Using the Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet
The Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet can be a real time saver if you need to search the SharePoint logs and there are multiple servers in the farm. I regularly use it to search for a specific correlation ID and then open the…
"Sorry, something went wrong" when a user tries to edit their profile
I have had users report that they are unable to edit their profile, they just get the unhelpful “Sorry, something went wrong” error. Fortunately some of them thought to record the Correlation ID so I was able to use the…
The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component
I have discovered a problem with the Search Service Application in my DR farm. Any query in the Enterprise Search Centre produces an error: Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned. If the issue persists, please…
Excel Services is not currently able to load workbooks
If you find that Excel Services is not able to load workbooks in your SharePoint site then this may be due to insufficient permissions. You may also see the following error in your logs: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database “SP2013_Content_Portal” required…
Recreate the sitemap in the configuration database
I have just installed the latest cumulative update on the servers in my SharePoint 2013 DR farm. Unfortunately, after installing the binaries, running the products configuration wizard failed. After looking through the logs it became evident that the site map…
SharePoint Designer 2010 – The server could not complete your request
Today I had a user report that they were trying to use SharePoint Designer to edit the home page of their team site but it displayed an error message: The server could not complete your request. For more specific information,…
Access denied by Business Data Connectivity
While creating an external content type in SharePoint Designer 2013 the following error was displayed when adding a connection to an SQL server using an impersonated custom identity: Access denied by Business Data Connectivity This occurred because the user does…
SharePoint 2013 – Dependency feature ‘PPSSiteCollectionMaster’ for feature ‘PPSSiteMaster’ is not activated at this scope
I have just tried to create a new Business Intelligence Center site within SharePoint 2013 and received the following error: Dependency feature ‘PPSSiteCollectionMaster’ (id: a1cb5b7f-e5e9-421b-915f-bf519b0760ef) for feature ‘PPSSiteMaster’ (id: 0b07a7f4-8bb8-4ec0-a31b-115732b9584d) is not activated at this scope. This was easily fixed…
SharePoint 2013 – "This page can’t be displayed" when clicking on an app
I have just created an App Catalog in SharePoint 2013 but after adding an app from the SharePoint store I tried to configure it and received the following message: This page can’t be displayed It turned out that I had…
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