Top 10 SharePoint Terms and Acronyms Explained

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TOP 10 SHAREPOINT TERMS
AND ACRONYMS EXPLAINED
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1. ALERTS
 Definition: Notification feature that
alerts user about changes to the item or
list/library
 Alert can be set on Library, List, Item,
Document or Page
 Set up by the user, customizable on
frequency, type of changes, etc.
 Accessible from the ribbon

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2. CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT
 Definition: Feature that prevents
multiple people working on the same file
and overwriting each other’s changes
 When a file is checked out, only person
who checked it out can make changes
and check the file back in
 Accessible from Ribbon or drop-down
available from the file name

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3. METADATA
 Definition: Metadata is data that
describes additional information about a
file or a document
 Data in Columns = Metadata

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METADATA

4. CONTENT TYPE
 Definition: Unique set of metadata (columns)
that apply to types of content within an
organization
For example
 Content type “Cars” might have the following
metadata (columns): year, mileage, color,
brand, model
 In contrast, content type “Books” might have
the following metadata (columns): author, title,
# of pages

5. OOTB
 OOTB = Out of the Box
 Definition: Features or
functionality available to
the end users of SharePoint
that work without any
customization or costly
programming

6. SPD
 SPD = Microsoft SharePoint Designer
 Definition: Free program/HTML editor
from Microsoft that allows to further
customize SharePoint sites and web parts
beyond out of the box features
 Available from SharePoint ribbon

7. WEB PART
 Definition: Web Part is a
modular and reusable
component that can be
placed into SharePoint Page
to display certain content
 Renamed to Apps in
SharePoint 2013/Office 365
 Think of “Apps” for
SharePoint

8. VIEW
 Definition: Views allow
user to control how
information from a certain
web-part is displayed
 Views allow to group, filter,
sort information
 View rely heavily on
metadata available
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9. PERMISSIONS
 Definition: Controls who and to what extent has
access to sites, libraries and information on
SharePoint
 Controlled via groups
 Permissions can be set at the following levels:
– Site
– Page
– Web Part
– Folder
– Document/Item

10. VERSION
 Definition: Instance of SharePoint entity
(document or record) that represents a
variant to another instance
 Disabled by default. Can be enabled at
the web part level
 Allows to go back in history (i.e. view
older version of the documents or
records)

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