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The no-code development story for Power Users in
SharePoint 2013
Asif RehmaniSharePoint MVP and MCT
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Asif RehmaniTrainer / Solution ArchitectSharePoint-Videos.comChicagoUSA
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Target audience for this session:
Intranet/Web Content ManagerPortal Solutions ManagerSharePoint Guy/Gal
Session level:
250 - Intermediate
Session focus
Creating Powerful and Awesome no-code solutions
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Session Giveaways
1 Year access to
Poll: What SharePoint version are you on? (or navigating towards)
2013
2010
2007
Earlier
Let’s talk about the power user
Has technical expertise
Understands business needs
Does not code for a living
AKA Citizen developer
“Let’s not write code until we have to write code.”
Power User’s motto:
Creating Solutions
Recommended sequence when creating Your solutions:
1. Browser based only2. Use no-code tools3. Use code tools
OR3rd party products
Demo: Geolocation
Use Geolocation column for live mappingShow maps directly within lists and libraries
Implement Quick Wins
Identify pain points and focus in on them
Typical no-code solutions
Tracking goods, services, orders, and customers
Human Resource portals
Self-service reporting, financial dashboards
Expense reporting
Typical no-code solutions
Review and approve document workflows
New-hire orientation sites
Ideation, feedback, & “suggestion boxes”
Structured documents: contracts, RFPs, & invoices
Demo: Search Web Parts
Show pre-configured data on pages using Search web partsLive pre-defined search results on web pages
“Citizen Developers will create 25% of New Business Applications by 2014”
Gartner, July 14, 2011
Demo: Access Web App
Create web applications using AccessBuild Access web apps and launch to SharePoint Online
The no-code workflows story
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Workflow tools
BrowserSharePoint Designer 2013Visio 2013Visual Studio 2012/2013
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Workflow Manager 1.0
SharePoint 2013 workflow processing moved to Workflow Manager (WM)
Workflow no longer runs in the SharePoint content farm / servers
SharePoint farm & Workflow Manager farm can be on same / different servers
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2010 and 2013 style workflowsSharePoint Designer
2010
2013
New Workflow Activities & ActionsNew Actions & Activities Microsoft Project Specific
ActionsAssign a Task Get Property from
[Dictionary/DynamicValue]Create a Project from Current Item
Start a Task Process Count Items in [Dictionary/DynamicValue]
Set the current project stage status to this value
Go to This Stage Trim String Set the status field in the idea list item to this value
Call HTTP Web Service Find Substring in String Wait for Project Event
Start a List Workflow Replace Substring in String Set this field in the project to this value
Start a Site Workflow Translate Document
Build [Dictionary/DynamicValue] Set Workflow Status
SharePoint Designer Workflow Types
Attached directly to List
Associated to Lists/Content
Types
Site based – not associated to List or Content Type
The ‘New Stuff’Stages• New base level concept of
stages
Visual Designer• Direct Visio incorporation• Stage-Level Diagrams
New Task Actions• Quick and easy to create
tasks and approval processes
Web Services• Able to call into Rest/HTTP
web services
Loops!• Able now to loop indirectly
with stages or directly with the new Loop actions
Copy/Cut and Paste• Core copy/cut and paste
abilities now introduced
Demo: SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflows
And now.. The story of InfoPath
Library form Custom SharePoint list form
InfoPath 2010 & 2013
Forms update (from Microsoft)FORM TYPES USER SCENARIOS TIMEFRAME
Excel Surveys DesignExcel Online—Excel Surveys
CompletionWeb
OnlineContinuouslyshipping
On-premisesIncluded with Office 2013
List Forms Design“FoSL”—Forms on SharePoint Lists
CompletionSharePoint
OnlineSummer 2014– October 2015
On-premisesSharePoint vNext
Structured Documents Word Plans at the end of 2014
App Forms DesignAccess
CompletionSharePoint
OnlineContinuouslyshipping
On-premisesIncluded with Office 2013
SharePoint Composites Showcasecreated by Mark Gillis from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dn594430
What can SharePoint do?CollaborationDocument managementInternal Social NetworkFormsProcess Automation (Workflows)Business IntelligenceReportingSearchMetadata Management…
Super secretThe next version will even make coffee!
NDA
How do I practice my ideas and concepts?
Watch free videos at:http://sharepoint-videos.com/video-categories/all-free-videos/
Create your solutions in a free 30 day account on SharePoint Online:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/
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Giveaways Time! (almost)
Call to Action
Watch videos at: SharePoint-Videos.com
Check out: No-code solutions using SharePoint 2013 Composites
Thank You!
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