PERFACCT

SharePoint Knowledge Management

Redesign and automation of an automotive developer's internal knowledge management system on SharePoint and Nintex – including a drag-and-drop editor and REST/SOAP integration.

Client/Company/Industry

IAV GmbH

Duration

9 months

Product

Software

Expertise

Software Development

Goal

A leading automotive development services provider wanted to fundamentally modernise its internal knowledge management on SharePoint. The goal was to give page editors a flexible layout system that goes beyond SharePoint's standard capabilities, and to automate recurring processes through Nintex workflows.

Tasks

Project structure setup including package managers (Anaconda, npm)
Customisation and extension of the client's SharePoint environment
Integration of custom-built components into SharePoint's multi-user environment
Implementation of automation tools for SharePoint and Nintex
Design and development of a drag-and-drop editor for custom page layouts using HTML, CSS, TypeScript, and Gridstack.js
Integration of SOAP and REST services
Reading and processing Excel files with Python
Quality assurance with Python unit tests

Challenges

The central challenge was providing a freely configurable layout system alongside SharePoint's standard layouts without restricting its built-in functionality. The drag-and-drop editor gives page creators maximum flexibility while keeping SharePoint's native features fully intact.

The client also wanted a programmatic way to quickly assess the status and content of created pages. SharePoint was extended with additional logic and visual components to enable a fast overview of the knowledge base.

Programming Languages

Python, TypeScript

Technologies

SharePoint, Nintex, Gridstack.js, Bootstrap, REST, SOAP

Symbolic image for knowledge management.

Takeaway

The project delivered an extended SharePoint ecosystem with a custom drag-and-drop editor and automated Nintex workflows. The solution combines maximum flexibility for content creators with the stability and feature set of the existing SharePoint infrastructure.

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