Tulad ng maraming mga uri ng SharePoint consultant, I’ve been exposed to a lot of SharePoint functionality. Ang ilang mga beses, I dive pretty deep. Other times I just notice it as I’m flying by to another set of menu options. One of those is "self-service site creation." I haven’t had a need for it until this week.
Sa linggong ito, I need to solve a business problem which I think is going to become more common as companies loosen up and embrace more direct end user control over SharePoint. Sa kasong ito, I’ve designed a site template to support a specific end user community. Folks in this community should be able to create their own sites at will using this template whenever the urge strikes them.
I recalled seeing "self-service site creation" before and I’ve always tucked that away in the back of my head thinking that "self service site creation" ay ibig sabihin SharePoint hindi karaniwang pangungusap, malinaw naman sapat, something like "turn me on if you want end users to be able to create sites when they want to."
Kaya, I-on ito, subukan ito at para sa akin, it’s not creating sites. It’s creating site mga koleksyon. Pretty big difference. That’s not what I want, hindi kailanman.
It is possible to let end users create new sub sites via a custom permission level. This is exactly where I would have gone in the first place except that the label "self-service site creation" label deceived me. Via twitter, Nalaman kong niloloko din ang iba 🙂
Pa rin ako nagtatrabaho out kung paano magbigay ng isang maliit na bit ng isang mas streamlined proseso habang naglalagi nang malinis out ng kahon ng, but there’s a definite path to follow. Just don’t get distracted by that label.
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