intro to content query web part power user – level 200 kim frehe – rightpoint consulting

INTRO TO CONTENT QUERY WEB PART

POWER USER – LEVEL 200

KIM FREHE – RIGHTPOINT CONSULTING

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ABOUT ME• SharePoint Power User since 2001• Graduated with BS in Advertising from

University of Florida• Huge Gator Fan• Chicago• Dog Lover and SharePoint Geek

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AGENDA• About CQWP• Examples• Anatomy of a CQWP• Samples• Requirements & Recommendations• Tips & Tricks

INFORMATIONABOUT THE CONTENT QUERY WEB PART

SITE COLLECTION

CQWP

USAGE• Announcements / News Rollups• Administrative Dashboard• Calendar Rollups– Recurring calendar items are an issue

• Contracts / RFP’s • Employees / Contacts• Client Profiles– All contacts, contracts, RFP’s, announcements, etc

related to one client or project• User fields – how are they using

AN FEW EXAMPLESEXAMPLES

ANATOMY OF CQWP• Display information

from all sites in site collection,

• One “parent” with children or just one site

• Can display based on list just one list

DEMO

• Publishing Feature must be turned on

• Access Level: Must have design access to add web parts to a page

• Set up Content Types at the Parent Site or Content Type Hub

REQUIREMENTS & RECOMMENDATIONS

TIPS & TRICKS• Format Date: At the top:

xmlns:ddwrt=http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime

In the Template:<xsl:value-of select="ddwrt:FormatDate(@DueDate, 1033, 1)"/>

• Show Rich Text: disable-output-escaping="yes" – <xsl:value-of select="@Description“ disable-output-

escaping="yes" />

TIPS & TRICKS• Create custom slot:

<div class=“item”><xsl:value-of select=“@fieldname”/>

</div>

• If “Due Date” does not work, try “Due Date [Core Task and Issue Columns]”

TIPS & TRICKS

TIPS & TRICKS• For “Yes / No” checkbox: filter by 1 or 0

• Discussion Replies: use “ItemChildCount”– <property name="CommonViewFields"

type="string">ItemChildCount,Lookup</property>

• Expiration date: _dlc.ExpireDate

• Managed Metatdata: CQWP allows single and multiple values for filter, but not grouping.

TIPS & TRICKS• Quick way to render Names of Fields - 2007<xsl: for-each select=“@*”><xsl: value-of select = “name( )”/></xsl: for-each>

– Add it to the code above “Display Title” variable to see a list of fields being passed to the web part

• Show additional fields - 2007“CommonViewFields”

<property name="CommonViewFields" type="string">Body_x0020_content, RichHTML</property>

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