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InfoPath deployment and promoted fields problem

Last post 09-21-2010 07:54 AM by eissayouf. 2 replies.
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  • 09-20-2010 09:14 AM

    InfoPath deployment and promoted fields problem

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    I needed all of my fields on the InfoPath form to be promoted, so what I did, I asked the sys admin to deploy my InfoPath form without promoted fields and then went to the site that has the document library and created all of my fields manually in a group under the site. Then I went to InfoPath and selected that site and I could see my group and I promoted the fields to correspondent fields on that site and then I asked the sys admin to deploy the form again. All my site columns disappeared and I see all promoted columns are created under Microsoft InfoPath form group under the top level site! Is there something wrong about this kind deployment? Where are my site columns and how I can find them?

  • 09-21-2010 06:42 AM In reply to

    Re: InfoPath deployment and promoted fields problem

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    SharePoint will display, as columns, whatever properties you have promoted in the InfoPath form.

    After deploying the form, you can create/modify SharePoint views if necessary.

    Ernesto Machado
    Qdabra® Software/ InfoPathDev.com
    The InfoPath Experts – Streamline data gathering to turn process into knowledge.™

  • 09-21-2010 07:54 AM In reply to

    Re: InfoPath deployment and promoted fields problem

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    I wish that was the case! InfoPath and SharePoint are not working very well together. As I mentioned in my post, I created some columns under a new group in one site that I was admin and I promoted my InfoPath form fields to those columns, but it did not work the way that I was hoping for.  SharePoint instead created new columns under top level Microsoft InfoPath Form group and all of my columns and my group in the sub-site disappeared. I had to ask the SharePoint Admin go one by one and move the columns to a new group at the top level and I had to promote my fields one more time. It worked this time, but such a pain.
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