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Hiding SharePoint Navigation Links when viewing a page
Sometimes in SharePoint you might want to share a link to a Page, but hide all the Navigation fluff at the top ... you know ... these bits at the top and side shown in yellow below: Why? Maybe you want to embed the page in an App, or use it for display on a company Screen, or maybe you want to avoid users clicking links they shouldn't ... ! Good news is it's pretty straightfoward ... all you need to do is append ?env=WebView to the end of the page URL, e.g., https://mytenan

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 281 min read


HOW TO: Export your Intapp Collaboration Platform Technical Settings
This is a short technical video aimed at Administrators of the Intapp Collaboration Platform showing how you can export your configuration settings for transfer to / replication on another environment. If you have any questions, let us know!

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 201 min read


Clearing Lookup fields in SharePoint using Power Automate
A quirky one I came across recently that I figured I'd share! I have a Power App that uses a SharePoint list, which in turn uses a field which is a lookup into a second SharePoint list. I wanted to clear the values from the lookup field in SharePoint using Power Automate, i.e., removing any lookup value and leaving it empty. Should be easy, right? Famous last words ... 😊 In Power Automate SharePoint lookup fields present like this in the Update Action: Note the 'Id' at the

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 161 min read


Displaying users nicely in Power Apps forms ...
Recently, I got a query from a Power Apps form developer asking why users selected in User-Fields on their forms were showing up in this strange format: i: 0#.f|membership|joe.bloggs@acme.com This format is the SharePoint claims-encoded login name for the user; luckily it’s easy to change this to a more human-readable version in your form! If you look at the properties of the control itself on the Power Apps form, you’ll see the DisplayFields property, which will be set t

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 151 min read


Resolving the 'The request has SAS authentication scheme.....' error message when querying SharePoint lists from Power Automate ...
The Problem Came across this weird error message in Power Automate when running any simple Get Item , or Get Items , action against a...

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 31 min read


Tony's Top Tips - accessing the SharePoint Version History for a List Item from within PowerApps
A nice touch I like to build into my PowerApps is a button which takes the user to the SharePoint Version History for SharePoint list...

Tony Ogilvie
Nov 3, 20241 min read


Tony's Top Tips - How to ensure Document Library Naming Schemes are preserved, even after a rename using Intapp
What's this about? Intapp Documents has a very powerful feature which allows you to specify the naming scheme of a SharePoint Site or...

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 31, 20241 min read
Tony's Top Tips - How to perform a Cache Reset on Intapp Documents via the API
Sometimes, you may wish to perform a Cache Reset on the Intapp Documents service via the Intapp Documents API, rather than via the User...

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 30, 20241 min read


Tony's Top Tips: Advanced Color-Coding for SharePoint Lists
SharePoint lists are great! They are brilliant for many users, allowing much better storage of structured data than Excel spreadsheets. ...

Tony Ogilvie
Oct 16, 20241 min read


Tony's Top Tips: Adding Folder Paths to a SharePoint Document Library View
Sometimes, when working in a SharePoint Document Library, you want to see the Folder Path for each document. This is especially useful...

Tony Ogilvie
Aug 14, 20241 min read


Tony's Top Tips: Creating Permanent Links to Documents in SharePoint Online using the Document ID Service
SharePoint provides a variety of ways to create links to Documents; some of these links can expire, and some of these links depend on...

Tony Ogilvie
Jun 14, 20231 min read
Nice Table Format for PowerAutomate Generated Email Messages
This blog post will be updated shortly! <p>Hi ,<br> <br> Please a new Request has been submitted as follows:<br> <br> <style> table.tb {...

Tony Ogilvie
Apr 6, 20231 min read


Removing Duplicates from an Array in PowerAutomate
A while back, I was using PowerAutomate to automate the creation of individual, personalised Calendar Invites to users based on a set of...

Tony Ogilvie
Mar 29, 20231 min read


Making sure Hero Webparts stretch across the full width of a SharePoint Communication Site Page
** The steps in this article only apply to SharePoint Communication Sites! ** The Hero Webpart in SharePoint Online Communication Sites...

Tony Ogilvie
Jan 27, 20231 min read


Registering Pre-Existing SharePoint Objects in Intapp Documents
This video acts as a guide to registering existing SharePoint Sites and Libraries into Intapp Documents using the Intapp Swagger API....

Tony Ogilvie
Jan 26, 20231 min read


Useful Scripts for the Intapp Collaboration and Content Platform
Bulk updates to Item Security Sometimes, you need to run a script to Bulk Update security on a list of Matters in the ICCP Platform....

Tony Ogilvie
Dec 20, 20221 min read


Tony's Top Tips - The Intapp Collaboration and Content Platform
Metadata Defaults in ICCP Forms As of November 2022, When referencing a SharePoint property in the Default Value field in an ICCP form,...

Tony Ogilvie
Nov 29, 20221 min read


Tony's Top Tip: Changing the colour of the Suite Bar in Microsoft 365
That blue bar along the top of your Microsoft 365 sites? That's called the "Suite Bar", and in all standard Microsoft 365 Tenants, it's...

Tony Ogilvie
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Creating custom colour schemes to make your SharePoint Online sites look good!
SharePoint Online comes with a set of standard Color Themes, which you can use to change the look of your site by going to Site Settings...

Tony Ogilvie
Nov 18, 20222 min read


Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Apple Devices 🍏
Below is a selection of really useful Apple Keyboard Shortcuts which I live by!

Tony Ogilvie
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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