After creation Search Service Application, search topology displays the following message: "Unable to retrieve topology component health states. This may be because the admin component is not up and running." When I started full crawl results, it got struck in "Starting".

ULS log shows following information:

Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance
Reason:   

Failed to connect to system manager. SystemManagerLocations: net.tcp://<<some location>>
Technical Support Details:    System.InvalidOperationException: Failed to connect to system manager. SystemManagerLocations: net.tcp://<<some location>> ---> System.ServiceModel.EndpointNotFoundException: There was no endpoint listening at net.tcp://sp13beta/E0C7FF/AdminComponent1/Management/NodeController that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.

Reason behind the issue: Operation system prevents few responsible Dlls for Admin component (for search service application) to load.

Fix: Install this KB 2567680 and reboot the system.

NOTE: Rest of the prerequisites are already listed here.

Happy Coding...!!!

If you have started using SharePoint 2013 Preview, you might have noticed that there is no option to login as a different user. There is an option to sign out, but how to log back in?

One can use the link which is available in SharePoint 2010

/_layouts/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true

It works in SharePoint 2013 Preview same as SharePoint 2010.

Another option is to use "Run as" while launching your browser.

I believe it is a handy feature to have for developers or administrators to login as different user.

Happy Coding...!!!

Here is the code snippet:


 var ctx;

function getListByInternalName(desiredListName) {
this.desireableList = undefined;
this.desireableListUrlName = desiredListName;
ctx = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
this.web = ctx.get_web();
this.lists = web.get_lists();
ctx.load(this.lists);
ctx.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.listsRetrievedSuccess),
Function.createDelegate(this, this.listsRetrievedError));
}

function listsRetrievedSuccess() {
this.listEnumerator = lists.getEnumerator();
while (listEnumerator.moveNext()) {
var list = listEnumerator.get_current();
var rootFolder = list.get_rootFolder();
ctx.load(rootFolder);
}
ctx.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.rootFoldersRetrievedSuccess),
Function.createDelegate(this, this.rootFoldersRetrievedError));
}

function listsRetrievedError() { }

function rootFoldersRetrievedSuccess() {
listEnumerator.reset();
while (listEnumerator.moveNext()) {
var list = listEnumerator.get_current();
var rootFolder = list.get_rootFolder();
var name = rootFolder.get_name();
if (name == desireableListUrlName) {
desireableList = list;
break;
}
}
if (desireableList !== undefined) {
listFoundCallback();
}
else {
listNotFoundCallback();
}
}

function rootFoldersRetrievedError() { }

function listFoundCallback() {
console.log(desireableList.get_title());
}

function listNotFoundCallback() {
console.log("Matching list not found.");
}


     We can use the above function by calling like this:

// list url: /MyCustomList
getListByInternalName("MyCustomList");

 Happy Coding...!!!