The power of data view plus web part

Data View Plus

How to build new & exciting layouts to the most versatile web part using the most

basic HTML

KWizCom Corporation

• Founded in 2005

• Headquartered in Toronto

• Global vendor of SharePoint Add-Ons

• 5000+ customers worldwide

Shai Petel

Director of Research and Development at KWizCom

MCPD, MVP: SharePoint

[email protected] | @shaibs | http://kwizcom.blogspot.com

Agenda

What is Data View Web Part, why did we need Data View Plus?

How does Data View Plus Web Part work?

Live Demo: Creating new layouts

What is Data View Web Part?

Very powerful web part for viewing SharePoint data

Customizable rendering

Uses XSL to format the output

Connects to various data sources

What missing?

The use of XSLT Lack of support for layout templates Requires SharePoint Designer Breaks easily

Data View Plus Web Part

Add or Edit using your browser Simple data source connections Select a layout, or create new layouts using simple

HTML Multiple views/sources per web part Deliver stunning results with 100% control over the

HTML

How does Data View Plus Web Part work?

Each layout has header, body, footer with tokens Body portion is rendered for each item in the data

source Supports group by and recursively calling another

layout to render each group Provides simple JavaScript load/unload events to

enable smooth Ajax transition between layouts Supports refresh

DEMOUsing the data view plus web part

DEMOCreating new layouts – birthday list

DEMODeploying new layouts via features

Supported tokens

The DVPWP supports many tokens, for a full list of tokens and explanation open the excel file.

The best way to get started is by looking at some of the out of the box examples we’ve provided with the product. Microsoft Excel

Worksheet

Contact Info

Shai Petel Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.kwizcom.com Blog: http://kwizcom.blogspot.ca/