Create a workflow with elevated permissions by using the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform

To allow workflow to use app permissions

1. Click the Settings icon as shown in the figure.
   
   Figure: Opening the Site Settings page
   
   
2. Go to Site Settings.
3. In the Site Actions section, select Manage site features.
4. Locate the feature called Workflows can use app permissions, as shown in the figure, and then click Activate.
   

   Caution
   This feature will not activate unless you have properly configured the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform and also apps for SharePoint.

   Figure: The site feature, 'Workflows can use app permissions'
   
   

Granting full control permission to a workflow

In order for the workflow to function properly it must be granted full control in the site. The following procedure grants the full control permission to the workflow.

Important
The procedure assumes the following: The procedure must be completed by a user that has Site Owner permissions. The workflow must already be published to the SharePoint Server 2013 site.

To grant full control permission to a workflow

1. Click the Settings icon as shown in the figure.
   
   Figure: Opening the Site Settings page
   
   
2. Go to Site Settings.
3. In the Users and Permissions section, select Site app permissions.
4. Copy the client section of the App Identifier. This is the identifier between the last "|" and the "@" sign, as shown in the figure.
   
   Figure: Selecting the App Identifier
   
   
5. Navigate to the Grant permission to an app page. This must be done by browsing to the appinv.aspx page of the site.
   Example: http://{hostname}/{catalog site}/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx.
   The following figure shows an example.
   
   Figure: The appinv.aspx page and URL example
   
   
6. Paste the client id in the App Id field and then click Lookup, as shown in the figure.
7. Paste the following Permissions Request XML to grant full control permission.
   
   Copy

   <AppPermissionRequests>
       <AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/sitecollection/web" Right="FullControl" />
   </AppPermissionRequests>
   
   

   Caution
   There are no placeholders in the Scope value above. It is a literal value. Enter it exactly as it appears here.

   The following figure shows an example of the completed page.
   
   Figure: Looking up an App Id
   
   
8. Click Create.
9. You will then be asked to trust the Workflow app, as shown in the figure. Click Trust It.
   
   Figure: Trust the Workflow app
   
   

Reference link:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj822159.aspx

Error : Sideloading of apps is not enabled on this site

Hi All,

I have started working on sharepoint app development recently. When I started developing app in visual studio and deployed, got the following errror:
"Sideloading of apps is not enabled on this site".

Reason: I am not using Developer Site Collection

Solution: Two ways we can fix this issue.
1. Create Developer Site Collection and deploy apps.
2. If you are using different site collection other than "Developer Site Template", active the feature as below:

Enable-SPFeature e374875e-06b6-11e0-b0fa-57f5dfd72085 –url "Site Collection URL"

Here we have to activate "Side Loading feature" for non-developer site collections.

What is "App Side Loading"?

App sideloading is the ability to install a SharePoint 2013 App directly into a site to explicitly bypass the regular governance controls of SharePoint. It is a developer/test feature not intended for production use. It is not recommended to sideload apps regularly, or keep app sideloading enabled for longer than you are actively using the feature!

The developer site is designed for app developers to install and test apps before they are ready to release/publish on store.

Hope this helps!!!

Microsoft SharePoint is not supported in 32-bit process. Please verify that you are running in a 64-bit executable.

Error: Platform not supported exception

Description:

I was writing a console application using Visual Studio 2012 to use SPSite object of SharePoint 2013.When I ran the application I was getting the following error.

Microsoft SharePoint is not supported in 32-bit process. Please verify that you are running in a 64-bit executable.

Solution:

In the solution explorer right click on the project and then click on Properties. Click on Build tab. Check whether Platform Target is selected as Any CPU. Make sure Prefer-32 bit is not selected.

How to login as different user in SharePoint 2013?

Hi All,

You might face an issue while trying to do sign in as different user in SharePoint 2013.

Here is the url to do :

http//<sharepoint site_url>/_layouts/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true

Hope this helps!!!

Creating an list Item inside the folder using JSOM

Hello All,

Below code will help you to create an item inside the Folder.

Here is the code:

var clientContext = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
var list = clientContext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle('Master');

var itemCreateInfo = new SP.ListItemCreationInformation();
itemCreateInfo.set_folderUrl('/Lists/Master/FolderName');

var listItem = list.addItem(itemCreateInfo);
listItem.set_item('Title', 'Hello!');
listItem.update();

clientContext.load(listItem);
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(function (sender, arges) {
    alert('Added');
}, function (sender, arges) {
    alert(arges.get_message());
});

Hope this helps!!!

SharePoint 2013 List Templates

New list template type that are exposed in SharePoint 2013 using Object Model with respect to SharePoint 2010 List Templates. Here is the quick comparison chart.

