Chapter 10. Working with SharePoint Data

SharePoint lists and libraries provide flexible storage for many kinds of information. The List View Web Part affords an easy way for users to control the presentation of that information both from within the browser and SharePoint Designer. Yet this control is limited. SharePoint Designer also provides a tool that gives you very fine control over the presentation of data — the Data View Web Part.

This chapter shows you how to customize both List View and Data View Web Parts. It explores:

  • The flexibility and limits of List View Web Parts.

  • Comparing List View and Data View Web Parts.

  • The Data Source Catalog.

  • XSLT basics.

  • Visually editing XSLT in SharePoint Designer.

  • The XPath Expression Builder.

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