List Search Simple Web Part Release 2.5 was released to Bamboo’s store this week with new improved features along with a minor release of Discussion Board Plus and patch of World Clock and Weather Web Part.  Please see below for more details about the new releases.

HW11A List Search Simple Web Part for SharePoint 2010 Release 2.5.56 (File version 20.5.56)

New Features:
 
•    Highlight search terms and keywords in the result set.
•    Select a list view at runtime to determine which columns appear in the search results. 
•    Fill-in Choice column values are populated in the dropdown selection options.
•    Improved keyboard navigation and accessibility support for Choice and Lookup columns search fields.
 
Resolved Issues:
 
•    Ability to apply custom CSS to Choice and Lookup column search fields.
•    The PDF icon type is not displayed in search results.
•    Plus (+) and minus (-) symbols within quotations (e.g. "John + Jane") are treated like AND/OR operators.
•    The Web Part displays an error when accessing sites using Unified Access Gateway (UAG) with Internet Explorer 10 browser.
•    Searching for Choice or Lookup values containing quotation marks ("") may display the incorrect search results.
•    Searching a metadata column using anonymous access display a "Result:Access is denied" error.

New Known Issues:
 
•    Lookup search values are not highlighted in the result set.
•    The Web Part is not supported for SharePoint publishing sites.
•    Altering the search criteria and re-running search after editing search result items may display a JavaScript error.
•    Editing a Choice column value from the search results may display a JavaScript error.
•    Searching Data and Time column values in Unified Access Gateway (UAG) environments may cause the page to refresh.
•    Upgrading Bamboo's Grants Management Solutions Accelerator with List Search Simple version 2.5 may cause textbox styling issues.

No New Limitation.

HW11A List Search Simple Web Part for SharePoint 2013 Release 2.5.56.2013 (File version 20.5.56.2013)

New Features:
 
•    Highlight search terms and keywords in the result set.
•    Select a list view at runtime to determine which columns appear in the search results. 
•    SharePoint callout menu support for document library search.
•    Fill-in Choice column values are populated in the dropdown selection options.
•    Improved keyboard navigation and accessibility support for Choice and Lookup column search fields.
 
Resolved Issues:
 
•    Ability to apply custom CSS to Choice and Lookup column search fields.
•    Triggering search after disabling dropdown menus for Lookup columns may return an error. 
•    Plus (+) and minus (-) symbols within quotations (e.g. "John + Jane") are treated like AND/OR operators.
•    The Comments column content of Issue Tracking lists are not displayed when exported to Excel.
•    Ability to filter calculated columns values using the column headers.
•    Searching for Choice or Lookup values containing quotation marks ("") may display the incorrect search results.
 
New Known Issues:
 
•    Lookup search values are not highlighted in the result set.
•    The Web Part is not supported for SharePoint publishing sites.
•    Altering the search criteria and re-running search after editing search result items may display a JavaScript error.
•    Editing a Choice column value from the search results may display a JavaScript error.
•    Searching Data and Time column values in Unified Access Gateway (UAG) environments may cause a page refresh.
•    Upgrading Bamboo's Grants Management Solutions Accelerator with List Search Simple version 2.5 may cause textbox styling issues. 
 
No New Limitation.

SA75 Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint 2010 Release 2.5.32 (File version 20.5.32)

New Features:

•    Post replies or create new topics directly via email.
•    Add emoji characters to topics and replies.
•    Discussion boards inherit the SharePoint site theme.
•    Improvements to the Discussion Board Plus Upgrade Utility (Moved to Central Administration and allows Web Application wide upgrade).
 
Includes the updated versions of following products:

•    List Search Simple Web Part  R2.3.25 (HW11A)
 
New Known Issues:

•    The emoticons characters may not display correct when posting replies or creating topics via email.
•    After upgrading to Discussion Board Plus version 2.5, the Discussion Board Plus Central Administration feature is not automatically activated. (Workaround: From SharePoint Central Administration, click Manage Web Application> Manage Features and activate the Bamboo Discussion Board Plus Central Admin Feature for Central Administration and the all Web Applications where you have Discussion Board Plus deployed)
 
New Limitations:

•    Discussion Board Plus Email feature using an Exchange Online account requires the email address specified in the Discussion Board Plus E-mail Settings to match the "From" and "Reply-to" address in SharePoint's Outgoing E-mail Settings
•    Tags are not displayed under the Topic view if tags are copy-pasted into the Tag column field.
•    Images and attachments from topics or replies posted via email are not displayed in the Discussion Board Plus lists.

 SA75 Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint 2013 Release 2.5.40.2013 (File version 20.5.40.2013)

New Features:

•    Post replies or create new topics directly via email.
•    Add emoji characters to topics and replies.
•    Discussion boards inherit the SharePoint site theme.
•    Improvements to the Discussion Board Plus Upgrade Utility (Moved to Central Administration and allows Web Application wide upgrade).
 
This release includes the store versions of following products:

•    List Search Simple Web Part R2.3.8.2013 (HW11A)
•    Rating Column R1.1.65.2013 (HW41I)
 
Resolved Issues:

•    After migrating Discussion Board Plus from SharePoint 2010 to 2013, creating new discussions topics may display a 'Save Conflict' error message.
•    After migrating from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, private reply icons are not displayed.
•    After migrating Discussion Board Plus from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, Flat view is added to the Pivot Control of Forum view.
 
