SharePoint Integration

Re: Submit via Web Service to People Picker field

Steven_Smith — Tue, 12 May 2015 10:58:08 GMT

Hi Bre,

Sorry about that. I'd changed a few fields and not updated my form, so I was trying to submit incorrect data to other fields. I got this working exactly like you described, though I didn't use the helper field just did the concatenation in the submit rule and works perfectly.

Regards,

Steven

Re: Submit via Web Service to People Picker field

Steven_Smith — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:13:41 GMT

Hi Bre,

Thank you kindly for your response, I'm still confused about the actual submit part.

So I've created a field with a default value as described, which is formatted as text and updates when the people picker is modified. However, when I submit it as part of the web service submit it never makes it to the list.

Can you detail the steps I need to preform in order to do this successfully as it is beginning to mess with my mind.

Regards,

Steve

Re: Submit via Web Service to People Picker field

Bre Huston — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:26:56 GMT

Hello Steven,

In this instance you will need what we refer to as a helper field. This field will have a default value, using the pc:AccountId field from the people picker. For submitting to a list, the value that is submitted needs to force a lookup to the User Profile service when submitted. Here's the formula:

concat("-1;#", pc:AccountId)

Hope that helps!
Bre

Submit via Web Service to People Picker field

Steven_Smith — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:50:18 GMT

Hi All,

I'm using an InfoPath email type form, in order to submit to a list in SharePoint I have created a web service with the Lists.asmx. I use the list GUID and an XML "batch" file to do the submit, but it can only submit plain text.

Using this technique how can I submit data to a people picker field on my SharePoint list? I've tried submitting loads of different values but it doesn't seem to accept anything. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Steven