Creating a custom collection

How can I create a custom collection that shows me computers in my enterprise that have a certain KB update installed?

I need collections that are dynamically populated (query).
Standard deployment for application updates (Java, Flash Player, etc.) use two collections. "Installed" & "Required". The 'Required' collection is a combination of "All Windows 7" collection minus the population of the "Installed" collection.
The packages are then advertised to the "Required" collection. Once the result is successful, the object automatically moves to the "Installed" collection.
Creating the 'Installed' collection is the tricky part, but easy for applications that show up in the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel snap-in.
There are some KB updates that I need to deploy that don't show up in my WSUS and I want to deploy them without having to worry about manually populating a collection.

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Deploying an OS to a custom collection

Guys,
I dont want to advertise my task sequence to unknown computers . I also dont want to use PXE. Instead I have created a custom collection called "DEPLOYMENTS" and I just want to simply
put computers into that collection for imaging. I have pushed my TS to that collection which has one computer in it. I have updated all local sccm policies on the local machine but it doesnt appear to want to run the TS. In deployment status
it says "status information is currently unavaliable for this deployment"
Any thoughts ?

Have you distributed everything needed by the TS to the clients DP? Have you deployed the TS to the collection with the option to make it available to "Configuration Manager Clients" (two options include that). Is the deployment available (the
schedule for the deployment, not expired for instance)?
Can you see the deployment in Software Center on the client?
Tim Nilimaa | Blog: http://infoworks.tv | Twitter: @timnilimaa
hi, yes the DP has all the packages. I have it set to be available to "only config manager clients" (not sure what you mean by two options in that. Schedule is for available right away
YES - I see it available in software centre. I have my TS setup to only be available though. I see an install option but I wanted this to popup and be visible. Software centre is not in the notification area to add any notifications.
ANy thoughts ?
thanks for your help

Create a custom web template using VS 2012 with web features,site features sections applied

hi,
Want to create a custom web template using VS 2012 in my SP 2013 environment. i know "Vesku" has posted a great artice on this [ based on prev. version of SP].
here -
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vesku/archive/2010/10/14/sharepoint-2010-and-web-templates.aspx
i am looking for a code based article which has step by step process which provides how to add the site features, web features and attach the eventreceivers etc etc on sitecollection creation when i apply this template from central admin.
can anyone provide me any links / any source how to create a custom web template with one / two custom features - site features element and web features element , / master page etc ....
I am stuck with this. as part of my reqmnt, i need to create a webtemplate with all the customlistinstances, custompagelayouts, custom masterpages, custom appln pages, custom web parts.
help is appreciated !
Das

The problem is that Web Templates are deployed to a gallery in a site collection and aren't available in Central Admin when creating a new site collection. YOu have to create the site collection without choosing a template and then choose your web
template when you first access the root site in the site collection. Here's an article that discusses that process here:
http://sharepointchick.com/archive/2011/02/10/using-web-templates-to-create-site-collections.aspx
Other than that Vesa's article is still the best one and works essentially the same in 2013 as it does in 2010.
Paul Stork SharePoint Server MVP
Principal Architect: Blue Chip Consulting Group
Blog: http://dontpapanic.com/blog
Twitter: Follow @pstork
Please remember to mark your question as "answered" if this solves your problem.

Create a custom Master Page in SharePoint Foundation 2013

Hi,
I am new to SharePoint foundation.
I am trying to create a custom master page and save it as template, so that i can use it for all other sub sites. But i don't know where to start. Also i tries searching in Google, i got results for share point and not for share point foundation.
So, Please give me a step by step procedure or a link to step by step procedure on how to create a master page, save it as template and use it for a sub site.
Thanks in advance,
Gowtham R

Few points to note related to SharePoint Master page:
You don't need to create master page template. If you deploy your master page in site collection level you can reuse the same master page in subsites without copying again and again, rather just by referencing
You have not mentioned how you are going to deploy your master page. If you have any Visual Studio (VS) solution already, try to add your master page in the VS solution and deploy your master page (and other branding components) as SharePoint WSP
solution.
Deploying master page will not activate the master page, you need to use some kind of 'Web Level Feature' to activate your branding - the feature will basically set the master page property of SharePoint site to your custom master page.
Please follow the links below for steps by steps instructions (and you will find many just by googling 'sharepoint master page visual studio'):
http://frederik.se/how-to-deploy-a-custom-master-page-in-sharepoint-2013-using-visual-studio/
http://joshuaorimogunje.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/how-to-create-custom-master-page-for-sharepoint-2010-using-visual-studio-2010/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bobgerman/archive/2011/01/31/packaging-master-pages-and-page-layouts-with-visual-studio-2010.aspx
http://go.limeleap.com/community/bid/291931/Creating-a-Custom-SharePoint-Master-Page-with-jQuery-Using-Visual-Studio
Thanks,
Sohel Rana
http://ranaictiu-technicalblog.blogspot.com