New Known Issues:

•    After upgrading to Discussion Board Plus version 2.5 or migration from SharePoint 2010, the Discussion Board Plus Central Administration feature is not automatically activated. (Workaround: From SharePoint Central Administration, click Manage Web Application> Manage Features and activate the Bamboo Discussion Board Plus Central Admin Feature for Central Administration and the all Web Applications where you have Discussion Board Plus deployed)
 
New Limitations:

•    Images and attachments from topics or replies posted via email are not displayed in the Discussion Board Plus lists.
•    Topics or replies posted via email may cause the pivot controls to display incorrectly.
•    The discussion body and text are not inherited correctly for the following SharePoint  site themes: Immerse, Lime, City, Orbit, Red, Purple, and Wood.
•    Discussion Board Plus Email feature using an Exchange Online account requires the email address specified in the Discussion Board Plus E-mail Settings to match the "From" and "Reply-to" address in SharePoint's Outgoing E-mail Settings.
•    Emoji characters are not displayed in the Forum and Management views.

HW17 World Clock & Weather Web Part for SharePoint 2010 Release 3.0.29 ( File version 30.0.29) and SharePoint 2013 Release 3.0.29.2013 (File version 30.0.29.2013)

Bug Fixes:

•    Shows error message when locale in Site Settings is not set to "English (United States)".
•    Does not update image and temperature when using cached weather data.
•    World Clock and Weather list is now hidden from users.
 
No New Known Issues or New Limitations.

For this week in Bamboo, we rolled out a major release 2.5 for Time Tracking and Management to the storefront and also released the patch for the following products: Alert Plus, List Rollup, Calendar Plus, Data-Viewer Web Parts and Workflow Conductor.  For a complete list of the new releases, please see below.

SA12A Time Tracking & Management for SharePoint 2010 Release R2.5.61 (File version 20.5.61)

New Features:
  
•    Option to archive items in the Timesheets list to another location. 
•    Ability to import user information from the SharePoint User Profile Database to the Timesheet Resources list.
•    Enhanced export options, including the ability to schedule exports and the inclusion of the following timesheet columns: Department, Timesheet Comments and Resource ID.
•    New tool allows Timesheet Managers to review resource timesheet submission status and send submission reminders.
•    Updated UI streamlines access to user and manager pages with tabbed navigation (My Time / My Resources' Time).
•    Timesheet Entry Web Part modified to remove leading zeros from cells.
•    New pre-defined alert available to notify users if a change was made to their timesheet by the approving manager.
•    Display on the following pages updated to group by timesheet period:

•    My Approved Timesheets
•    My Submitted Timesheets
•    My Rejected Timesheets
•    Approved by Me
•    Rejected by Me

•    Streamlined timesheet approval web part only displays project tasks that resources have entered time against.
 
Includes the updated version of following products:
 
•    HW24 List Rollup version 7.0.130
•    HW05 Alert Plus version 4.0.84
 
Resolved Bugs:
  
•    Timesheet Period Status column was not updated when timesheets were Auto-approved.
•    Timesheets were not saved when "Collapse all the Project  Name groups by default" option in the Timesheet Entry Web Part was enabled.
•    If one item in the timesheet tasks list did not have a due date, some items in the list with due dates may not have been displayed in the Timesheet Entry Web Part.   NOTE:  By design, tasks without due dates are not displayed.
•    When due date has not value on one or more tasks, Time Entry Web Part does not list all assigned tasks.
  
New Known Issues:
 
•    When PM Central 4.3 (SP2010) is integrated with TTM 2.5, reports that get content from TTM and are rendered in PM Central display an error message.
•    Java script error is displayed on the Timesheet Entry page when accessed with IE 10 on UAG.   This error is caused by the IE configuration.   See the link below for information on how to resolve:    http://www.itsupportforum.net/topic/internet-explorer-automation-server-cant-create-object/
•    If using TTM in https/UAG environment with IE 10,  Bamboo recommends using Compatibility  mode.
•    When using IE11, once a report is generated and filtered you cannot filter a report by a new set of criteria. Workaround is to reload the page.
•    After upgrading for TTM 1.7 to 2.0 the error message "Access Denied: You must have Full Control or be a member of  a Report Center group to view the reports." is displayed when the logged in user belongs to an AD group that was granted permission to the Report Center via the  Reporting.aspx  and the Web Part's Permissions Settings. To resolve the issue access the Report Center Web Part's configuration tool pane, then click Save > Apply > OK.
 
New Limitations:

•    The Resource ID cannot get value if Timesheet User is a SharePoint group or AD group.
•    User Interface - If the header column width is narrow down, the text of the grid footer will be cut off. This is the limitation of the Telerik radgrid control.
•    Grouping is case-insensitive in Report Center reports. For example, in a report that groups timesheet data by project, data from two different projects with names "Project A" and "project a" will be grouped together.
•    When adding views to the Report Views field for an item in the Report Configuration list, view names are case-sensitive. For example, "Approved Timesheets" and "approved timesheets" are not the same. The text must match the view name configured in the Timesheets list exactly.

