Web Part tab

The Web Part tab is the first tab on the Lighting Conductor Web Part dialog and allows you to name the view, choose data source and display providers, and page loading options, as described below:

View Configuration

This section is only visible when multiple views is enabled. In the View Title text box, you can type the name of the view as it is shown in the Web Part. The default name of a view is View, immediately followed by a number that is auto generated when you create a view (Ex. “View1”). View names must be unique.

Select the Set as Default checkbox if you want to use this view when the Web Part is first displayed.

Check the box Personal View if you only want this view to be available for the current user.

Data Source Provider

There are two data source providers:

• Object Model Rollup Engine Provider. Use this provider for small queries when performing multiple filters.
  
  
• SPSiteDataQuery Rollup Engine Provider. Use this provider for large queries across multiple site collections.
  

Display Provider

There are three display providers that allow different approaches to displaying your content.

• SPGridView Display Provider. This is the default display provider, which is often referred to as the no-code or grid like display provider. Use this provider to select columns to display, configure filters, sorting, pagination, column width and formatting without the need to write any code.
  
  
• XSL Style Display Provider. Use this provider to write your own XSL code, for example to include your own branding. We provide XSL code for views such as a Calendar view
  
  
• JSON Provider. Build your own view using jQuery/JavaScript.
  

Configure Data Refreshing Interval

Type in the text box the interval of time in seconds that the Lightning Conductor Web Part will fetch the items from the data source and refresh the page. Using a value of 0, or if you leave the text box empty, the Web Part will only query the data source if the page is manually refreshed. When caching is enabled the value typed into this text box has no affect, that is, if caching is enabled at the refreshing interval the data is obtained from the cache and not from the data source.

Configure Initial Loading

Select this check box to load the Web Part with item information independently of the page load. This is the default setting. When the check box is unselected the page loads once item information has been queried.

Statistical Information

Select this check box to display details at the top of the Web Part on how many items are being aggregated. This is useful when trying to identify performance issues.

Configuring the Lightning Conductor Web Part →