Error: "Not able to connect to search service to retrieve valid settings"

I tried to change the query of the search results webpart and I've got this:

Fix is to use the SharePoint management Shell and define your account as an SSA Admin.


Here's the code to add yourself as SSA admin:
$principal = New-SPClaimsPrincipal "<domain>\<user>" -IdentityType WindowsSamAccountName

$spapp = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication

$security = Get-SPServiceApplicationSecurity $spapp –Admin

Grant-SPObjectSecurity $security $principal "Full Control"

Set-SPServiceApplicationSecurity $spapp $security –Admin

Link multiple EditForms or DisplayForms to a sharepoint list

My listitems are opened via an infopath form. Client wants a second aspx form to open the listitems.

(the infopath form only shows a subset of the fields but the aspx form shows all fields).

When opening the aspx form, sharepoint redirects me to the infopath form. Somewhere, a redirect was taking place.

After a lot experimenting, I found that not only do you need hide the original List Form Web Part but you also need to set the ControlMode to Display. Here are the 2 lines of code that need to be modified in the original List Form Web Part:

Change:

<ControlMode xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v2/ListForm”&gt;Edit</ControlMode>

To:

<ControlMode xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v2/ListForm”&gt;Display</ControlMode>

Change:

<IsVisible>true</IsVisible>

To:

<IsVisible>false</IsVisible>

SharePoint 2013 Chrome Control Options

Looking through SP.UI.Controls.Debug.js, here are the options:

siteTitle

siteUrl

clientTag

appWebUrl

onCssLoaded

assetId

appStartPage

rightToLeft

appTitle

appIconUrl

appTitleIconUrl

appHelpPageUrl

appHelpPageOnClick

settingsLinks

language

bottomHeaderVisible

topHeaderVisible

Get List Field Internal Name

You can get the internal name for a column by browsing to the List Settings > Edit Column and look at the QueryString. This will be url encoded but is a simple way of retrieving the internal name without writing any code. You will get something like: /_layouts/FldEdit.aspx?List=%7B37920121%2D19B2%2D4C77%2D92FF%2D8B3E07853114%7D&Field=Product%5Fx0020%5FDescription %5F is a '_'. The field name is Product_x0020_Description. The code option is to use: string itemInternalName = item.Fields["Field Display Name"].InternalName;

Different ways to get user name using javascript

Get user email

_spPageContextInfo.userLoginName

Using REST Service

 $(document).ready(function () {  
 var userid = _spPageContextInfo.userId;  
 function GetCurrentUser() {  
 var requestUri = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/getuserbyid(" + userid + ")";  
 var requestHeaders = { "accept" : "application/json;odata=verbose" };  
 $.ajax({  
  url : requestUri,  
  contentType : "application/json;odata=verbose",  
  headers : requestHeaders,  
  success : onSuccess,  
  error : onError  
 });  
 }  
 function onSuccess(data, request){  
  //var loginName = data.d.LoginName.split('|')[1];  
  var loginName = data.d.Title; 
  alert(loginName);  
 }  
 function onError(error) {  
  alert(error);  
 }  
 GetCurrentUser();  
 });  

Using JSOM

 $(document).ready(function () {   
 var currentUser;  
 // Ensure that the SP.js is loaded  
 if (SP.ClientContext != null) {  
  SP.SOD.executeOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(getCurrentUser, 'SP.js');  
 }  
 else {  
  SP.SOD.executeFunc('sp.js', null, getCurrentUser);  
 }  
 function getCurrentUser() {  
  var context = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();  
  var web = context.get_web();  
  currentUser = web.get_currentUser();  
  context.load(currentUser);  
  context.executeQueryAsync(onSuccessMethod, onRequestFail);  
 }  
 function onSuccessMethod(sender, args) {  
  var account = currentUser.get_loginName();  
  var currentUserAccount = account.substring(account.indexOf("|") + 1);  
  alert(currentUserAccount);  
 }  
 // This function runs if the executeQueryAsync call fails.  
 function onRequestFail(sender, args) {  
  alert('request failed' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());  
 }  
 });  

SharePoint 2013: Get UserProfile Properties with REST API

Thanks to 

http://www.vrdmn.com/2013/07/sharepoint-2013-get-userprofile.html

1) Get all properties of current user:

http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties

2) Get single property of current user:

http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties/PictureUrl
OR
http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties?$select=PictureUrl

3) Get Multiple Properties for the current user:

http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties?$select=PictureUrl,AccountName

4) Get all properties of Specific User:

For Office 365/SharePoint Online:
http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetPropertiesFor(accountName=@v)?@v='i:0%23.f|membership|vardhaman@siteurl.onmicrosoft.com'

For SharePoint 2013 On-Premise:
http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetPropertiesFor(accountName=@v)?@v='domain\username'

5) Get Specific UserProfile Property of Specific User:

For Office 365/SharePoint Online:
http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetUserProfilePropertyFor(accountName=@v,propertyName='LastName')?@v='i:0%23.f|membership|vardhaman@siteurl.onmicrosoft.com'


For SharePoint 2013 On-Premise:
http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetUserProfilePropertyFor(accountName=@v,propertyName='LastName')?@v='domain\username'

6) Get Multiple UserProfile Properties for Specific User:

http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetUserProfilePropertiesFor

My validators are not working

This was working 

<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator7" runat="server" ForeColor="Red" ErrorMessage="* This field cannot be blank." ControlToValidate="FunctionGroup">
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

...

<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ForeColor="Red" ErrorMessage="* This field cannot be blank." ControlToValidate="FunctionGroup">
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>


As soon as I changed it to 

<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator7" runat="server" ForeColor="Red" ErrorMessage="* This field cannot be blank." ControlToValidate="FunctionGroup">
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

...

<!--

<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ForeColor="Red" ErrorMessage="* This field cannot be blank." ControlToValidate="FunctionGroup">
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

 -->

it stopped working. So if you don't want to use validator, instead of commentting out it, delete it.