Sharepoint 2010 correctly configured but InfoPath doesn't integrate

Question

Good day everyone. I haven't been able to use InfoPath integration with Sharepoint 2010 even reviewing every single configuration and searching for solutions on the internet.

I have a Sharepoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition installed in my server in standalone way (not using farms). I've already checked in Central Administration all the options that can make the integration with InfoPath work, rebooted the system, IIS, reinstalled InfoPath but nothing works: at the first time I try to connect in the server to use InfoPath, I receive this message: "this feature requires sharepoint server 2010 or greater with infopath forms services enabled". All the topics that refers to this error explain things I already made (check infopath form service, enterprise edition enabled, etc). Does anybody has any clue for this issue?

 

Thanks for your cooperation.

Answer 1

What exactly are you trying to do?  InfoPath even integrates with SharePoint Foundation, so you must be doing something very specific.  There is no special work that needs to be done to "integrate" InfoPath with SharePoint, so please specify the exact thing you're trying to do, including the exact clicks.

Are you certain you used an Enterprise license key when you installed SharePoint 2010?  You should double-check in Central Admin, because if you truly used an Enterprise license key, then you shouldn't ever get that message.  I've personally never seen it in any of my many, many Enterprise builds.

Did you ensure the Enterprise site collection and site features are enabled on your site collection?  Also, be sure the Team Collaboration Lists feature is activated.

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Answer 2

Hello, Clayton. Thank you for your answer.

I just want to work with Infopath to customize my Sharepoint forms.

I open InfoPath Designer 2010, click on "Design Form" with the "Sharepoint List" option selected, and then it opens the Data Connection Wizard, where I need to type the site URL. I type it then I click next, and I receive the message error informed above.

In Central Administration, I select "manage web applications", where I have just two apps: Sharepoint - 80 and SharePoint Central Administration v4, just to confirm that I have just one site. Then I go to General Application Settings, click on "Configure InfoPath Forms Services", and there I see that all options in "User Browser-enabled Form Templates" are chacked and the rest of the options are with default values.

To ensure that I'm using Enterprise license key, I go to "Upgrade and Migration", "Enable Enterprise Features", and there the options are disabled, with the radiobutton selected on "Enterprise" option.

I believe that I'm missing something, because I'm not used to work with Sharepoint, but this issue was assigned to me.

It's strange because I don't have any problem to work with Sharepoint Designer, for example.

Is there any other option that I could check or any configuration needed? I'd be pleased if you could pass me a step-by-step instruction.

 

Thank you again.

Answer 3

I repeat, "Did you ensure the Enterprise site collection and site features are enabled on your site collection? Also, be sure the Team Collaboration Lists feature is activated."

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Answer 4

Well, as I said earlier, I'm not used to work with Sharepoint, so I don't know exactly which and where are all of the configuration steps for everything, but I'm trying my best, searching for all clues in the internet and forums, but I couldn't find the answer for all your questions.

Sorry if I forgot to answer that in the reply above, but YES, the Team Collaboration Lists feature is indeed activated, and the only place I know that I can verify if the Enterprise features are Enabled is on "Upgrade and Migration" option. So, once again I say: I'd be very pleased if you could pass me a step-by-step instruction to see if this feature is enabled or not in my site collection.

Thank you again!

Answer 5

No, you go to the same place as Team Collaboration Lists.  Every site has features, and you activate them on the Site Features page within the Site Settings.  Also, every site lives within a Site Collection, which has its own set of Site Collection features at the top-level site.  You have to go the top-level site of wherever your site is, go to the Site Settings > Site Collection Features, and ensure the Enterprise Feature is activated here.  Then, ensure it's also activated at the site level where you checked Team Collaboration Lists.

Thiago, it's a lot of work for us to give you s tep-by-step instructions for very basic things.  Our expectation is that when you see a question or suggestion that you go search that topic to find the basics so that we can focus on answering the more difficult parts of your question.  For instance, I took the words from my question above and put them into a Bing search.

Here are my search terms: "sharepoint + enable site collection features"

Here are my results: http://www.bing.com/search?q=sharepoint+%2B+enable+site+collection+features&PC=BRTH&FORM=BT119D

THat's the best way to help yourself and to get help.  Search for the basic stuff and ask questions about the advanced stuff once you've exhausted all possible efforts to get the answer yourself.

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Answer 6

Ok, Clayton. I'll try harder to find things before come here and disturb you guys with basic problems. Sorry to bother you.

Thank you.

Answer 7

It's just an effort thing.  We will make the effort to help you in our free time, so we hope that you will do the same for yourself.  Please let me know the outcome of checking those feature settings - it should only take 2-3 minutes - and we can continue.

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Answer 8

This was exactly my problem. I didn't know it needed to be activated in the site collection features.

Once activated here, it works like a charm.

Thanks for posting this.

Bryan

Answer 9

Hi Clayton,

I was also trying to work with Infopath to customize my Sharepoint forms. As you said InfoPath even integrates with SharePoint Foundation but I am getting this error " This feature requires Sharepoint Server 2010 or greater with InfoPath Forms Services enabled".

When I try to integrate Info path with sharepoint enterprise its working fine.

Is it possible to integrate Info path with  Sharepoint Foundation?  Please help me.

Thank you in advance.