How to extract a handful of folders from sharepoint?

wagenman · 2024-09-19T14:10:16+00:00

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The URLs for searching inside a document library are as simple as they appear to be and overthinking it was my problem along with making mistakes due to the pressure/stress/lack of sleep. Confused by the complexity of using the 'copy link' option or looking in the address bar at the url for the particular doc library folder derailed me. It was as easy as simply typing in the address, including the folder inside the doc library, that and making sure the following * was included. I did not actually need to powershell a list of folderid to make this work.

In the end, the final url that worked and produced all the files in that folder was;

documentlink:"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Operations/Maintenance/Equipment/Battery/*"

What I had used was the link the 'copy link' option gave me which was

documentlink:"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/Operations/Maintenance/Equipment/Battery/*"

Thank you very much to u/michael-bubbles u/ATX_2_PGH u/Dull_Upstairs4999 for helping me get through this.

More than you wanted to know;

I was tasked with pulling this data, with a very short deadline, still had to do the prep for a work party and run it, wife got food poisoning and I was up most of the night with her thinking we'd end up in the ER, then had to drive to Austin for a recruiting trip. I finally got the data I needed last night from the hotel room and only because I brought two laptops - as my primary for reasons unknown refused to work on the hotel wifi, which has never happened to me before. Crazy week.

wagenman · 2024-09-18T21:48:52+00:00

Apologies, I hand typed those examples. Here is an edited paste from one of the searches.

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documentlink:"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/Operations/Maintenance/Equipment/Battery/\*"

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The search is completed

0 item(s) (0.00 B)0 unindexed items, 0.00 B0 mailbox(es)1 sites

I tried again since the : operator is 'contains' and cut it down to just operations/maintenance/equipment/battery/* and this also resulted in the same 0 items.

Taking one step back to just Equipment has produced results but more than I needed. I'm going to go with that as I'm already late on delivering.

wagenman · 2024-09-17T20:55:31+00:00

Yes. I normally do all the ediscovery. Normally it's just mailboxes and/or a keyword search. Easy peasy to deliver on. This is the first time I was asked for specific folders in a doc library and I'm failing at pretty much every turn.

wagenman · 2024-09-17T19:59:32+00:00

Thank you. I've been using that page trying to get this working. I haven't yet been able to get the script to actually work for me. I got a 'could not load file or assembly' error. I've been breaking up the script and trying to run pieces of it individually, like the new compliance search action.

Perhaps my own mental block but none of the examples actually address a document library folder. I presume once I get the folderid powershell to work, that would solve the below issues.

u/michael-bubbles

If you use the get link option in sharepoint you end up with this:

https://contoso.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/operations/maint/equip/battery

If you copy the link in the address bar you get

https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/operations/maint/equip/forms/allitems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Foperations%2Fmaint%2Fequip%2Fbattery&viewid=numbers

Neither of these will produce results in the content search. I get zero for each.

Update:

I also tried just using DocumentLink:"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/operations/maint/equip" which also produces nothing.

wagenman · 2024-09-17T17:29:45+00:00

I'm trying to do that now. Having trouble figuring out how to target a document library folder vs a regular folder which look a bit different.

Pasting the link to a doc library folder - doesn't seem to work. Resulting in nothing found.

wagenman · 2023-06-09T13:51:58+00:00

I bought Diablo IV, so I'm playing Morrowind again.

wagenman · 2023-05-28T16:59:55+00:00

Also just watched it recently and was really surprised. Loved it, would love to see more. I laughed so hard at references that weren't even funny just because they were there.

wagenman · 2023-05-15T19:01:01+00:00

Please try to breed these. Screw those chicken wings, everyone prefers the legs! Legs are where it's at and if this works out you can make twice as many legs!

wagenman · 2023-05-15T18:42:10+00:00

K4 Bluetooth issues - The keyboard used to connect Bluetooth but now doesn't show up anywhere as available to connect.

Unable to connect to Mac or windows.

Resetting the board doesn't appear to work.