 SA12A Time Tracking & Management for SharePoint 2013 Release R2.5.61.2013 (File version 20.5.61.2013)

New Features:
 
•    Option to archive items in the Timesheets list to another location
•    Ability to import user profile information from the SharePoint User Profile Database to the Timesheet Resources list
•    Enhanced export options include the ability to schedule exports and the inclusion of the following timesheet columns: Department, Timesheet Comments and Resource ID.
•    New tool allows Timesheet Managers to review resource timesheet submission status and send submission reminders.
•    Updated UI streamlines access to user and manager pages with tabbed navigation (My Time / My Resources' Time).
•    Timesheet Entry Web Part modified to remove leading zeros from cells
•    New pre-defined alert available to notify users if a change was made to their timesheet by the approving manager.
•    Display on the following pages updated to show items grouped by timesheet period:

•    My Approved Timesheets
•    My Submitted Timesheets
•    My Rejected Timesheets
•    Approved by Me
•    Rejected by Me

•    Streamlined timesheet approval web part only displays project tasks that resources have entered time against.
 
Includes the updated version of following products:
 
•    HW24 List Rollup version 7.0.107.2013
•    HW05 Alert Plus version 4.0.71.2013
 
Resolved Bugs:
  
•    Timesheet Period Status column was not updated when timesheets were Auto-approved.
•    Timesheets were not saved when "Collapse all the Project  Name groups by default" option in the Timesheet Entry Web Part was enabled.
•    If one item in the timesheet tasks list did not have a due date, some items in the list with due dates may not have been displayed in the Timesheet Entry Web Part.   NOTE:    By design, tasks without due dates are not displayed.

New Known Issues :
 
•    Java script error is displayed on the Timesheet Entry page when accessed with IE 10 on UAG.   This error is caused by the IE configuration.   See the link below for information on how to resolve:    http://www.itsupportforum.net/topic/internet-explorer-automation-server-cant-create-object/
•    If using TTM in https/UAG environment with IE 10,  Bamboo recommends using Compatibility  mode.
•    When using IE11, once a report is generated and filtered you cannot filter a report by a new set of criteria. Workaround is to reload the page.

New Limitations:

•    The Resource ID cannot get value if Timesheet User is a SharePoint group or AD group.
•    User Interface - If the header column width is narrow down, the text of the grid footer will be cut off. This is the limitation of the Telerik radgrid control.
•    Grouping is case-insensitive in Report Center reports. For example, in a report that groups timesheet data by project, data from two different projects with names "Project A" and "project a" will be grouped together.
•    When adding views to the Report Views field for an item in the Report Configuration list, view names are case-sensitive. For example, "Approved Timesheets" and "approved timesheets" are not the same. The text must match the view name configured in the Timesheets list exactly.

HW05 Alert Plus Web Part for SharePoint 2010 Release 4.0.84 (File version 40.0.84) and SharePoint 2015 Release 4.0.71.2013 (File version 40.0.71.2013)

New Features:

•    Option for alerts to only be sent once.

Bug Fixes:

•    Alerts on recurring events fail to send under certain conditions.
•    Editing an email template in HTML mode breaks hyperlinks.
•    A blank alert is sent along with a regular alert under certain conditions.
•    A blank space after a semi-colon caused alerts to only be send to the first address listed.
•    Name tokens not displayed when alerting on a rollup list.
•    Text updates.

New Known Issues:

•    In Project Management Central SA12, the recipient field may not populate under the "Send reminder to requestor when query report is completed" alert. Workaround: change the "Alert List Site Option Type" value to 2.
•    Selecting alert configuration values in Safari causes page to reload.
•    Image Manager and Table Wizard may display incorrectly. Workaround: add the installer account as a Site Collection Administrator.
•    Changes made within the Table Wizard are not reflected in the email content. Workaround: use inline table styles instead.
 
No New Limitations.

HW24 List Rollup Web Part for SharePoint 2010 Release 4.0.130 (File version 40.0.130) and SharePoint 2013 Release 4.0.107.2013 (File version 40.0.107.2013)

Bug Fixes:

•    Grid view does not show full columns.
•    Filtering multi-value columns yields incorrect results in Grid view.
•    Filtering by Content Type returns no data in Grid view.
•    Unable to create a schema when Schema Rollup is on a published, checked-in wiki page.
•    When Web Part resides in a Publishing Site, the Selected Template List configuration drop down is blank.
•    Filtering by Calculated Column returns no data in Grid view.

New Known Issues:

•    No data is displayed when 2000+ sites are rolled up using BAS schema.
•    Installation rolls back when installed on application server. Workaround: remove and install again.

No New Limitations.

 HW20 Calendar Plus Web Part for SharePoint 2013 Release 4.6.55.2013 (File version 40.6.55.2013)

Bug Fixes:

•    No calendar events are displayed for users with read permissions if the calendar is configured with a single list that the user does not have access to view.
•    The Gantt View displays the incorrect dates and times if the Regional Settings for the SharePoint site are set to a UTC time zone and English (UK) locale settings.
 
New Known Issues:

•    The Web Part only displays the Month View when accessing sites using Unified Access Gateway (UAG) with Safari browsers.
 
