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ENOVIA SmarTeam Excel Add-in Problems

Sean Kuner — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:43:30 +0000

Occasionally, after installing SmarTeam Editor with the Excel or PLMDB add-ins, one or both of these add-ins does not appear when starting Excel. This article discusses one possible cause of this problem.

Create SharePoint Lists From Excel

Derek Neiding — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:21:53 +0000

Excel can be very helpful in cases where you need to create a custom list in SharePoint and want to populate that list quickly, and perhaps using some advanced logic. If you have an Excel workbook with your data in it there is no need to manually create a SharePoint list and manually enter this data. [...]

Data Clean-up Superhero: Excel

Paul Gimbel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:00:18 +0000

Everyone knows Excel. Well, everyone knows OF Excel. Very few people, though, realize that it is a fully functional data tool with over 340 functions ranging from math to text to counting to searching and on and on. This arsenal of tools makes it ideal for manipulating, cleansing, plugging gaps, formatting and validating large data sets.

Why You Need SP4.1 for SW2009

Daniel Rohats — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:56:04 +0000

SolidWorks Corporation released a minor service pack, 4.1 on August 10th. A minor release is never a good thing. If you have an earlier version of SolidWorks software and are having trouble with Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Office, Windows Vista, or other 64-bit applications, then you need this service pack update. It fixes some major crashing problems and [...]

Office 2010 and Collaboration

Jonathan Scott — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:52 +0000

Microsoft recently announced Office 2010, and is actively touting its benefits to the IT world. Although many will bemoan this information as marketing hype about interface changes and inconsequential feature additions, there are some significant additions in the Office productivity suite that merit discussion in the PLM community. In particular, deeper integration with Microsoft SharePoint [...]

Missing (SolidWorks) Components in SmarTeam

bethb — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:22:47 +0000

file. Do you want to search for it in the database?"" title="may09newsletter_a" />n this article, we will explain some of the reasons when and why this message is displayed, what happens when you click the Yes, No, or Cancel buttons, and some tips on how to avoid the message. When the SolidWorks Integration is enabled, SmarTeam monitors many of the events that occur behind the scenes. One of those events is when a referenced file is about to be opened in SolidWorks. For instance, if an assembly is about to be opened and one of the components of that assembly is missing from the folder location the assembly expects it to be in, the SmarTeam missing components dialog box will be displayed.

SharePoint Licensing Basics

bethb — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:21:47 +0000

So you want to roll out SharePoint to help collaborate on documents and data. You have heard that Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is free and included as part of Windows Server 2003. From this, it sounds like you can just have IT install it, provide you the URL and you will be all [...]

SharePoint’s Explorer View and Security

bethb — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:01:32 +0000

A SharePoint library can be viewed and written to via Windows Explorer using a SharePoint library’s Explorer View (from the library choose Actions-Explorer View). This view allows for easier adding of a lot of documents, folders, or a folder and document hierarchy via a simple drag-and-drop. If you choose to enable Explorer view for your users, [...]

Good Security Practices

bethb — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:58:18 +0000

A topic many people deal with every day but seem to casually forget is basic security fundamentals. If you feel a little behind the curve on some of the essentials of security, take some time to go over them and make sure you’re protected. Millions of hours are spent each year on building [...]

Understanding SharePoint Permissions

bethb — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:41:19 +0000

Let’s say you are getting ready to roll out SharePoint to your department. During the roll out, SharePoint elements such as sites, libraries, and lists will need to be created, Web parts will need to be added and modified, and user permissions will need to be tweaked. Corporate IT could oversee these tasks, [...]