1. Using SharePoint as a Platform for Application Development
Chuck Winkler, Sr. Manager, Web Applications, BorgWarner

2. CODE SP Saturday 2016 Chuck Winkler, Sr. Manager, Web Applications
Manager / Architect / Strategist / Trainer for all things SharePoint
Responsible for taxonomy, topology, maintenance and application design for BorgWarner’s Intranet and Extranet
ICE – Information Collaboration Environment
Production in April of 2007
SP2010 migration 01/01/2013
Looking at hybrid 2016 and SharePoint Online in 2017/2018
Solutions presented herein are agnostic to environment
Moving towards client-side rather than server-side model
Reference
Featured in Microsoft case study in June of 2009
Solution presentations to Chrysler, Dow Chemical, Owens Corning, Homedics, Federal Mogul, Cornell, Haworth, and Comerica
Presented at past 5 SharePoint Saturday’s
Presented at multiple SEMSUG and A2SUG
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3. General Tips and Tricks that make our environment successful
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This session is designed to GENERATE IDEAS in your own organization! These solutions work for BorgWarner and are not necessarily the ultimate solution for every organization*.
* See legal fine print at the end of this presentation…
How are other companies using SharePoint?
What more can I do than just store documents?
How can SharePoint be used as a development platform?
General Tips and Tricks that make our environment successful

4. High-level Environment Overview
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High-level Environment Overview
SharePoint is main development platform for Intranet and Extranet
Deployed globally to 74 locations in 19 countries
Approximately 30,000 users
User distributed delegated administration
3 major regional farms
120+ site collections
Approximately 8,000+ Sub-Sites
~7Tb of available storage

5. SP Saturday 2016 – Hardware Architecture
Three Major Farms
North America, Europe and China – completely independant
Regionalized search crawling
Response time increase due to less network distance
Response time increase due to smaller database size
Additional repository space
Regional backups
More granular control over site collection by location

6. SP Saturday 2016 Document Storage Collaboration Tools
Advanced Search Capability
Workflow Capability
Security Control
Self Publishing
Self Administration

7. Intranet Applications
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Intranet Applications

8. Blending of Technologies
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Blending of Technologies
Being able to use different pieces of technologies to form a simple or complex applications
List data, SQL, SAP, search results data, Excel Services, BCS, web parts, jQuery, JSOM, etc.
Creating BI tools based on disparate sources and varying data types
Being able to take simplistic data stored in SharePoint to create charts/graphs…BI
Requires developers to continually increase their “tool belt” to be able to identify various technologies that can be utilized to create end user solutions

9. SP Saturday 2016
Challenge: Find a way to approve InfoPath-based forms on the intranet – without being connected to the intranet.

10. SP Saturday 2016 INTRANET INTERNET
Document Library (Inbound)
HTML-based form optimized for mobile use

11. SP Saturday 2016
EIP Tracking – HR application for employees to be able to submit forms for Learning Development, Safety Training and Wellness.
Systems uses simple SharePoint lists, InfoPath forms and custom web parts for statistical analysis and reporting

12. SP Saturday 2016
Timesheet Application – used for Engineering, and hourly office works for payroll reporting and project accounting.
Blends technologies of SQL, SharePoint lists, SAP, Excel Services, BCS, custom webparts and .NET coding
For interns and Co-ops, the maximum hours to work as a part-time employee is 1,500, so a mechanism was created to automatically keep track of Actual and Forecasted hours an employee works.

13. SP Saturday 2016
The unique part of this application is to be able to parse data inside the XML of the InfoPath form and place it into fields on the graphic, to be able to generate the PDF to be sent to HR for printing.
Employees nominating and nominated are then entered into a monthly drawing for cash awards.

14. SP Saturday 2016
Global Safety Metrics – Ability for plant location to submit safety metrics to the global team for reporting.
Concept uses simple SharePoint lists to input data and then Excel Services for reporting.

15. Existing System: Fulfill Lab requests from Engineering.
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Existing System: Fulfill Lab requests from Engineering.
A system using InfoPath and SharePoint Designer workflow was created.
Engineers request a Lab Work Order.
Lab Supervisor assigns the Work Order to Technicians.
Technicians complete the Work Order.
Workflow routes the Work Order through the various stages.
Being used at multiple BW locations

16. SP Saturday 2016
Enhancement: Provide an easy visual interface for supervisors to assign and prioritize work for technicians.
A bolt on scheduling system using JSOM and jQuery.
Independent of the existing work order system.
Role based views – Supervisor, Technician, Lab.

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When:
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4626 3rd Ave, Detroit, 48201
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