No New Limitations.

HW37 Data-Viewer Web Part for SharePoint 2010 Release 3.7.53 (File version 30.7.53) and SharePoint 2013 Release 3.7.53.2013 (File version 30.7.53.2013)

Bug Fixes:
 
•    Unable to configure web part when accessing the site via UAG.
•    Internal bug fixes regarding SQL data source, UAG environment, Chrome browser and to support List Rollup R7.0.
 
No New Known Issues or New Limitations.

SA08 Workflow Conductor for SharePoint 2013 Release 4.0.2.2013 (File version 40.0.2.2013)

Bug Fixes:

•    Publishing workflows with the "start workflow when an item is created" option selected displays an error.
•    The Manage Site Collection Reusable Workflows site setting may display a "value does not fall within the expected range" error.
•    The Update Item widget displays an error when updating items with ID numbers greater than 32,767.
•    Email notifications from the Collect Data From User and Request Approval widgets contain broken links to the workflow form if the list name contains a blank space.
•    HTML tags are inserted into plain text fields when copying workflow variables containing rich text content.
•    Hyperlinks are not inserted correctly to the Rich Text Editor.   
•    Using a loopVar variable in the Repeat for Each Item widget displays an error. 
•    Editing the Conditional Branch widget's 'Condition' field inserts a leading "1" to the field value.
•    Check In Comments are not displayed in Approval email notifications.
 
No New Known Issues or New Limitations.

Patches for Bamboo Knowledge Base, List Search Simple & Advanced Pack, and File Share Library were released to the storefront this week.  More details can be found below.

SA05 Bamboo Knowledge Base for SharePoint 2013 Release 2.3.16.2013 (File version 20.3.16.2013)

Includes updated versions of the following components:

•    HW37 Data-Viewer Web Part R30.7.53.2013
•    HW55 Navigators Web Part R20.0.45.2013

Bug Fixes:

•    Image Manager function not supported in Article Text column.
•    Font size of Article Text applied incorrectly when set to 3 point.
•    When attempting to open a new tab from the search results, the search page is displayed instead of the article.

New known issues:
 
•    UI2010 When creating a new folder in the Article Text Image Manager using Internet Explorer 9 or 10, an "Unknown name" error is displayed (Note: the new folder is still created).

HW11AB List Search Simple & Advanced Pack for SharePoint 2010 Release 1.8.7 (File version 10.8.7)

Includes updated versions of the following components:

•    HW11A List Search Simple Web Part R2.5.56 (File version 20.5.56)– Release Date: 09/04/2015
•    HW11B List Search Advance Web Part R1.9.55 (File version 10.9.55)– Release Date: 06/26/2015

HW11AB List Search Simple & Advanced Pack for SharePoint 2013 Release 1.8.7.2013 (File version 10.8.7.2013)

Includes updated versions of the following components:
 
•    HW11A List Search Simple Web Part R2.5.56.2013 (File version 20.5.56.2013) – Release Date: 09/04/2015
•    HW11B List Search Advanced Web Part R1.9.80.2013 (File version R10.9.80.2013) – Release Date: 06/26/2015

HW60 File Share Library for SharePoint 2010 Release 2.5.91 (File version 20.5.91) and SharePoint 2013 Release 2.5.91.2013 (File version 20.5.91.2013)

Bug Fixes:

• Improved performance.

No New Known Issues or New Limitations

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How to upgrade Discussion Board Plus from previous versions to current version R2.5

The purpose of the Upgrade Utility is to update data from previous versions to the current version, such as number of Replies, Views and more.

You must run the Upgrade Utility in the following cases:

• If you are upgrading this product from versions 1.0 or 1.5 to version 2.0, or the current version 2.5
• If you are migrating this product from SP2010 to SP2013 R2.0 or R2.5

When running Discussion Board Plus Upgrade Control on the Setup, in order to upgrade, the User Interface didn’t use to look professional. In our new upgrade, we’ve designed a new user interface that’s easier to use.

In R2.5, we have moved the Upgrade Utility to the Central Administrator page. When you’re ready to upgrade the data, you’ll need to follow the steps listed below:

After installing Discussion Board Plus onto your server, go to Central Administrator page → scroll down to click Upgrade Utility under Bamboo Discussion Board Plus Settings section.

Note: If there are errors related to resource files, see further instructions at the bottom of the article.

Here you have two options:

• Upgrade Discussion Board Plus lists in a Site Collection: If you want to upgrade only one site collection, enter the site collection URL into the textbox and click the OK button.
• Upgrade Discussion Board Plus lists in a Web Application: If you want to upgrade a web application, enter the web application URL into the textbox and click the OK button.

After running Upgrade Utility, return to your site and click F5 to refresh the page. Everything should show up correctly now.

We’d like to show you some problems related to resource files, which you can see in the upgrade process.

After installing Discussion Board Plus, the product shows an error page when you click on “Upgrade Utility” or “E-mail Settings”. This is usually due to the resource files not being copied to the global resources folder (App Global Resources) of the web application, following solution deployment. This may happen if the SharePoint Timer service account did not have the appropriate permissions to successfully execute custom job(s) that are scheduled during deployment. Please see: https://store.bamboosolutions.com/KB/Article.aspx?id=11785

Resolution:The following command will copy the resource files required at the web application level from their locations in the 14 or 15 hive CONFIG folder, to the correct location in each web application on the server.

