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Create a View
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Using Multiple Views » Create a View
To create a Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part view in Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010, use the following steps: From the Web Part menu of the Lightning Conductor Web Part, click Create view. The Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard dialog box is…
Configure View
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Using Multiple Views » Configure View
Use the following steps to configure a Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part view. From the Web Part menu of the LIghtning Conductor Web Part, click Configure view. The Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard dialog is displayed. *Troubleshooting: If you…
Using an XSLT view
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Core Configuration » Using an XSLT view
The XSLT display provider allows you to configure the Lightning Conductor Web Part to display the aggregated content using XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations). Use this option if you have or you know someone with XSLT knowledge. The SPGridView Display…
Add a Web Part to a wiki page
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Adding Web Parts to a page » Add a Web Part to a wiki page
To add a Web Part to a wiki page, use the following steps: In the browser, navigate to the wiki page where you want to add the Lightning Conductor Web Part. Click Site Actions and then click Edit Page. Click to place the cursor where you want the Web Part to…
Add a Web Part to a Web Part page
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Adding Web Parts to a page » Add a Web Part to a Web Part page
To add a Web Part to a Web Part page, using the following steps: In the browser, navigate to the Web Part page where you want to add the Lightning Conductor Web Part. Click Site Actions, and then click Edit page. In the Web Part zone, where you want to add…
Creating a wiki page
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Testing the installation » Creating pages » Creating a wiki page
To create a wiki page on a site created from the Team site template, complete the following steps: Navigate to the site where you wish to create a wiki page. Click Site Actions and then click New Page. Type the name of your page and then click…
Creating a Web Part page
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Testing the installation » Creating pages » Creating a Web Part page
To create a Web Part page on a Team site, Navigate to the site where you wish to create a Web Part page. Click Site Actions and then click More Options to display the Create dialog. Under Filter By, click Page, click Web Part Page, and then in the right section…
Adding Web Parts to a page
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Adding Web Parts to a page
To add a Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part to a SharePoint® page, use one of the following two procedures, depending on your page type. Add a Web Part to a wiki page. Add a Web Part to a Web Part page. *Troubleshooting: If the Lightning Tools category or…
Using Multiple Views
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Using Multiple Views
You can configure the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part to display one view of the data or multiple views. Multiple Views allow you to display content from different lists or the same list within the same instance of the Web Part, so that you do not have to add…
Enable Views
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Using Multiple Views » Enable Views
To enable multiple views for the Lightning Conductor Web Part in Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010, use the following steps: From the Web Part menu of the Lightning Conductor Web Part, click Edit Web Part. In the Web Part tool pane, expand the Views section and…
Miscellaneous (Display Provider)
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Miscellaneous (Display Provider)
This Miscellaneous section is on the Configure Display Provider step of the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard. Use this section as described below: Select the Show Grid Header check to show the column names for each column selected in the Column…
Rollup Source
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Rollup Engine Provider » Rollup Source
The Rollup Source section, is the first of six section on the Configure Rollup Engine Provider step. Use this section to configure the Web Application(s), site collection(s), site(s) or list(s) that you would like to aggregate. Use the following steps to configure this…
Filtering Settings
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Rollup Engine Provider » Filtering Settings
The Filtering Settings section is the fifth of six sections on the Configure Rollup Engine Provider step of the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard. On the Lightning Conductor Web Part, there are two different types of filters that you can configure;…
Configure Display Provider
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider
This page describes the options on the Configure Display Provider step, when the SPGridView Display Provider is selected in the Display Provider drop down list on the Core Configuration step. The Configure Display Provider step contains five sections. The…
Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part
Use the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard, to configure the Lightning Conductor Web Part for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. Use the following steps to display the wizard and configure the Web Part: When the Web Part is not configured for Multiple views,…
Pre-defined XSLT Files
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Core Configuration » Using an XSLT view » Pre-defined XSLT Files
The following 5 XSLT styles exist for your use or customization with the Lightning Conductor Web Part: Calendar: Use to display list items from a Calendar (Event) list. Announcements: This XSLT file shows how to brand list items using formatting and colour…
Uploading Custom XSLT views
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Core Configuration » Using an XSLT view » Uploading Custom XSLT views
To create and upload your own custom XSLT view for the Lightning Conductor Web Part use the following steps: Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard, select the Display Advanced Configuration Options check box. On the Core Configuration step, from…
Displaying Columns Set
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Rollup Engine Provider » Displaying Columns Set
