Dave Mc's Blog

  • Metadata Hub Not Publishing Content Types

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    I had this situation where I’d created a couple of content types through a feature and deployed them to a Metadata Hub.  I’d tried and tried to get the bloomin’ things to be picked up by my subscribing Site Collection, but no matter how often I seemed ot run those two jobs “Content Type… more …

  • SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint ReportViewer WebPart “ANONYMOUS LOGON”

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    I’ve been meaning to write briefly about this for a while, a colleage at one of our clients  who used to be an MVP worked with Microsoft to try to solve this issue which it apparentl;y has been in the October 2011 CU, but I’ve not actually confirmed this myself. If you have a SharePoint… more …

  • “The user is not a farm administrator” : Configuring PowerPivot for SQL 2012 RC0

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    Configuring PowerPivot for SQL Server 2012 is a little different.  You now get a Configuration Tool for PowerPivot, rather like you get a Configuration Tool for Reporting Services.  The configuration tool can be reached from the Windows Start Menu as can be seen in Figure 1: You get asked to Configure or Repair PowerPivot… more …

  • Visio Services in SharePoint 2010 – Part 2

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    (Updated 18/01/2011: Apologies Some Content seemed to have got lost!) Quite a while ago I published a blog entry on Visio Services , and recently I’ve picked up quite a few comments asking when Part 2 is going to happen.  Well about 2.5 years after Part 1, comes Part 2 Since Part 1 was… more …

  • Printers are Evil …

    Like many of you in techie land, I hate Printers.  Today I was at Wyre Forest Swimming Club Open meet and the whole event was brought to a stand still for 30 mins by one lousy ancient printer!!!  In celebration of proof that Printers Are Evil … I found this post which, whilst humerous,… more …

  • Terra Nova

    I’m liking Terra Nova.  I know, compared to Outcasts, it’s more … ‘shiny’. It’s also more entertaining, got more action, better story lines, less soul searching, less navel watching and better looking women …   I know. I’m shallow, and easily pleased by the moguls at Hollywood, the sort of viewer they dream of. You know what.… more …

  • SetSectionLinks() and “Object reference not set to an instance of an object”

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    OK, this was driving me insane … About 4 weeks ago I noticed on my development SharePoint farm, that whatever list I went to, whenever I tried to view the List Settings I would get the error below: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]    Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.ListEditPage.SetSectionLinks() +426    Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.ListEditPage.OnLoad(EventArgs e)… more …

  • An exception occurred when trying to issue security token:

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    OK, I bet your bottom dollar at one time or another you’ve had this error in your ULS Log when you get an “unknown error” on your SharePoint farm: An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error.  For more information… more …

  • Configuring Kerberos for SharePoint. A Couple of Tips …

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    I’ve been back in the Kerberos Configuration Groove lately. Yes that, multi-step process which foxes so many people.   If you have to engage in this process then I recommend a few things: If you’re not already aware of it I strongly recommend that you download  a copy of the “Configure Kerberos Authentication for SharePoint… more …

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Dave Mc muses about history, travel, writing, coaching, technology and life, family and the world around us. You may agree with his opinions, you may not, that’s life …