Note: this is not a farm-wide command, it must be invoked on each server in the farm that is running the Web Application Service.

Let’s look at the following steps:

1. Run cmd by Administrator permission
   
2. Type cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\BIN
   
3. Run stsadm.exe -o copyappbincontent
   
4. Next, return to Central Administrator and click refresh page. It will display the content as expected
   

Bamboo Push Email Service: Create a topic via email

Base SharePoint does not support fully functioning email post/reply or has different ways of working with SharePoint lists. Thus, you need to configure different e-mail addresses for each SharePoint List. This is a significant limitation when you want to send emails to create, or reply to, various threads in multiple Discussion Board Plus lists on the same site collection or web application. (Learn more here.)

In Discussion Board Plus R2.5, we’ve introduced a fully collaborative element between Outlook and SharePoint lists. Now multiple lists can use a single email to receive data. The purpose of this feature is to save users time spent on configuring email addresses for each list.  Of course, the email template must include the list information when you send an email.

This release is supported by Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 and Exchange Office 365. 

Note: List title might not have the same title following WAD of base SharePoint.

In this article, we’ll show you how to configure E-mail Settings to create threads/topics on multiple Discussion Board Plus lists via an MS Exchange. 

How to configure E-mail Settings

Go to Central Administrator Page → click on E-mail Settings

Provide information on the page:

• Site Collection: Select a site collection. For example: http://serverchauo15
• Exchange service URL: For example: https://172.0.0.8 or https://outlook.office365.com
• Email address: For example: account@domain.com or account@domain.onmicrosoft.com
• Username: For example: domain\account or account@domain.onmicrosoft.com
• Password: enter your email password

Click OK.

Create a topic via email

First of all, you must create a Discussion Board Plus list on your site as pictured below.

Go to MS Exchange to create a thread/topic with the following email templates:

1. Template #1-Use list title inside it.

To:provide the email which is configured in the list setting or in Central Admin

Subject:the topic title

Body:

                List: {provide a list title}

                Enter your email body

Here's an example of creating a regular topic:

After Timer Job ran, refresh your site to see new thread in DB+ list

Click on the topic to see the content.

2. Template #2-Use list URL

To:provide the email which is configured in the list setting or in Central Admin

Subject:the topic title

Body:

                List: {provide a list URL}

                Type in the body of your email

After Timer Job ran, refresh your site to see new thread in DB+ list.

Click on the topic to see the content.

Note: If you want to run Timer Job to receive email immediately, read What’s new in Discussion Board Plus R2.5 - Part 3 of 6.

Bamboo Push Email Service: Create a reply via email

After configuring Email Settings and creating topics/threads shown in Part 2, you can create a reply for the following templates:

Template 1: Use Topic URL or Topic Title

To:provide the email which is configured in the list setting or in Central Admin

Subject: enter the subject

Body:

List: {LIST_URL or LIST_TITLE}

Topic: {TOPIC_URL or TOPIC_TITLE}

Enter your email body

In the example below, we are replying to the topic, "Event Recap: Protiviti’s Project Management Symposium".

In this example, we're using List URL and Topic URL.

After Timer Job ran, refresh your site to see the new reply in DB+ list.

Template 2: Use Re: Topic Title on Subject field

To:provide the email which is configured in the list setting or in Central Admin

Subject: Re: TOPIC TITLE

Body:

List: {LIST_URL or LIST_TITLE}

Type in the body of your email. 

After Timer Job ran, refresh your site to see the new reply in DB+ list.

Note: Check out Part 4 to run Time Job to receive emails immediately. 

Bamboo Push Email Service: Create a reply to an alert via email

First, let's take a look at creating an alert in Exchange. 

Go to Central Administrator →  System Settings →  Click on Configure outgoing e-mail settings.

Fill in the information for:

Outbound SMTP server: For example: 172.0.0.8

Form address: For example: chauhuynh@bamboo.com

Go to Discussion Board Plus → Forum Settings in the Ribbon → Select Automatically alert authors checkbox

Login to your site with a user who already has an email address, then create a topic in the DB+ list.

Go to the Mailbox of the user who has just created a topic in DB+ list, and make sure you see an alert sent from the DB+ list.

Click on the Reply button and type in the body of your email, keeping the content of topic as pictured below. Now click Send.

After the Timer Job runs, you will see the following reply:

How to run Bamboo Push Email Service

You can use the Bamboo Push Email Service to run Timer Job after creating topics or replies via email. In this article, we’ll show you how.

Go to Central Administrator page → Monitoring → click on Review job definitions under Timer Jobs section.

Scroll down to “Bamboo Push Email Service” hyperlink.

You can change the schedule to run for the Timer Job here. Additionally, you can click on the Run Now button to run Timer Job immediately.

Emojis

In R2.5, Discussion Board Plus will provide and enable an Emoji checkbox in the Ribbon. It will display the lists of available Emoticons when you create a topic or reply to a Discussion Board Plus list.

You can find free emojis here. 

