What does it do?

SharePoint List Collection Web part consolidates SharePoint list items into a single data view web part. All kinds of SharePoint Cross Site lists can be aggregated into a SharePoint list collection web part.

To create a list collection web part, you can select a site, a list in the site and a list view of the list.

Then select list columns from which you intend to collect data, select or input new column names for original columns so that these columns will be consolidated and displayed in the list collection web part. Repeat above steps until all lists have been collected.

Finally all the collected list items will be displayed in the SharePoint list collection web part.

You can create Standard view, Gantt view and Calendar view for SharePoint list collection Web part and filter, sort or group data. The view, also called List Collection View whose usage is about equal to list view, is created to re-organize data of the list collection. You can create public list collection view or personal list collection view to determine which list or list view will be filtered, which list columns will be displayed, and which column will be sorted and grouped.

Creating and manipulating list items in SharePoint list collection web part is the same as operating in SharePoint list view web part. You can display, edit and delete item, manage permissions, start workflow, view the version of item, manage alert, open document, check out/in etc. in SharePoint list collection web part.

Why Did We Build It?

SharePoint is attractive for organizations to build sites for departments and manage contents. Along with data and usage of SharePoint increasing, managers need to easily keep track of data and manipulate cross site list items from a single data view. SharePoint List Collection Web part helps users easily consolidate cross site list items and manipulate list items in List Collection Web part as in default list view web part. Users can create Standard view, Gantt view and Calendar view for SharePoint list collection Web part and filter, sort or group data.