SP List Template Type	Description	SP 2013	SP 2010
AccessRequest	Access Request List. Value = 160.	Yes	No
AdminTasks	Administrator Tasks. Value = 1200.	Yes	Yes
Agenda	Agenda (Meeting). Value = 201.	Yes	Yes
Announcements	Announcements. Value = 104.	Yes	Yes
AppDataCatalog		Yes	No
CallTrack	Call Track. Value = 404	Yes	Yes
Categories	Categories (Blog). Value = 303.	Yes	Yes
Circulation	Circulation. Value = 405	Yes	Yes
Comments	Comments (Blog). Value = 302.	Yes	Yes
Contacts	Contacts. Value = 105.	Yes	Yes
CustomGrid	Custom grid for a list. Value = 120.	Yes	Yes
DataConnectionLibrary	Data connection library for sharing information about external data connections. Value = 130.	Yes	Yes
DataSources	Data sources for a site. Value = 110.	Yes	Yes
Decision	Decisions (Meeting). Value = 204.	Yes	Yes
DesignCatalog		Yes	No
DeveloperSiteDraftApps	Draft Apps library in Developer Site. Value = 1230	Yes	No
DiscussionBoard	Discussion board. Value = 108.	Yes	Yes
DocumentLibrary	Document library. Value = 101.	Yes	Yes
Events	Calendar. Value = 106.	Yes	Yes
ExternalList	External. Value = 600	Yes	Yes
Facility	Facility. Value = 402	Yes	Yes
GanttTasks	Project Tasks. Value = 150.	Yes	Yes
GenericList	Custom list. Value = 100.	Yes	Yes
HealthReports	Health Reports. Value = 1221	Yes	Yes
HealthRules	Health Rules. Value = 1220	Yes	Yes
HelpLibrary	Help Library. Value = 151.	Yes	No
Holidays	Holidays. Value = 421	Yes	Yes
HomePageLibrary	Workspace Pages (Meeting). Value = 212.	Yes	Yes
IMEDic	IME (Input Method Editor) Dictionary. Value = 499	Yes	Yes
InvalidType	Not used. Value = -1.	Yes	Yes
IssueTracking	Issue tracking. Value = 1100.	Yes	Yes
Links	Links. Value = 103.	Yes	Yes
ListTemplateCatalog	List Template gallery. Value = 114.	Yes	Yes
MaintenanceLogs	Maintenance Logs Library. Value = 175.	Yes	No
MasterPageCatalog	Master Page gallery. Value = 116.	Yes	Yes
MeetingObjective	Objectives (Meeting). Value = 207.	Yes	Yes
Meetings	Meeting Series (Meeting). Value = 200.	Yes	Yes
MeetingUser	Attendees (Meeting). Value = 202.	Yes	Yes
MySiteDocumentLibrary		Yes	No
NoCodePublic	No Code Public Workflow. Value = 122	Yes	Yes
NoCodeWorkflows	No Code Workflows. Value = 117.	Yes	Yes
NoListTemplate	unspecified list type. Value = 0	Yes	Yes
PictureLibrary	Picture library. Value = 109.	Yes	Yes
Posts	Posts (Blog). Value = 301.	Yes	Yes
SolutionCatalog	Solutions. Value = 121	Yes	Yes
Survey	Survey. Value = 102.	Yes	Yes
Tasks	Tasks. Value = 107.	Yes	Yes
TasksWithTimelineAndHierarchy	Tasks with Timeline and Hierarchy. Value = 171.	Yes	No
TextBox	Text Box (Meeting). Value = 210.	Yes	Yes
ThemeCatalog	Themes. Value = 123	Yes	Yes
ThingsToBring	Things To Bring (Meeting). Value = 211.	Yes	Yes
Timecard	Timecard. Value = 420	Yes	Yes
UserInformation	User Information. Value = 112.	Yes	Yes
WebPageLibrary	Wiki Page Library. Value = 119.	Yes	Yes
WebPartCatalog	Web Part gallery. Value = 113.	Yes	Yes
WebTemplateCatalog	Site template gallery. Value = 111.	Yes	Yes
Whereabouts	Whereabouts. Value = 403	Yes	Yes
WorkflowHistory	Workflow History. Value = 140.	Yes	Yes
WorkflowProcess	Custom Workflow Process. Value = 118.	Yes	Yes
XMLForm	XML Form library. Value = 115.	Yes	Yes

Get If-Else Condition in SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow

Here is simple requirement in Sharepoint designer, we may need if else condition while developing 

workflows. Auto-population will work with the If condition, but Else wont work. We may see below error. 

The "Else" branch is not available from the auto complete.

To Overcome this issue we need to follow below steps.

1. It is available by the menu bar at the top.
2. If you are inside the if block, use keyboard shortcut (Alt + W + B)

Hope this helps!!!