Go to List tab → Click on Forum Settings → select Enable Emoji checkbox. Click OK.

Click New Discussion to create a topic → you will see an Emoji icon in the bottom right part of the screen

There are five tabs from which you can select Emoticons

You can type “:” to see the list of Emoticons.

Unity Connect kicked off with a must-attend, in-depth conversation with Spencer Harbar, Scot Hillier and Dan Holme, who talked about the current state of SharePoint and Office 365. They addressed many pressing questions about what customers can expect from SharePoint 2016 and voiced their support of migrating to the Cloud.

Without further ado, we’d like to share with you what we’ve learned at the opening keynote session.

The three Microsoft experts discussed the concerns that many businesses have about moving to the Cloud, however, they emphasized that the numerous tools online and the vast information available make it beneficial to make this change. According to these experts, Office 365, which contains SharePoint, is one of the first steps towards creating a business solution that transcends tech visions we’ve had before, and it will empower us to work more efficiently.

They also suggest that being a Microsoft customer today means that we have a lot more flexibility to work with the tools we truly need. They see the Cloud as Microsoft’s ability to innovate and to serve their customers with improved solutions. They predict that businesses will no longer be able to solve their problems with the old ways, and will need to look to the new technology to spearhead positive changes and get results. If we have a well-functioning core platform –they reason – we can solely focus on running that efficiently and, ideally, the rest of our business problems will fade away. Owing to this unified platform, we can–as Mr. Harbar phrased, – “free ourselves of the shackles of outdated IT controls on what we can do.” And while the transition may hold a lot of change management pain, we do need these new methods to solve the problems we face today as individual end-users, and collectively, as businesses.

While discussing migration to the Cloud, Mr. Holme asked the audience to raise their hands if they were excited about the process. Then he asked for another show of hands, this time to see how many of us worked for businesses that were reluctant to move online. The same people raised their hands both times.To ease businesses’ worries, Harbar, Hillier, and Holme have made a compelling argument for migration: Microsoft Cloud gives us the power to pull together all of Microsoft’s tools and build an incredible, new user experience we’ve never seen before. For instance, SharePoint, Exchange, and OneNote used together can yield an enhanced and fresh user experience.

They consider SharePoint 2016 a small but significant part of the puzzle. While it won’t introduce significant end-user capabilities, it’s a step in the journey of refining tools and creating hybrid solutions with great business value. The value of SharePoint 2016 lies in its key role in the evolvement of hybrid solutions that will open up a world of opportunity by allowing us to unify our access to information from disparate sources.

The experts have concluded that we need to be ready to move to the Cloud and start planning user adoption. They argue that we need to be prepared because we can face new challenges anytime, which we could only resolve with the new technology only the Cloud offers. “Concerns about the changes hinder progress, so they need to go away,” Harbar stated. What’s important is that businesses overcome these challenges together. Because the technology is evolving so fast, organizations have to come together and rely on all their members: leaders, IT admins, and end-users.

After all, we know there are things better than pumpkin spice out there.

1. The launch of Microsoft Surface Pro 4

We’ve heard about the specs of the new tablet and are psyched to get our hands on them. Who wouldn’t want a beefier processor than that of the Surface Pro 3 and faster speed than what other laptops have to offer? 

2. The Release of Knowledge Base

We’re working on a major release of our popular knowledge management application. We can tell you that significant changes are coming to the user interface, which we think you’ll really enjoy!

3. Season 6 of The Walking Dead

Netflix has released Season 5 shortly before the new season’s premiere, so we’ve had plenty of time to binge-watch and catch up. After the season premiere on October 11, we can’t wait to know where our heroes are heading next. 

4. The U.S. release of Yoshi’s Woolly World

There’s something knitted and cute that we’re very much looking forward to in October. Hint: It’s not sweaters. We’re talking about Yoshi’s Woolly World, a game in which we’ll get to see our favorite Nintendo dinosaur take (a yarn-and-cloth) shape. It’s not like we’ve been listening to its OST since June… 

5. All the New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Merchandise

Kids and adults alike have been thrilled about the new series of games and collectibles. But aren’t toys just a fun distraction from the fact that we still have to wait 62 more days until the movie’s premier? If we were to assemble only 83 pieces of Lego’sUltimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon model every day, we might just stay busy until December 18^th. 

What are you looking forward to this Fall? 

This week in Bamboo, we released the following patches: Discussion Board Plus, Community Central, List Bulk Export, Rating Column, List Search Simple Web Part and List Search Simple & Advanced Pack. Please check out our storefront for the latest releases and review the list below for more details about the patches of this week.

SA75 Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint 2013 Release 2.5.47.2013 (File version 20.5.47.2013)

Include updated versions of following products:
 
•    HW11A List Search Simple Web Part R20.5.61.2013 
•    HW41I Rating Column R10.1.66.2013
 
Bug Fixes:
 
•    The web page displays a “base type '[Class Name]' is not allowed for this page" error when deploying Discussion Board Plus to a custom master page.
•    The event logs display an error after migrating from Discussion Board Plus R1.0 to Discussion Board Plus R2.5.
•    Internal bug fix to support SA15 Community Central R1.5.100.2013
 
No new known issues and limitations.