Create a site collection with dedicated content db with the help of server object model

Hi,
I have a requirement to implement a create a new site collection with dedicated content db. i have got 2 PowerShell scripts which does the same. first i will create a content db and then create the sitecollection with contentdb
parameter with the created contentdb name.
Now the site collection created must contain few doc libs and few splists with look up columns, people picker data type, multiline of text, single line of text,choice field. hence i am thinking the below approach:
1) create a web template and include sp doclibs, splists , site columns in this.
2) i am thinking of a ui design to create the below:
These are called "projects" which is actually the site collection with the doclibs, splists and must be created by sharepoint admin on click of a link in my landing page.end users access these "projects" aka
"site collections" and uploads the documents into these projects and collaborate.
so my question is : On click of a button can I create a site collection with a dedicated content db based on the web template created with the hel of server object model?
The other approach is on click of this button call the power shell script which accepts the sitecollection name and contentdb name as parameter. is this possible in server obj.model ?
passing a paramter from code behind- visual web part ui to power shell ?
and it should create the site collec based on the web template and create the content db.
my doubt #3 : will it not throw error "request timed out" when creating the site collec and contentdb from ui ?

Try below:
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/21606/programmatically-create-a-site-collection-in-an-existing-mounted-content-databa
PowerShell is just a wrapper for the object model. You shouldn't need to reference PowerShell in your feature, just create the new site collection with C# inside your feature. There's a blog post here that illustrates some code that may get you started.
http://blog.mastykarz.nl/programmatically-creating-sites-site-collections-custom-web-template/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vesku/archive/2014/06/09/provisioning-site-collections-using-sp-app-model-in-on-premises-with-just-csom.aspx
# Enable the remote site collection creation for on-prem in web application level
# If this is not done, unknon object exception is raised by the CSOM code
$WebApplicationUrl = http://dev.contoso.com
$snapin = Get-PSSnapin | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell'}
if ($snapin -eq $null)
Write-Host "Loading SharePoint Powershell Snapin"
Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell"
$webapp=Get-SPWebApplication $WebApplicationUrl
$newProxyLibrary = New-Object "Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPClientCallableProxyLibrary"
$newProxyLibrary.AssemblyName = "Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.Dedicated.TenantAdmin.ServerStub, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"
$newProxyLibrary.SupportAppAuthentication = $true
$webapp.ClientCallableSettings.ProxyLibraries.Add($newProxyLibrary)
$webapp.Update()
Write-Host "Successfully added TenantAdmin ServerStub to ClientCallableProxyLibrary."
# Reset the memory of the web application
Write-Host "IISReset..."
Restart-Service W3SVC,WAS -force
Write-Host "IISReset complete."
If this helped you resolve your issue, please mark it Answered

How to create a custom panel in the right way (without having an empty panel in the file info) ?

