InfoPath - Setting Parameters on Web Service Calls when a form loads

When you have a secondary data source that uses a web service, InfoPath lets you specify the input parameters.

You can set the value here to any simple data type. However, it's not immediately apparent how you would set the value to a variable data item. In this case I wanted to fetch some data for the currently logged in user. This data is then used to pre-populate the form.

InfoPath has a username() function. To use this to specify the value to the web service you need to create a rule for the Form.

1. Select Tools/Form Options.

2. Select Open and Save.

3. Click Rules.

4. Add a new rule.

5. Add an action to set a field value.

6. For the field, select your web service as the data source and the input parameter you want to set.

7. Set the value to a function or some other calculated value.

8. Add more actions if you have more input parameters.

9. Add a final rule to submit the query for the web service.

Ensure that the data connection for the web service has the "Automatically retrieve data when form is opened" option turned off.

Comments

Site Logo Not Changing on Web Part Pages

I tested and reproduced your issue in my local machine. Since the Web Part Pages would override the content in PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea place holder, the site logo would not change automatically. So would you please try remove or comment the following control TitleBarWebPart: See the similar scenario and solution: http://emanonsolutions.blogspot.com/2010/02/left-navigation-webpart-pages.html Hope this can help.

Create a Custom Site Definition with Additional Content in SharePoint 2010 Using Visual Studio 2010

· Web Templates · Site Definitions and Configurations · Deciding Between Custom Web Templates and Custom Site Definitions · Understanding Onet.xml Files · How to: Create a Custom Web Template · Overview of Creating Custom Site Definitions Site Template Configurator utility http://stefan-stanev-sharepoint-blog.blogspot.com/search/label/SharePoint%202010 Create a Custom Site Definition with Additional Content in SharePoint 2010 Using Visual Studio 2010 http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/sharepoint-2010/archive/2010/11/11/sharepoint-2010-cookbook-how-to-create-a-custom-site-definition-with-additional-content-in-sharepoint-2010-using-visual-studio-2010.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/allenwang/...

HOW TO CREATE A SHAREPOINT EMPLOYEE DIRECTORY?

Option 1: Use the Contact List Web Part available in SharePoint If you are a small organization, you can simply use an out of the box Web Part called Contacts to manage contact information. The beauty of this approach is that you can customize your Contacts Web Part with any columns/metadata that you wish. That means you can add all sorts of phone numbers, notes, other information and group/organize it in any way you wish on your SharePoint site or page The second option when it comes to SharePoint Employee Directory is to create custom sites/pages using Content Search Web part. This option works well when you have a larger organization and want to create an Employee Directory that allows you to filter the different properties using left-hand-side metadata criteria. You do need to be an advanced SharePoint User to create this sort of Directory. If you are comfortable with some customization and want to give it a try, here are couple of blog posts ...

SharePoint Learnings

Search This Blog