Sharepoint 2013 Part C

This is the third installment in my blog post series on Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 which is based on what I learn on the video training course by Infinite Skills on this software. A new feature in Sharepoint 2013 is that several people can work on a list at the same time with the others getting locked out and it becoming read only when someone had it open. You can recover accidently deleted items from the recycle bin with in Sharepoint and the default for something to be stored in the recycle bin is 30 days after which it's deleted automatically. This default can be changed. The data is stored in rows and columns and the latter function similar to columns in spreadsheets. Columns are also called fields or metadata. Once piece of data is called a record. You can configure alerts but not RSS feeds with the latter being you either subscribe or don't. RSS is primarily used with websites and blogs. Another new feature in 2013 is lists and libraries are referred to as apps. To create a new task make sure you are in tasks, click new tasks and fill in the task dialog box. You must use autocomplete to find a person doing a task, with the purpose being the program recognizes that person. You also must select a start date and due date on a calendar each once again allowing the program to recognize those dates. You can click the task link to read about a task within tasks and there is an edit item button to edit it. The list tab near the top of the screen contains RSS & alerts and alerts is also on the items tab allowing you to set these up. The feed from the RSS is normally displayed in Outlook. The back end of Sharepoint is literally a database and the front end is literally a website. If you go back into tasks you can sort in ascending or alphabetical order or in descending order which is the opposite. The option for this is a drop down box at the top of the column. Filtering which only displays items based on a criteria is done by ticking or unticking a box next to each record of a list. Sharepoint has a mobile view to display it on most tablets and mobile phones. Finally there is a gantt option to show tasks in relation to one another.