Retrieve Data from SharePoint Online

To automatically retrieve content from SharePoint Online (part of Office 365), create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs each fetch task automatically, based on the schedule that is defined in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

  1. Stop the connector.
  2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.
  3. In the [FetchTasks] section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the Number parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type Number=1. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the Number parameter by one (1). Below the Number parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

    [FetchTasks]
    Number=1
    0=MyTask
  4. Below the [FetchTasks] section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

    [FetchTasks]
    Number=1
    0=MyTask
    
    [MyTask]
  1. In the new section, set the following parameters.

    SharepointOnline A Boolean that specifies whether you are retrieving data from a SharePoint Online shared server. To retrieve data from a SharePoint Online shared server, set this parameter to true. If you are retrieving data from a SharePoint Online dedicated server, set this parameter to false.
    SSLMethod The version of SSL/TLS to use to connect to SharePoint Online. To use the latest protocol supported by both client and server, set this parameter to NEGOTIATE.
    SharepointUrlType

    The type of site collection from which you want to retrieve data:

    • SiteCollection
    • PersonalSiteCollection
    SharepointUrl If you set SharepointUrlType=SiteCollection, specify the URL of the site collection. If you set SharepointUrlType=PersonalSiteCollection, specify the URL of the personal site collection.
    SharepointAdminUrl The URL of the admin site collection. If you want to retrieve user profiles from SharePoint Online, you must set this parameter.
    SharepointMySiteUrl The URL of the "MySites" site collection.
    Username The user name for authentication with SharePoint. You can encrypt the user name before adding it to the configuration file.
    Password The password for authentication with SharePoint. Micro Focus recommends encrypting the password. For information about how to do this, see Encrypt Passwords.
  2. (Optional) You can set additional configuration parameters to specify the information that you want to retrieve. For more information about the parameters that you can use, refer to the SharePoint OData Connector Reference.
  3. Save and close the configuration file.

 


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