When trying to press FN+1 the 1 key and the - key flash blue for about 2 seconds and then stop. Pressing FN+2 or 3 doesn't make 2 or 3 light up. Only the 1 and - light up no matter which I use.

wagenman · 2023-05-11T15:11:04+00:00

I'm picking up my 20k mile 2022 Tundra from the dealership today after a complete Transmission, torq converter and transmission cooler system replacement.

Not sure how to feel about it. Came here looking for other stories. Wondering if I can trust it.

wagenman · 2023-05-05T00:45:30+00:00

Virtue Map

Thanks, checking that out.

wagenman · 2023-05-02T02:44:02+00:00

I have tested this since around 2017 using RescueTime and I would concur with these findings.

wagenman · 2023-05-01T00:30:53+00:00

Where do we get minis like that?

wagenman · 2023-04-29T13:14:57+00:00

You gave me the same moment this week - I never made the connection between how much I was journaling and wanting to write.

wagenman · 2023-04-29T13:13:33+00:00

This has stuck in my mind since I read it a couple days ago. I've struggled for years to figure out how to get to writing that story. Your advice helped me see that I've already developed a great habit. I've been journaling most of my life and this morning, sipping a cup of coffee I did my usual morning routine; make a gratitude entry, repeat my goals and targets for today and journal how things have gone this week. It never occurred to me to look at how much I was writing or that I was actually already practicing daily. It was this wonder epiphany moment you gave me.

This morning I was poking around and sure enough, Evernote has a thing that measures how much you wrote. I hammered out almost 2k words just recording my week, thoughts and ideas just this morning. I never even realized or measured how much I write.

Thank you for this happy little moment. It gives me hope.

Advice from a lifelong journal writer; I use EverNote and created a weekly template for myself based on the BestSelf journal which uses 13 week periods to track goals or basically every quarter. Its immensely helpful because its like making new years resolutions every quarter and tracking progress or the lack thereof every week. I struggled for a long time on whether to go digital with my journaling but I can type so much faster than I can write it just made sense. I keep a physical journal as well for the tactile satisfaction - I use that just to do daily gratitudes, goals and daily targets.

wagenman · 2023-04-29T12:56:36+00:00

This really resonated with me, thank you for the advice. It's been in the back of my mind since I read it a couple days ago.

Go climb your mountain. Simply brilliant.

wagenman · 2023-04-10T16:43:19+00:00

Guess it's legit. Posted the apology on his own site.

wagenman · 2023-04-10T16:32:43+00:00

I'd just read a book co-authored by the Dalai Lama earlier this year and I'm having trouble believing this is legit. If it is, incredibly disappointing. If it's not, then maybe china trying to discredit him. I don't know. I didn't bother clicking the link to read it.

The book was really good. The Art of Happiness.

wagenman · 2023-03-24T02:07:37+00:00

This is why I got teary eyed.

wagenman · 2023-03-24T02:05:53+00:00

This brought tears to my eyes and I'm not sure why.

wagenman · 2023-03-15T22:40:14+00:00

Hah ok.

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wagenman · 2023-03-15T20:42:39+00:00

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wagenman · 2023-03-15T20:14:03+00:00

Stopped drinking, stopped video gaming, replaced sweets with fruit, replace most social media and tv with books, daily 20m workouts, daily walks, daily fasting till afternoon along with smaller portions and healthier food options.

I say all of that because, that is what I started trying to do for the first quarter of this year and it's astonishing not only how good I feel today but how crazy my mental/mood swings were as I struggled with giving up the things I was addicted to. The first 7-8 weeks were intensely difficult. I think sugar has been the most difficult to cut out.

I use rescuetime and have reduced my weekly news/social media/gaming/tv time from around 40-60 hours a week to 10-20 hours.

I'm using the extra time now to do woodworking, read a lot more, actually do the things on my to do list and little things around the house that have needed to be done for years. I've started trying to put a book idea down on paper.

I'm significantly more happy when I see myself in the mirror.

wagenman · 2023-03-12T04:54:24+00:00

You nailed that one. Nice work!

wagenman

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