SA15 Community Central for SharePoint 2013 Release 1.5.100.2013 (File version 10.5.100.2013)

Includes the updated versions of following products:

•    HW55 Navigators R2.0.45.2013
•    SA75 Discussion Board Plus R2.5.47.2013
•    HW41I Rating Column R1.1.66.2015

Bug Fixes:

•    The event logs display an error after migrating from Discussion Board Plus R1.0 to Discussion Board Plus R2.5.
•    Internal bug fixes to support SA75 Discussion Board Plus R2.5, HW55 Navigator Web Part R2.0.

No new known issues and limitations.

HW33 List Bulk Export for SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 Release 2.0.27.1

Bug Fixes:
 
•    List Bulk Export may display the User Account Control prompt while the application is running.
•    Blank pages are printed for log files.
•    Connecting to a SharePoint site over an HTTPS protocol may result in an error.
•    Connecting to SharePoint sites using Forms-Based Authentication (FBA) displays an error.
 
New Limitations:
 
•    Connecting to a SharePoint site published using Unified Access Gateway (UAG) over an HTTPS protocol may result in an error.

HW41I Rating Column for SharePoint 2013 Release 1.1.66.2013 (File version 10.1.66.2013)

Bug Fixes:
 
•    Internal bug fixes to support SA15 Community Central R1.5
 
No New Known Issues or New Limitations.

 HW11A List Search Simple Web Part for SharePoint 2010 Release 2.5.61 (File version 20.5.61) and SharePoint 2013 Release 2.5.61.2013 (File version 20.5.61.2013)

 Bug Fixes:
 
•    Configuration error logging not providing enough information.
 
No new Limitations and known issues.

 HW11AB List Search Simple & Advanced Pack for SharePoint 2010 Release 1.8.8 (File version 10.8.8)

Includes updated versions of the following components:

•    HW11A List Search Simple Web Part R2.5.61 (File version 20.5.61) – Release Date: 09/28/2015
•    HW11B List Search Advance Web Part  R1.9.55 (File version 10.9.55) – Release Date: 06/26/2015

HW11AB List Search Simple & Advanced Pack for SharePoint 2013 Release 1.8.8.2013 (File version 10.8.8.2013)

Includes updated versions of the following components:
 
•    HW11A List Search Simple Web Part R2.5.61.2013 (File version 20.5.61.2013) – Release Date: 09/28/2015
•    HW11B List Search Advanced Web Part R1.9.80.2013 (File version R10.9.80.2013) – Release Date: 06/26/2015

In this video, we’ll show you how to create a support ticket within your My Bamboo account. Please note that you have to have a trial open or own one of our products (and have support) in order to submit one. 

And of course, make sure that you have an account with Bamboo Solutions!

Any questions? Ask away in the comment section below!

1. Keyboard Accessibility (Choice/Lookup Fields)

With its user-friendly, simple search interface, the List Search Web Part makes it easy for you to find what you are looking for. Offering powerful search options, it allows you to target specific SharePoint lists and columns, without you having to create indexes or search scopes.

One of the limitations of previous versions is the drop-down controls used for Choice and Lookup search fields that do not allow tabbed navigation or selection using shortcut keys. This lack of accessibility may be a deal breaker for organizations requiring Section 508 compliance. Thus, the primary purpose of this release is to improve usability, accessibility, and styling issues in the product. In this article, we’ll show you how to use a basic keyboard for Choice and Lookup search fields.

The latest release of Simple Search empowers you to do the following actions:

Moving between search fields (TAB/SHIFT+TAB)

Entering or deleting text input in fields (auto-complete based on input)

Selecting/de-selecting menu Items (ARROWS/SPACE/ENTER/BACK)

Submitting searches (ENTER)

2. SharePoint 2013 Search: Callout Preview Menu

In Release 2.5, Simple Search provides you with the option to enable or disable the Callouts menu in search results for Document libraries, Asset libraries, Image libraries, and Pages libraries. This will improve your search experience and better align the product with the functionality of base SharePoint 2013. 

 (Note: Callout Menu Requirement for SharePoint 2013 only)  

3. Select List Views to Display Search Results

A common request we receive from our customers is the capability to select an existing list view at runtime to determine which columns will be displayed in the search results. Thus, in release 2.5, Simple Search provides users with an option in the web part settings that allows selecting a list view before trigger search. Enabling “Display List View Selector” will surface the available list views in the search interface.

4. Highlight Terms in Search Results

You can now quickly locate relevant information at-a-glance, owing to callout previous menus and the capability to highlight search terms in the results.

An option to enable or disable this feature will be available in the web part settings –

Search terms will be highlighted in the search results if this option is enabled –

5. "Fill in" Choice Selection

In previous versions, if a choice column allowed “fill in” choices, the same choices were not available for selection in our control. In our latest release, Simple Search allows you to show your own value with Choice (Fill in)

User specified choices should be available for selection from the drop down list.

Minor release of Calendar Plus Web Part Release 4.7 for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 were released to Bamboo storefront this week along with patch release of Project Management Central Release 4.3 also for both SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013.  More details can be found below.

