Hi, all –
Is it possible to created a link in SharePoint to access a document stored external to SharePoint (and to the internet, for that matter)? It’s possible we could provide a location on our intranet system if that would be required.
I have seen some things online about linking between libraries but that’s about it.
Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.
Paul
There’s a nice walk-through here:
https://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/10/07/search-content-source-in-sharepoint.aspx
You could then use custom search web parts to display the particular documents you are looking for.
Dave
Thanks for your replies and info, Dave –
These documents would be on a network. I’ll look into search as an option.
Thanks!
Paul
Found a bit more. If your data is in blob storage you can definitely use BCS to surface documents. MSDN has a How-to. I actually think you might be able to use the same techniques to access other locations, but not 100% on that.
Here’s the link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff634782%28v=office.14%29.aspx
Dave
Hi Paul,
Is this information in a network store or something else? You can setup search to look at content outside of SharePoint and access documentation that way.
I was thinking you might be able to leverage BCS, but not sure if it would work for documents. It does work for data (list data), but I have never seen it done for documents. Search might be what you need.
I will do some more digging on my end and get back to you.
Dave
