Download - Timesheet Approval Process
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Timesheet System Integration
Background
• City of Langford has a homegrown ASP.NET timesheet system
• Allows staff to enter there time on a daily basis. Time entry is recorded on a project by project basis
• The times system exports a file which is imported into our Payroll ERP System (Great Plains)
Background Cont.
• System has its own SQL server database
Background Cont.
• Projects assigned to each employee are configurable.
• Each user is assigned a supervisor in the system.
Timesheet System Snip
Approval Process
• In the “old days”– People would print out there timesheet get their
supervisor to sign it and submit it to the payroll department
– Purely a paper process
Integration Functionality
• Approval done in SharePoint document library • Submit timesheet to SharePoint using SharePoint API• Document tagged with metadata (submitter, date),
dropped in Supervisor Folder (with security)• Ability to comment Timesheet
Server API vs CSOM (SP2010)
• Pros/ConsServer API CSOMEasier to code Limited OM exposed
Entire OM exposed More difficult to code
Requires sharepoint server on machine running code
Can run on any client
Wrapper over web services
Development History
• Originally in SP2007 this system used the Server API (no CSOM available). Required timesheet website to run on sharepoint server.
• In migration to SP2010 CSOM became available. Switched to this API so timesheet not coupled to sharepoint server
Pseudocode
• Generate report (already existing), byte array• Connect to sharepoint site, list• Query for supervisor folder IF it doesn’t exist
then create it first• Upload to supervisor folder• Tag with metadata
Generate Report
• Using .rdlc (visual studio report designer) to generate report Set it up
Render
Connect to the sharepoint site, list
Server API (old)
Connect to the sharepoint site, list
CSOM (new)
Query for Supervisor Folder (CSOM)
Query for supervisor folder cont
Create Supervisor Folder (CSOM)
Versus Server API
Upload Code
CSOM (new)
Server API
Tag with metadata (CSOM)
Tag with metadata (server API)
Timesheet Library
• Approve View (data grid format)
Supervisor Folders (in approval view)
Approval View (Datagrid)
Approval View Settings
Bonus Content
• Ever tried to change someones name in sharepoint?
• Ever had someone accidentally delete the root site in a site collection?
Bonus Content – Changing User Names
Bonus – Recover Deleted Site Collection
