External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator

External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator

November 9, 2015 · by · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

When creating an external list in a SharePoint site I clicked the Select External Content Type button and received the following error: External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator. This happens because no external content types have…

PowerShell script to export a list to a CSV file

October 11, 2015 · by · in Backups, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Tips and Tricks

At home I use a SharePoint list as my primary address book (mainly to store addresses for family and friends).  While building a custom backup script in PowerShell I added the following to export my Address Book list to a CSV…

Resize list columns

April 14, 2014 · by · in Customisation, SharePoint 2010, Tips and Tricks

Often I find that the default view for lists doesn’t suit my needs as the column widths are way out.  The width of the columns cannot be modified in the browser but they can by using SharePoint Designer.  Here is…

Configuring SharePoint Workspace

Configuring SharePoint Workspace

November 24, 2010 · by · in Applications, Tips and Tricks

SharePoint Workspace, formerly known as Microsoft Groove, allows you to take SharePoint lists and libraries offline.  This is particularly handy when working on a laptop between offices without access to the SharePoint server itself.  It allows you to make changes…