INTRO TO
CONTENT QUERY WEB PART
POWER USER – LEVEL 200
KIM FREHE – RIGHTPOINT CONSULTING
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ABOUT
ME2001
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User since
• Graduated with BS in Advertising from
University of Florida
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AGENDA
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About CQWP
Examples
Anatomy of a CQWP
Samples
Requirements & Recommendations
Tips & Tricks
NFORMATION
ABOUT THE CIONTENT
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 EFXAMPLES
EW EXAMPLES
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
REQUIREMENTS & RECOMMENDATIONS
• 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
• Format Date:
TIPS & TRICKS
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-outputescaping="yes" />
TTIPS
&
T
RICKS
IPS & 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]”
• For “Yes / No”Tcheckbox:
filter by 1 or 0
IPS & TRICKS
• 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.
• Quick way to render
of Fields - 2007
TIPSNames
& TRICKS
<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>
Internal names:
http://sharepointmalarkey.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/sharep
oint-internal-field-names-sharepoint-2010/
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