The Displaying Columns Set section is the second of six sections on the Configure Rollup Engine Provider step. It is not necessary to use this section, when the lists you have selected in the Rollup Source section, have identical columns, for example, they all use the…
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part
The Lightning Conductor Web Part (LCWP) for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010, allows you to easily build a cross site collection or cross web application rollup of list items or files, build a view, and apply formatting and conditional formatting to your aggregated…
Core Configuration
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Core Configuration
Use the Core Configuration step of the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard to choose Rollup Engine and Display Providers, page loading options, and caching settings. The Core Configuration step is displayed when the Display Advanced Configuration Options…
Activate with Internet access
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Licensing the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Activate with Internet access
To automatically activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part when your Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 server has Internet access, complete the following steps: !You will need to be a SharePoint server farm administrator to complete these steps. In the browser,…
Columns Configuration
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Columns Configuration
Use the Columns Configuration section on the Configure Display Provider step to select columns that should be displayed by the Lightning Conductor Web Part decide when data to display and how that data should be formatted. There are four links at the top right of the…
Activate without Internet access
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Licensing the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Activate without Internet access
Use the following steps to activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part when your Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 server does not have Internet access: !You will need to be a SharePoint server farm administrator and be able to send emails, to complete these…
Caching Settings
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Core Configuration » Caching Settings
Caching improves the performance of the Lightning Conductor Web Part. Without caching the content source is queried each time: The page loads On every page refresh Each refresh interval. By default Lightning Conductor Web Part displays the results of the rollup…
Using the JSON Display Provider
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Core Configuration » Using the JSON Display Provider
The Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part provides several different ways of displaying the aggregated content from lists and libraries. You can select one of the 3 display providers on the Core Configuration step in Configure Lighting Conductor 2010 Configuration…
Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part Caching Engine
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part Caching Engine
Each Lightning Conductor Web Part can be configured to use a caching mechanism that increases the performance of the Web Part. This is useful when the Lightning Conductor Web Part is aggregating content from a large number of lists and when you want to increase the…
How to Configure LCWP Programmatically
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » How to Configure LCWP Programmatically
This page describes how to programmatically configure the Lightning Conductor Web Part (LCWP) for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. This page uses the following scenario to describe how to program the LCWP: Scenario: You wish to configure the LCWP, which is located in…
Creating pages
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Testing the installation » Creating pages
A website is a collection of webpages. The types of pages that you can create depend on the site that you have created. Most users will be familiar with Team sites within a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 installation. When you create a new Team site, SharePoint…
Licensing the Lightning Conductor Web Part
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Licensing the Lightning Conductor Web Part
The Lightning Conductor Web Part for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010, is available as a 14 day trial. You can use the full functionality of the Web Part for 14 days upon which the product will need to be licensed. The number of days remaining in your trial will be…
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part
This section contains information on how to install the Lightning Conductor Web Part (LCWP) for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. It is essential to read and complete the installation steps before you can add the Lightning Conductor Web Part to a SharePoint page.…
Testing the installation
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Testing the installation
Use the following steps to test your installation: In the Web applications where you have deployed the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part, choose a site where you will create a page to test the Web Part. In the browser, open the top level site of the site…
Configure Rollup Engine Provider
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Rollup Engine Provider
Use the Configure Rollup Engine Provider step of the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard, to build your rollup query. This step consists of a check box, Display Advanced Configuration Options. This check box, by default, is not selected. When it is…
Calculated Columns
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Calculated Columns
From Lightning Conductor Web Part (LCWP) version 5.1.0.0, you can add calculated columns to your LCWP views. Microsoft® SharePoint® allows you to add a calculated column to a list or library. By creating a formula in these calculated columns you can include…
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
This section contains issues that make be experienced when installing the Lightning Conductor Web Part for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. SharePoint 2010 Central Administration Web Site: The following errors are related to tasks that are completed using the…
Audience Targeting Settings
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Rollup Engine Provider » Audience Targeting Settings
The Audience Targeting Settings section is the fourth of six sections on the on the Configure Rollup Engine Provider step. Microsoft® SharePoint® Server Audience Targeting allows items targeted to a specific audience to be filtered when aggregating them with the…
List / Item Types
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Rollup Engine Provider » List / Item Types
