Setting Site Level Variables

Question

I am creating a SharePoint site collection that will house sites for customer portals (one site per customer). What I would like to do is create a template site that has a couple of key variables (i.e. a customer ID, customer name, etc) that can be accessed
from apps and webparts. Some examples would include:
1. Search list from another site collection using the content search web part
2. Display the customer name on InfoPath forms
3. Set the default value of a list column
When I create a new site from the template for a new customer, I would then update the site-specific variables in the site to reflect that customer without having to change individual web parts or apps within the site.
Is there a recommended way to do something like this?
In other posts, I have seen reference to the Property Bag and managing it in the Central Administration -- is this functionality available in SharePoint Online?

Answer 1

Hi,
In SharePoint Online, we can’t create a farm solution to achieve managing site variables in the Central Administration.
We can use Client Object Model to set property bags.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/af0772ce-c326-44f6-a60a-9760564c78fc/setting-property-bags-using-client-object-model-persistence-problem?forum=sharepointgeneralprevious
We can also use a list to store some variables and read data using REST API or Client Object Model in SharePoint Online.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj164022(v=office.15).aspx
Best Regards
Dennis Guo
TechNet Community Support