HW20 Calendar Plus Web Part for SharePoint 2010 Release 4.7.40 (File version 40.7.40)

New Features:

•    Overlay and display events from an Exchange calendar onto Calendar Plus views.
 
Resolved Issues:

•    The Web Part displays an Access Denied error if a user does not have permissions to view a list connected to that calendar.
•    Selecting 'Go to Date' or 'New Item' from the Gantt View toolbar may cause the scrollbar to appear.
•    The Web Part displays an error if the same column is selected for both the Start Date and End Date fields, when connected to a BDC or Mashpoint data source.
•    Updated Web Licensing Manager (Version 2.0.12.6) and internal bug fixes.

New Known Issues:

•    After upgrading Calendar Plus from R4.5 to R4.7, color coding for column values containing special characters is not displayed (Workaround: Open the Web Part Setting, and click Save).
 
New Limitations:

•    Adding or editing a numeric Lookup column value from a List Rollup data source does not generate the color-coding for that calendar event (Workaround: Open the Web Part Setting, and click Save).

HW20 Calendar Plus Web Part for SharePoint 2013 Release 4.7.74.2013 (File version 40.7.74.2013)

New Features:

•    Overlay and display events from an Exchange calendar onto Calendar Plus views.

Resolved Issues:

•    The Web Part displays an error if the same column is selected for both the Start Date and End Date fields, when connected to a BDC or Mashpoint data source.
 
Known Issues:

•    After upgrading Calendar Plus from R4.6 to R4.7, the web part displays a "File Not Found" error (Workaround: Install the Microsoft Exchange Web Service Managed API from the Calendar Plus Setup Wizard).
•    New items cannot be added directly from the web part in environments using a 2010 Look and Feel.
•    After upgrading Calendar Plus from R4.5 to R4.7, color coding for column values containing special characters is not displayed (Workaround: Open the Web Part Setting, and click Save).

Limitations:

•    Adding or editing a numeric Lookup column value from a List Rollup data source does not generate the color-coding for that calendar event (Workaround: Open the Web Part Setting, and click Save).

SA12 PM Central for SharePoint 2010 Release 4.3.79 (File version 40.3.79)

Includes updated versions of the following components:

•    Tree View Web Part R2.0.162 (file version 20.0.162)
•    Alert Plus Web Part R4.0.84 (file version 40.0.84)
•    List Search Simple Web Part R2.5.61 (file version 20.5.61)
•    List Search Advanced Web Part R1.9.55 (file version 10.9.55)
•    Calendar Plus Web Part R4.7.40 (file version 40.7.40)
•    List Rollup Web Part R7.0.130 (file version 70.0.130)
•    Data-Viewer Web Part R3.7.53 (file version 30.7.53)
•    Navigators Web Part R2.0.45(file version 20.0.45)

Bug Fixes:
 
•    Update the Reporting to be compatible with SA12A Time Tracking & Management R2.5
•    Internal bug fixes and update Web Licensing Manager new version 2.0.12.6
 
No new Limitations and Known Issues.

SA12 PM Central for SharePoint 2013 Release 4.3.35.2013 (File version 40.3.35.2013)

Includes updated versions of the following components:

•    Alert Plus Web Part R4.0.71.2013 (file version 40.0.71.2013)
•    List Search Simple Web Part R2.5.61.2013 (file version 20.5.61.2013)
•    List Search Advanced Web Part R1.9.80.2013 (file version 10.9.80.2013)
•    Calendar Plus Web Part R4.7.74.2013 (file version 40.7.74.2013)
•    List Rollup Web Part R7.0.107.2013 (file version R7.0.107.2013)
•    Data-Viewer Web Part R3.7.53.2013 (file version 30.7.53.2013)
•    Navigators Web Part R2.0.45.2013 (file version 20.0.45.2013)

Bug Fixes:

•    Internal bug fixes and update Web Licensing Manager new version 2.0.21.6
 
No new Limitations and Known Issues.

We are excited to feature one of our most popular solutions, Workflow Conductor, as November’s Product of the Month.

Not yet familiar with this powerful tool’s capabilities? No worries, we know time is precious, so we summed up its best features for you in 5 points below:

1.  It lets you lose the code: Drag-and-drop and use building blocks to accelerate business processes.
2. It gives you centralized control: View and manage workflows across an entire farm.
3. It simplifies tasks with powerful web parts to empower end users and administrators.
4. It allows you to tailor solutions with connectivity options, including external databases, web services, and custom code where desired.
5. It enables you to automate emails to send notifications to your teams.

Take advantage of our offer and start using Workflow Conductor today. You’ll find that our solution is easy-to-learn and has a wealth of features that can help you create and manage powerful workflows directly in SharePoint^®

If you purchase Workflow Conductor during the month of November, you will receive 10% off of your purchase.

*To claim your 10% discount, mention this deal to your Account Manager or enter discount code POTM2015 at checkout.

What do you do when you upload a file to SharePoint and it gets rejected? Unless you’ve subscribed to alerts on the list, you won’t know it immediately. This can disrupt your team’s workflows and hinder your productivity. With Bamboo’s Alert Plus, you’ll never have to face this problem.

Watch our video and learn how to set up alerts that inform you about file rejections.

Any questions? Drop down to the comment section and ask away!