Hi Everyone
My name is Daté.
I'm working in the fashion industry as a designer and Design consultant to help fashion brands improving the design workflow by using Adobe softwares and especially Illustrator.
I'm not a developper, but i'm very interested about the possibility to introduce xmp technology to provide more DAM workflows in the fashion industry.
Fashion designers produce a lot of graphical objects in illustrator or Photoshop. Unfortunately they are faced to a big challenge which is about how to manage, search, classify and get this files faster. Of course PDM system or PLM system are used in the Fashion industry to manage data, but for many companies, implemanting this kind of database is very complex.
When i look at what you can do with xmp, it seems to be an interesting way of managing design files, then i started to follow Adobe instruction to try to build a custom panel.
The main idea is to (Theory) :
create custom panels used by fashion designers to classify their design files.
Use Adobe Bridge to search files, create smart collection to make basic reports in pdf and slideshows
Find someone to make a script able to export metadata in xml files
Use indesign and the xml file to generate automatically catalogues or technical sheets based on xmp values
I have created a custom panel by using the generic panel provided by Adobe and i have modified the fields to feet with the terms used in the fashion industry and it works well.
But unfortunately, when i try to create my own custom panel from scratch with Flashbuilder (4.6) and the Adobe CSExtensionBuilder_2 (Trial version), it doesn't work!
Here is the process :
I have installed flashbuilder 4.6
I have download the XMP Fileinfo SDK 5.1 and placed the com.adobe.xmp.sdk.fileinfo_fb4_1.1.0.jar in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4.6\eclipse\plugins
In Flashbuilder, i have created a new project and select xmp Custom panel
The new project is created in flashbuilder with a field with A BASIC Description Field
To generate the panel, right click the project folder and select xmp / Publish Custom Panel
The panel is automatically generated in the following folder : C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\XMP\custom file info panels\3.0\panels
Go to illustrator, Open the file Info
The panel appears empty
The others panel are also empty
The panel is created and automatically placed in the right folder, but when you open it in Illustrator by selecting the File Info option in the File Menu, this custom panel appears empty!!! (only the title of the tab is displayed). This panel also prevent the other panels to be displayed.
When you delete this custom panels from the folder C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\XMP\custom file info panels\3.0\panels and go back to the File Info, the other panels display their content properly.
I also try to use the plugin XMP Namespace designer to create my own namespace. this plugin is also able to generate a custom panel, but this one also appears empty in AI or Photoshop.
I try to follow the process described in Adobe xmp documentation many times, but it didn't works.
It seems that many peaople have this issue, but i dodn't find a solution in the forum.
I try to create a trust file (cfg), but it didn't work.
It would be so kind if you can help me to understand why i can't create a custom panel normally and how to do it in the right way.
Thanks a lot for your help,
Best regards,
Daté

Hi Sunil,
After many trial, i realize the problem was not coming from the trust file, but from the way i have created the custom panel.
There is 2 different ways, the first described below is not working whereas the second is fine :
METHOD 1 :
I have downloaded the XMP-Fileinfo-SDK-CS6
In the XMP-Fileinfo-SDK-CS6 folder, i copied the com.adobe.xmp.sdk.fileinfo_fb4x_1.2.0.jar plugin from the Tools folder and i pasted it in the plugind folder of Flashbuilder 4.6
The plugin install an XMP project
In Flashbuilder 4.6 i have created a new project (File / New /Project /XMP/XMP Custom Panel)
A new xmp project is created in flashbuilder.
You can publish this project by right clicking the root folder and selecting XMP / Publish Custom Panel
The custom file info panel is automatically published in the right location which is on Mac : /Users/UserName/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/3.0 or /Users/UserName/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/4.0
Despite the publication of the custom file info panel and the creation of a trust file in the following location : "/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/FlashPlayerTrust", the panel is blank in Illustrator.
I try this way several times, with no good results.
METHOD 2 :
I have installed Adobe CSExtensionBuilder 2.1 in Flash Builder
In FlashBuilder i have created a new project (File / New /Project /Adobe Creative Suite Extension Builder/XMP Fileinfo Panel Project)
As the system display a warning about the version of the sdk to use to create correctly a custom file info, I changed the sdk to sdk3.5A
The warning message is : "XMP FileInfo Panel Projects must be built with Flex 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 SDK. Building with Flex 4.6.0 SDK may result in runtime errors"
When i publish this File info panel project (right click the root folder and select Run as / Adobe illustrator), the panel is published correctly.
The last step is to create the trust file to display the fields in the panel and everything is working fine in Illustrator.
The second method seems to be the right way.
For sure something is missing in the first method, and i don't understand the difference between the XMP Custom Panel Project and the XMP Fileinfo Panel Project. Maybe you can explain it to me.
So what is the best solution ? the right sdk to use acording to the creative suite (the system asks to use 3.3 or 3.5 sdk for custom panels, so why ?)
I'm agree with Pedro, a step by step tutorial about this will help a lot of peaople, because it's not so easy to understand!!!
Sunil, as you belong to the staff team, can you tell me if there is :
A plugin or a software capable to extract the XMP from llustrator files to generate XML workflows in Indesign to create catalogues
A plugin to allow indesign to get custom XMP in live caption
A plugin to allow Bridge to get custom XMP in the Outputmode to make pdf or web galeries from a smart collection
How can you print the XMP data with the thumbnail of the file ?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Best Regards
Daté

