Access Microsoft SharePoint
documents from within an IBM® Connections
community. Documents you upload to the community from SharePoint are
available to all members of the community.
About this task
Use the SharePoint widget to include SharePoint documents
in your community. To access the community widget, you must have the
user name and password you use to access your SharePoint server. If
you do not have this information, consult your SharePoint administrator.Procedure
- After you add the SharePoint widget to your community,
configure it by specifying the hostname for the SharePoint server,
a user name and password, the type of authentication to use, and the
SharePoint Document Library you want to access.
- To add a document, click Upload a Document and
specify a file to upload and a destination folder.
- To create a folder, click New Folder and
enter a folder name and description.
- To open the SharePoint server click Go to SharePoint.
- Click the folder menu to do any of the following:
- Click Open to expand the folder
and view subfolders and documents.
- Click Upload document to and
browse for a document to add to the folder.
- Click Edit Properties to change
the folder name.
- Click Delete to permanently remove
the folder and all of its contents.
- Click a document name and perform any of these operations:
- Click Download this document to
open a document for viewing or editing. The document opens in its
native application. For example, if the document is a Microsoft Word document, it opens in Microsoft Word.
- Click Upload new version and
browse for the file to replace the document with a newer version.
- To change the properties of a document, such as the
name, click Edit properties. Edit the properties
and save the changes.
- Click Delete to permanently remove
the file from the SharePoint widget.
- To create a feed of the SharePoint documents list, click Feed
for SharePoints Documents List, copy the feed data, and
paste it into your feed reader.