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Of the many benefits of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0/Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, often overlooked is the native support of mobile devices through embedded mobile site URLs and mobile views.
Mobile views permit both viewing and updating Lists and Document Libraries from a mobile device.
When considering leveraging mobile views, you should carefully consider the restrictions on length and size of some parts of a list or library.
Limitations
Rendering and performance are considered in mobile views, therefore it is important to understand the limitations imposed by these considerations when implementing Lists and/or Document Libraries, for instance many common fields should have a character limitation of no greater than 20 applied, these include List and Document Library titles and names, and List and column name titles. When the 20 character limit is exceeded, mobile device users will be presented with an ellipses representing the additional characters. In example, a List title ThisListHasOverCharacters will be rendered on the mobile device as ThisListHasOverChara… See below for a complete list of limitations to consider when designing Lists and Document Libraries settings for mobile views.
Item
Limit
Characters in the Web title of a list or library
20
Characters in a list or library name
20
Number of mobile views
10
Number of items displayed in a view
100
Characters in a list item title
20
Characters in a column name
20
Single-line text field type
256
Multiple-line text field type
256
Each choice in a choice field type
10
Number of options in a choice field type
10
Characters in each item in a lookup field
20
Number of options in a lookup list
20
Characters in a hyperlink or picture field
20
Characters in an attachment file name
20
Number of attachments (to list items) displayed
3
Characters in a calculated field
20
NOTE Discussion Boards, the Currency, Yes/No, and Person or Group column types are not supported by mobile views.
Accessing Mobile Site URLs and Views
Mobile site URLs and views are native to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0/Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, to access a mobile site URL or view simply append the URL with /m. In example, <A href=“http://%3cserver%3e/%3Cpath%3E/%3Csite%3E’s” mce_href=“http:/// /’s”>http://
Standard Site URL View
Mobile Site URL View
Creating Mobile Views
In addition to the embedded mobile views you can also create mobile views for Lists and Document Libraries.
To create a mobile view, select the List or Document Library source and select Settings, and then select Document Library Settings or List Settings from the menu.
Select Create view and select Standard View under the Choose a view format section.
NOTE Calendar, Access, Datasheet, and Gannt views are not supported for mobile devices.
Using the table in the section labeled Limitations as a guide, complete the required fields on the Create View: <List/Document Library> page.
Expand Mobile on the Create View: <List/Document Library> page.
Select Make this a mobile view (Applies to pubic views only) and optionally Make this the default mobile view (Applies to public views only).
Click OK.
Now that you understand mobile site URLs and views in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0/Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007, go collaborate…on the go!