Universe on SharePoint metadata

[Former Member]

Hi,

does anyone knows how to connect a universe to the SharePoint  metadata in Share Place (to read file name, modification date, other file attributes)?

The customers requirement is to build reporting on this meta information in order to identify the SharePoint content  which is no longer in use.

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

[Former Member]

Hi,

my first bet would be to use a purpose built webservice through a Universe. The webservice provides the necessary info in SharePoint. While creating a Universe, go for a generic relational WSDL connection.

Secondly you could look into IOMS (Integration option for microsoft sharepoint software) with what you can create Webi reports on SharePoint. Perhaps that can connect to the desired info in SharePoint itself...

Cheers,

Dirk Buitendijk

[Former Member]

Hi mate,

     I'm not sure if you can read this information from the Sharepoint directly, you should read it from a database, i mean, you should identify the tables and fields where this information is saved on a database based from the sharepoint, and then build the Universe from this source.

Regards..