How to Create a Custom Integrator in R12 based on a Query set

Hi Everyone,
I am very much new to web adi. I got an unique requirement which I am finding it difficult. I did searched through the entire documentation/blogs/forums and I didnt find any suitable answer. Please let me know if anybody can throw some pointers here.
My Requirement is as follows
1) Using WEB ADI I need to update the data to collections responsibility ( I need to update unpaid reason code column and notes column for transactions)
2) So to start up with I need to design my excel template first with a query region to download the data. This query region may have 5-6 parameters like transaction number, customer name, customer number. When I click the submit button in query region, The data should be retrieved from database and should display in the same excel sheet.
3) Now for the data fetched from database, I need to update some of the columns and then again upload it back to EBS. I need to enable some of the columns to be LOV's.
Now My Questions are
1) Is this building a parameter based query then downloading to excel and then after modifying uploading back to EBS. Is this possible with WEB ADI. If this is doable then please let me know.
2) Unfortunately there are no interface tables or public API's available for collections responsibility then how one can update the data
Also
I was trying to create a custom integrator a basic one to insert the data to a custom table. I had used HR Integrator set up for creating custom integrator.Enabled all the profile options functions and menus. But now I am stuck at a point I am unable to create a layout whenever I choose my custom integrator and then tries to create a layout I get the following error:
No columns have been defined in the column list.
Once this can be resovled then I can fo for column mapping and then test a custom load. Can anybody please let me know what am I missing here after following each procedures.
Your inputs are appreciated. I am in great need of your suggestions pretty urgently
Thanks and Regards
Keshava

Hi,
The answer to your query is 'Yes'. You need to design a 'UPDATE' metadata type custom integrator. The custom integrator shall use a parameter based view to first download data and then use a PL/SQL wrapper/API to re-upload it back. The brief steps are listed below:
1. Create a 'UPDATE' metadata type custom integrator. Give a parameter list name, std/custom view for data download and a PL/SQL wrapper.
2. Create a form function and associate the form function with the custom integrator created.
3. Add the form function to the std WebADI menu for access.
4. Define a layout for the custom integrator defined.
4. To create a parameter use the standard integrator 'HR Standalone Query'. As a part of this integrator you can define the SQL WHERE clause (parameter based) that you will like to use with the custom/std view defined in the custom integrator definition.
Note: You can use a max of 5 parameters only. For each parameter, one needs to define the datatype and also the HR standalone query has a size limitation of 2000 chars in 11i10. You increase this length you may apply patch - 3494588 to get 4000 chars.
Hope this information helps.
Thanks,
Nitin jain

Issue while creating a custom Catalog in HR Renewal.

Hello Experts,
I have created a custom Catalog and assigned chips to it using the Suite Page Builder Admin Page. The catalog id is also assigned to a new role in the backend. I can now see the catalog id status changed from the draft to released in the SPB. However when I try to open this role using NWBC HTML I encounter the following error "The user menu tree for user XXXXXX with role XXXXXXX is empty. Please contact your system administrator.
Could you please help resolving the error or provide some hints to check if i have missed something.
Thanks and Regards,
Chetan

Hi Chetan
Take a look at 1378659 - NWBC known issues & what to check when ....
http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1378659
Search for "The user menu tree for user"
Result=
"ERROR: "The user menu tree for user <user> is empty."
expected menu entries don´t show up
(partially missing or completely empty)
generally that indicates that simply
no role is assigned to the user -> PFCG
role is assigned but folder is defined as a "link collection" instead of a "service map" - see:
http://goo.gl/OEq9qa
OR check the following application specific chapters:
Work Center (top level navigation) is not shown in NWBC for HTML:
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1879939"
KR Michael

Customer Collection Statement

Hi All
I need to some help with Customer Collection statement , I need this field to display the DOC REF NO in column 2 and not BP REF NO.
Which field must I display in order to display the invoice number or credit note number related to a particular line on the statement lines.
Thanks
Bongani Dlamini

Hi Bongani Dlamini,
This PLD is one of the hard coded one. There is no option for you to customize it. You need to create your own report by a reporting tool instead.
Thanks,
Gordon

Custom Collection Class

Hello people!
In VB.NET, i am used to creating collections of custom objects that inherit from the CollectionBase class. I'm new to java, but i need a custom collection. I need to be able to add and get the index of items in the collection.. at least. so i'm guessing it'll implement the List implementation.. yeah? I dunno.. and what's all this "<E>" stuff that i keep seeing around all about?! :) lol
Thank you for your time! - Callam

- What exactly are your requirements? I don't really understand it? Do you just want to find out the index of an item in the collection? Simple: Any List can do that.
- the <E> stuff you keep seeing is about generics. If you plan to implement your own collection you should definitely read through the generics tutorial first.

