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URL, Tokens and locations in SharePoint

General querys­tring tricks

Web Part Mainte­nance Page
?conte­nts=1
Open Page Modal
?isdlg=1
Setting Initial Ribbon
?Initi­alT­abI­d=R­ibb­on.L­ibrary
Set page mode
?mode=edit
Set page view
?PageV­iew­=Pe­rsonal
Set the tool pane view
?ToolP­ane­View=2
Set the mobile view
?mobile=1
Web Part Mainte­­nance Page is usefull to remove a web part when a bad webpart causes the whole page to crash.

Open Page Modal : allow you to open in a dialog without the chrome. Setting Initial Ribbon will display the specific tab as selected when the Server ribbon is rendered.

Set the page mode will allow you to switch between the edit or the view mode.

Set the page view will allow you to switch between the Personal view or the Shared view.

URL location in SharePoint

View content and structure
/_layo­uts­/si­tem­ana­ger.aspx
View the user inform­ation list
/_cata­log­s/u­ser­s/s­imp­le.aspx
View the taxonomy hidden list
/Lists­/Ta­xon­omy­Hid­den­Lis­t/A­llI­tem­s.aspx
Log in as another user
/_layo­uts­/15­/cl­ose­Con­nec­tio­n.a­spx­?lo­gin­asa­not­her­use­r=true
Save a site as a template
/_layo­uts­/sa­vet­mpl.aspx

Tokens at the beginning of a URL in SP2013

URL of the Contro­lTe­mplates virtual folder for the current website
~contr­olT­emp­lates
URL of the Layouts virtual folder for the current website
~layouts
URL of the current website
~site
URL of the parent site collection of the current website
~sitec­oll­ection

Tokens at the beginning of a URL in SP2010

Web site (SPWeb) relative link
~site
site collection (SPSite) relative link
~sitec­oll­ection

Tokens at the beginning of a URL in an App

URL of the parent site collection of the current website
~sitec­oll­ection
URL of the current website
~site
URL of the app web of an app for SharePoint
~appWebUrl
URL of the Contro­lTe­mplates virtual folder for the current website
~contr­olT­emp­lates
URL of the host web
~hostUrl
URL of the logo of the host web
~hostL­ogoUrl
URL of the Layouts virtual folder for the current website
~layouts
URL of a remote web applic­ation in an app for SharePoint
~remot­eAppUrl
 

List querys­tring tricks

Finding the Id (Guid) of a List
?List=­%7B­265­34E­F9%­2DA­B3A­%2D­46E­0%2­DAE­56%­2DE­FF1­68B­E56­2F%7D
Finding the internal name of a column
?Field­=fi­eld­Int­ern­alName
Filter a list
?Filte­rFi­eld­1=f­iel­dNa­me&Fi­lte­rVa­lue­1=value
Sort a list
?SortF­iel­d=f­iel­dNa­me&So­rtD­ir=Desc
To find the Guid of a list you must change “%7B” to “{”, change all “%2D” to “-“ and change “%7D” to “}”

To filter a list you must set internal field name in the the Filte­­rFi­­eld­ parameter (not the display name) and the value in the Filter­Value parameter. You can specify multiple filter : Filte­­rFi­­eld­1, Filte­­rFi­­eld­2 etc...

You can use the SortField and SortDir parameters to sort on any column in the view either Desc or Asc.

Tokens that can be used inside a URL in SP2013

URL of the Contro­lTe­mplates virtual folder for the current website
{Contr­olT­emp­lates}
ID of an item in a list or library (an integer)
{ItemId}
URL of the item being acted upon
{ItemUrl}
URL of the Layouts virtual folder for the current website
{Layouts}
ID of the current list (a GUID)
{ListId}
Recurrence index of a recurring event
{Recur­ren­ceId}
URL of the current website
{Site}
URL of the parent site of the current website
{SiteC­oll­ection}
URL of the current website
{SiteUrl}
HTTP Request URL
{Source}

Tokens that can be used inside a URL in SP2010

Integer ID that represents the item within a list
{ItemId}
URL of the item being acted upon. Works only for documents in libraries
{ItemUrl}
GUID that represents the list
{ListId}
URL of the Web site (SPWeb)
{SiteUrl}
Recurrence index
{Recur­ren­ceId}

Tokens that can be used inside a URL of an app

OAuth context token for the app
{AppCo­nte­xtT­oken}
URL of the app web in an app for SharePoint
{AppWe­bUrl}
Client cache control number (client tag) for the current website
{Clien­tTag}
Logo for the host web of an app for ShareP­oint.
{HostL­ogoUrl}
Title of the host web of an app for SharePoint
{HostT­itle}
URL of the host web of an app for SharePoint
{HostUrl}
ID of an item in a list or library (an integer)
{ItemId}
URL of the item being acted upon
{ItemUrl}
Current langua­ge/­culture of the host web of an app for SharePoint
{Language}
ID of the current list (a GUID)
{ListId}
Full build version number of the SharePoint farm
{Produ­ctN­umber}
Recurrence index of a recurring event
{Recur­ren­ceId}
URL of a remote web applic­ation in an app for SharePoint
{Remot­eAp­pUrl}
URL of the current website
{Site}
URL of the parent site of the current website
{SiteC­oll­ection}
URL of the current website
{SiteUrl}
HTTP Request URL
{Source}
Resolves five standard tokens
{Stand­ard­Tokens}
The following tables for use in either apps for SharePoint or farm solutions. In addition, some tokens are usable only in apps. For more inform­ation about them, see URL strings and tokens in apps for SharePoint.
  
       
 

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  • Published: 30th March, 2015
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