Editing field properties with new site column and field refactoring tool in Mossquito
Tracking the usages of site columns in lists and locating unintended or incorrect property settings can be a real problem. The more complex the site collection, the more elusive and difficult these incorrect settings can be. With the new site column and field refactoring tool in Mossquito 2009, however, a clear view into all the usages of any site column is now available along with the capability to edit its property values at the level of the site column and at the level of each list. Read the full post for more details and to see this tool in action.
Current release of Mossquito 2009 introduces custom field type support and new refactoring tools
Our current release of Mossquito 2009 introduces two important and useful new features. The first of these is support for custom field types. This means that types you have created to fill your unique SharePoint needs are now available in Mossquito in the same way as native SharePoint types.
The second feature is a series of grids which we are calling refactoring matrices. These extend our current selection of usage matrices by allowing you to edit properties of related content types, site columns, fields and field links in a single view.
Combining a clear, visual picture of your site's objects with the ability to modify their usage and properties will remove much of the confusion involved in managing your SharePoint sites. Keep watching these blog postings for more detail on these features.