BDC type descriptors in the External Item Picker control with the ShowInPicker property?

By Tomek Stojecki, 04/01/2011

Want to hide some of the type descriptors that appear in the item picker? Here's how.

Q: How Do I Create a Data Source for the Search Web Service in SharePoint Designer 2010?

By Bart McDonough, 01/21/2011

Setting up a data source against the search web service in SharePoint Designer isn’t easy--but we've boiled it down to these steps.

Q: How can I automate retrieving and deleting a BDC Application Model in SharePoint 2010?

By Tomek Stojecki, 01/13/2011

Automate BDC application model deletion and save some time.

Q: Attempting to Configure Search Scope Settings for a Site Collection Throws an Error

By Ethan Wilansky, 01/12/2011

The error message says The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service. Here's one solution involving configuring service application associations in SharePoint.

Q: How do I display a user-friendly value?

By Stefan Kowalewski, 12/06/2010

SharePoint InfoPath tip for when you don't want to display the ID of the selected value but something more user friendly.