Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook

Chapter 3. SharePoint as the Data Hub—Storing and Integrating Data

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Creating a custom list
• Creating a custom list view
• Creating a term set using the managed metadata service
• Creating a list column based on a term set
• Creating an external content type
• Creating an external list

Introduction

The recipes in this chapter explore different ways to store and integrate data into SharePoint. Many of the recipes presented in this chapter make use of SharePoint Designer, an important application in the SharePoint power user's toolbox.

Recipes are included that cover storing and displaying data directly within SharePoint, by creating custom lists and custom list views. We then learn how to use the managed metadata service to first define ...