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Article ID: 905234 - Last Review: November 4, 2005 - Revision: 1.1

You receive an error message when you try to create a new document workspace in a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 area

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to create a new document workspace in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 area, you receive the following error message:
Access Denied. You do not have permission to perform this action.
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RESOLUTION

To create a document workspace, follow these steps:
  1. Open the Home page.
  2. In the left pane, click Manage Content, and then click the name of the document library.
  3. Move the mouse in the document, click the Edit arrow, and then click Create Document Workspace.
After you complete these steps, the "Create Document Workspace" page appears and informs you that a copy of this document will be stored in the new workspace. From the new workspace, you can publish the document back to its original location.

Additionally, the "Create Document Workspace" page lists the file name and the location of the document workspace. If you click Save and Close, the document workspace is created as a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site. The following URL is an example of a similar URL that is created when the document workspace is created as a Windows SharePoint Services site:
http://<servername>/<your%20title%20here>/default.aspx
Note In this example, the <servername> placeholder is the name of the Windows SharePoint Services server. The <Your title here> placeholder is the name of your file Note that spaces in the document title will be marked by the following characters:
%20
For example, to open the document workspace of a file that is named Cost Benefit Analysis, you must type the title of the document in the address bar behind the root URL for the portal.

You can use the Stsadm command-line tool to see the document workspaces. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. At the command line, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
    cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\bin
  • To see the document workspaces, use the following syntax:
    stsadm –o enumsubwebs –url http://<servername>
    Note In this syntax, the <servername> placeholder is the root of the portal site.
  • To delete the document workspaces, use the following syntax:
    stsadm –o deleteweb –url http://<servername>/<documentname>
    Note In this syntax, the <servername> placeholder is the name of the SharePoint server. The <documentname> placeholder is your document. If the document name has spaces in it, you must wrap the URL in double-quotes.
Additionally, you can create the document workspace in a Team Site site collection outside the portal site.
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STATUS

This behavior is by design.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
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Justin Cheng - justin_cheng NOSPAM-AT-NOSPAM infosys.com Reported as Irrelevant  
Written: 11/9/2005 3:43 PM
This KB article does not address the problem. You cannot create document workspaces on portal areas which are not the top level home page - *this* is when you receive the 'Access Denied' error. If you append: /_layouts/1033/mngsubwebs.aspx to a portal area URL, you can access 'manage workspaces' functionality. If you then try to create a workspace for the portal area by clicking 'Create', you will receive the error: "Error/Portal sites do not support the creation of Document or Meeting Workspaces. To create a SharePoint site based on another site template, click Sites and click Create Site from the action pane." This solution only mentions the top level home page, which by design, you can still create document workspaces for. Is there no solution for other areas?

Christopher - spam NOSPAM-AT-NOSPAM thinklogic.net Report As Irrelevant  
Written: 11/29/2005 4:21 PM
I'm having the same problme as Justin and getting the exact same error "Portal sites do not support the creation of Document or Meeting Workspaces. To create a SharePoint site based on another site template, click Sites and click Create Site from the action pane." when trying to create Sites, Document Workspaces and Meeting Workspaces. Any help would be great.

Martin Report As Irrelevant  
Written: 12/5/2005 3:31 AM
Does any one else find this unacceptable? Why can't you do this from other levels within SharePoint. Surely the point of document workspaces is to share documents that other users do noy automatically have access to. Does any one know of a work around?

Paul Sherlock - paul.sherlock NOSPAM-AT-NOSPAM t-mobile.co.uk Report As Irrelevant  
Written: 12/14/2005 1:27 AM
The article is good, it shows that Sharepoint is not fit for purpose, therefore that I cannot have the functionality advertised. So much for the sale of goods act. Can someone direct me to a user / pressure group or a product that works?



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