Microsoft Lists, an evolution of SharePoint lists was released with several predefined templates that can be used as a starting point when creating a new list. Despite including templates this new platform was missing the list template feature that was available in the classic world of SharePoint.
List templates in Microsoft Lists can only be created by the global administrator and the process is only available using PowerShell.
I’m happy to announce that today the book I co-authored with Rene Modery about Microsoft Lists is getting published.
Microsoft Lists is an extremely flexible and powerful platform for creating custom data models. Hands-On Microsoft Lists is an easy-to-read guide for those who want to get started with Lists, as well as those who are already familiar with the basic concepts and want to create custom and flexible Lists that are easily available through a web interface.
When formatting list columns in SharePoint and Microsoft Lists you might have the need to concatenate a column value to modify value in the new structure representing the information.
With list formatting you can concatenate a column value with other columns or strings using an operator, in this article I will show you how to concatenate a values to get a different value in the column using the YouTube thumbnail formatting from one of my previous articles.
When formatting list columns in SharePoint and Microsoft Lists you might have the need to split a column value to use just part of in the new structure representing the information.
With Microsoft Lists there is no split method available to be used, however with some creativity is possible easily split the column and use just part of the value.
The possibilities to transform data in SharePoint and Microsoft Lists are endless with the column formatting, and today I will show you an awesome example that transforms hyperlinks into a YouTube clickable video thumbnail with preview.
The example described here is generic and the only requirement it has is the existence of a hyperlink column with an YouTube video link stored in it.
Column formatting is a neat feature that allows you to transform the data displayed in a column using a combination of HTML and JSON, making the data look a lot nicer.
By default, lists allow to change the column type, but unfortunately this is not available to all column types and hyperlinks are not supported. Thankfully we now have column formatting and in this article, I will show you how you can easily convert a link stored in plain text into an hyperlink.
Views in SharePoint lists and Microsoft Lists allow you to format and pre-filter the information that is displayed in the lists.
One of the options available out of the box to use as a view is the gallery layout that transforms any list row into a tile featuring image and person columns.
The Title column was one of the major pain points SharePoint lists had in the past as it was impossible to remove it, or even rename to adjust it to the context of the list.
Since July 2020 and with the release of Microsoft Lists is now possible to easily rename the Title column in 3 easy steps.
Microsoft Lists and SharePoint lists now include a column type dedicated exclusively to images that allows a user to upload an image directly to the form and displays a small thumbnail of the image in the list view.
This was a massive improvement when compared with the classic hyperlink/picture column type and in this article, I will show you how to take the new Image column type to the next using column formatting.
List forms are generated automatically when a new list is created but sometimes it simply does not meet the business requirements and when that happens you need to create custom forms.
SharePoint list forms can be customized since forever and if you know the platform for a log time, things like InfoPath and Power Apps might sound familiar to you as these were the tools used to build custom forms.
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