The List/Item Types section is the third of six sections on the Configure Rollup Engine Provider step of the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard. You use this section to decide which columns are displayed in the Columns Configuration section on the Configure…
Missing: Lightning Tools Web Parts category in the Web Part pane
Troubleshooting » Missing: Lightning Tools Web Parts category in the Web Part pane
Symptom: When trying to add the Lightning Conductor Web Part to a Microsoft® SharePoint® page, the Lightning Tools Web Parts category does not appear in the Web Part pane. Resolution: Activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part at the site collection…
Missing: Lightning Conductor Web Part in the Web Part pane
Troubleshooting » Missing: Lightning Conductor Web Part in the Web Part pane
Symptom: When trying to add the Lightning Conductor Web Part to a Microsoft® SharePoint® page, the Lightning Conductor Web Part does not appear in the Web Part pane. Resolution: Activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part at the site collection level. ←…
Column Filtering
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Column Filtering
You can filter the number of items displayed within the Lightning Conductor Web Part, based on one or more conditions using: Values in one column using the filtering icon Values in more than one columns using the Advanced filtering link. Both of these options…
Uploading the Lightning Conductor solution package
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Uploading the Lightning Conductor solution package
To upload the LightningConductor2010WebPart.wsp to your Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 server farm, complete the following steps using the Add-SPSolution Windows PowerShell® command: !You will need to be a SharePoint server farm administrator to complete these…
Upgrading the Lightning Conductor Web Part
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Upgrading the Lightning Conductor Web Part
To upgrade to the latest version of the Lightning Conductor Web Part, use the following steps: Download the latest version from your customer portal or the downloads section of our web site. Unzip the downloaded Lightning Conductor Web Part zip file to your…
Miscellaneous (Rollup Engine Provider)
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Rollup Engine Provider » Miscellaneous (Rollup Engine Provider)
The Miscellaneous section is the last section on the Configure Rollup Engine Provider step, of the Lightning Conductor 2010 Configuration Wizard. This section contains two options: Use the Limit Amount Of Items Return to text box, to restrict the number of items…
Activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part site collection feature
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part site collection feature
Before you can add the Lightning Conductor Web Part to a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 page, the Lightning Conductor site collection feature must be activated. Use the following steps to activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part site collection feature: !You…
Statistical Information
Troubleshooting » Statistical Information
For performance and testing purposes, you can display details on the data retrieving process of the Lightning Conductor Web Part. To display this statistical information at the top of the Web Part, on the Core Configuration step of the Lightning Conductor 2010…
Licensing Error
Troubleshooting » Licensing Error
Symptom: When you try to activate the license for the Lightning Conductor Web Part a dialog box is displayed with a title: Licensing Error. In the Inner Error #1 section, the description is The remote name could not be resolved:…
Missing: Lightningconductor2010webpart.wsp solution
Troubleshooting » Missing: Lightningconductor2010webpart.wsp solution
Symptom: On the Solutions Management page of the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site, the Lightningconductor2010webpart.wsp – solution is missing. Resolution: Upload the Lightning Conductor solution package using Add-SPSolution Windows…
Grouping
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Grouping
On the Configure Display Provider step, in the Columns Configuration section, you can group the items returned from the rollup query. You must first select the check box to the left of the column, and then at the bottom of the section, select column(s) you group by and…
Deploying the Lightning Conductor solution
Installing the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Deploying the Lightning Conductor solution
To deploy a Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 farm solutions to a Web Application you can use Windows PowerShell® commands or the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site. !Which ever method you choose to deploy the farm solution you must be a SharePoint farm…
Pagination
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Pagination
The Paging section is on the Configure Display Provider step of the Configure Lightning 2010 Configuration Wizard. Use this section to configure your pagination options. It contains three options: Items Per Page: Type the number of items to display, for example 25.…
Conditional Formatting
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Conditional Formatting
Formatting can be applied to the content of your Lightning Conductor Web Part based upon a condition being true or false. For example, if you are rolling up Task items from Task Lists, you may want to display Tasks that are past due in red font rather than black font.…
Summary
Using the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part » Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part » Configure Display Provider » Summary
The Lightning Conductor Web Part can be configured to summarize the data from the data source, such as, displaying the total number of issues or the total monthly salary paid to employees. Depending on the column type, the summary types available are: count, average,…
Missing: Lightning Conductor Web Part site collection feature
Troubleshooting » Missing: Lightning Conductor Web Part site collection feature
Symptom: When trying to activate the Lightning Conductor Web Part site collection feature, it is not listed on the Site Collection Features page. Resolution: Deploy the Lightning Conductor solution to the Web application where the site collection lives. ←…
Missing: Manage Lightning Tools Product Licencing link
Troubleshooting » Missing: Manage Lightning Tools Product Licencing link
Symptom: On the System Settings page of the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration web site, under Farm Management, the link – Manage Lightning Tools products licencing – is missing. Resolution: Activate the Manage Licensing Of Lightning Conductor farm…