Upgrading the Data Viewer Web Part

To upgrade to the latest version of the Data Viewer Web Part, use the following steps:

1. Download the latest version from your customer portal or the downloads section of our web site.
   
   
2. Unzip the downloaded Data Viewer Web Part zip file to your computer.
   
   
3. Copy DataViewer2013WebPart.wsp to a folder on your SharePoint 2013 server, for example c:\tools, if you did not unzip the download file to the SharePoint server.

To upgrade you can use either Windows PowerShell® commands or the STSADM tool.

!You will need to be a SharePoint server farm administrator to complete these steps. See the blog post: When is a SharePoint Farm Administrator not a SharePoint Farm Administrator?.

Using Windows PowerShell commands

Open the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell and type on one line, the Windows PowerShell command similar to:

Update-SPSolution –Identity “DataViewer2013WebPart.wsp”–LiteralPath c:\tools\LightningConductor2013WebPart.wsp” –GacDeployment

replacing c:\tools with the location where you stored the wsp file.

!Do not copy and paste this command from this page, as hidden characters may be included which will cause the Windows PowerShell command to fail in your environment.

Using the STSADM tool:

1. On the SharePoint server, open a command prompt and type:
   
   STSADM.exe –o upgradesolution –f c:\tools\DataViewer2013WebPart.wsp –name LightningDataViewer2013WebPart.wsp –allowgacdeployment -immediate
   
   replacing c:\tools with the location where you stored the wsp file.
   
   
2. Then type: STSADM.exe –o execadmsvcjobs.

!Do not copy and paste this command from this page, as hidden characters may be included which will cause the Windows PowerShell command to fail in your environment.