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Anybody please help to get the custom collection type in my pro c++ program with any example
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SCCM 2012 - Missing device from custom collections

Hi to all,
I have installed SCCM 2012 SP1.
I have created some custom devices collections to group different servers based on roles.
When I add a computer manually (Direct Membership) to a custom collection it doesn`t show in the SCCM Console for a long time, even if I re-open the console or click on Update Membership\Refresh. I can see the computer on the Membership Rules tab of the
Collection immediately.
Also I have noticed this strange behaviou ons collections with query membership.
Usually, this happens after I have installed the SCCM client.
Obviously, the device exists on SCCM: I can find it on "All Systems" collection.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Regards
Daniele

Hello,
Have you looked at the Collection Evaluator queue?
If you have a large number of Collections, or many Collections that are set to a quite frequent update frequence, this will cause new additions to a Collection to be queued up.
By connecting to the site, using CEviewer, you should be able to quickly determine whether or not this is the cause of your issue.
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Note: 780722.1 - How to Create a Custom Print Quote Template in Oracle Quoting ?
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=780722.1
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https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=392728.1
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https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=468982.1.
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LinesVORowImpl.class - public class extending the framework class OAViewRowImpl.
This class contains the set and get for the attributes defined in xml file.
ASOPRINT.xsl - this is the xsl stylesheet file used to describe the report layout.
This file needs to be modified to include the new column being added to the report
QUESTION :
My question is,
1. wether my approach (below iare the details)of trying to extend the PromptVO is the right way or is there any other way to add the new columns.
I want to add new fields on to the report . When i looked into the it says the below
Here we find that to add a new column, oracle says to update the LINESVO.xml, do they really mean to update the base files.
This report uses following VO's
PROMPTVO
HEADERVO,
LINESVO.
To create new Headers & Prompts, i tried extending the PROMPTVO. Once the extended VO is substitued , i dont even get the data for standard oracle Prompts. is this the right way to add columns?
Thanks

Hi All,
I want to create the custom Print Quote report . I know the below details and referred the below metalinks .
Note: 780722.1 - How to Create a Custom Print Quote Template in Oracle Quoting ?
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=780722.1
Note: 392728.1 - How to Modify the data source for the XML version of the Print Quote report
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=392728.1
Note: 468982.1 - How To Customize The Asoprint.Xsl
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=468982.1.
Oracle Metalink:
Note: To add a column to the print quote report, following files need to be updated:
LinesVO.xml --- xml files containing the sql query and attribute definition
LinesVORowImpl.class - public class extending the framework class OAViewRowImpl.
This class contains the set and get for the attributes defined in xml file.
ASOPRINT.xsl - this is the xsl stylesheet file used to describe the report layout.
This file needs to be modified to include the new column being added to the report
QUESTION :
My question is,
1. wether my approach (below iare the details)of trying to extend the PromptVO is the right way or is there any other way to add the new columns.
I want to add new fields on to the report . When i looked into the it says the below
Here we find that to add a new column, oracle says to update the LINESVO.xml, do they really mean to update the base files.
This report uses following VO's
PROMPTVO
HEADERVO,
LINESVO.
To create new Headers & Prompts, i tried extending the PROMPTVO. Once the extended VO is substitued , i dont even get the data for standard oracle Prompts. is this the right way to add columns?
Thanks

Is there a way to create a custom screensaver with pics/slides that display for different amounts of time?

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My business has 3 TVs displayed in our lobby, each with its own apple TV and they are all linked to the same photo stream. Currently the Atv screensaver displays the photostream pictures of our products for the default 3 seconds. We just added pics/slides that now display messages and useful info for our customers but I want that info to be displayed for a longer period of time than the pictures to give people a chance to read it.
I tried using flickr and powerpoint as a work around but no luck. I created a slide in powerpoint with play length of 15 secs and saved it as a wmv file. I added that file to a "screensaver" set in flickr and pointed the Atv screensaver to that flickr set. It still displays everything, pics and the wmv file at the default 3 sec.
I know I can increase the duration of all pics in the screensaver to display for longer but the goal is to have the pics display at 3 secs and the info slides to display at 15 secs.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
No that's not possible.
If you have any suggestions that you think might enhance the Apple TV you can send Apple your feedback here

I am changing from Word to Pages. I have created my custom template with all my styles etc and that is what comes up when I go for a New Document. Fine. How do I get it to use the same Custom Template when I use Pages to open a Word document?

I am changing from Word to Pages. I have created my custom template with all my styles etc and that is what comes up when I go for a New Document. Fine. How do I get it to use the same Custom Template when I use Pages to open a Word document?

The template is a document in itself, it is not applied to an existing document whether it is a Pages document or a Word document converted to a Pages document.
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Menu > Format > Import Styles
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