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Bamboo List Rollup. If you select this option, then you must provide the URL (a relative path will work) to the page on the SharePoint site where DataView Web Part(s) created by the Bamboo List Rollup Web Part exist. The SharePoint site where the DataView Web Parts are located must be on the same server where the Calendar Plus Web Part is installed.You must be using List Rollup version 3.2 or better for this option to work properly. If you have an earlier version of List Rollup, you will need to upgrade to the latest release.Apptix Live Support: 866-428-0128 Email Support: [email protected]
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MashPoint/BDC. This option allows you to use Bamboo's MashPoint Runtime Components to show your BDC data through the Calendar Plus Web Part.o
Installing the full version of MashPoint, allows you to connect to your external line of businessdata from WSS 3.0. To learn more about MashPoint, see What is MashPoint? or for installation instructions see the MashPoint Installation Guide.
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Click the Browse icon to select the line of business entity data you want to display in the WebPart. If you know the name of the entity you want to connect to, then type it in and click the Check Names icon. For more information, see Using SharePoint's Business Data Catalog with Bamboo's Data-Viewer Web Part.
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Content Types. Selecting 'Yes' displays all the content types available from the selected SharePoint list when you click the New Item drop-down from the Calendar Plus Web Part toolbar.•
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If you selected the SharePoint List data source, then select a SharePoint List to display listitems in the Calendar Plus Web Part. The SharePoint List selection box lists all the SharePoint lists in the current WSS site or SPS area.
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If you selected the SQL Server Table or View data source, then select a table or view from thisdrop-down list.
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If you selected the Bamboo List Rollup data source, then select a DataView Web Part from thisdrop-down list.
NOTE: Make sure your users have proper access rights to the list and DataView Web Parts you select. If users who use this Web Part do not have permission to view the selected SharePoint list or
DataView Web Part, the user is prompted for a user name and password every time he/she accesses the page where this Web Part resides.
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Displayed column. Select a column in the list to display as the title in the calendar cell.•
Mouse Over Tool Tip. Select columns from the Available Columns list to display in a tool tip that displays when the user places the mouse cursor over a calendar item.•
Select a column for color code. Select a column of type Choice, Person or Group orLookup in the list, which has multiple values such as Status or Priority, to provide a color code. Other field types are not supported for color coding. In this example, the user selected the Status column, which is a drop-down column that has the values of: Not Started, In Progress, Completed, Deferred and Waiting on someone else.After a column is selected, the color selections become available. Click the Select Colordrop-down box or type in the Hex color code in the Hex field to specify the background color. The Calendar Plus Web Part displays the different background colors for each list item depending on the value of the Status column.
If you enter a Hex color code that is not already defined in the color drop-down list, then the Select Color drop-down displays User Defined.
Columns with no color selected are not displayed in the Calendar Plus legend.
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If the color code column is a user list (i.e. Created By), versions 2.3.0 and higher of CalendarPlus provide a user lookup capability for environments with more than 100 users. Please see UC2. Color Code Tasks for Multiple Users for instructions on how to use this feature.
Apptix Live Support: 866-428-0128 Email Support: [email protected] NOTE: The choice column you use must result in only one selected choice. In other words, it must be a drop-down field or use radio buttons for user input. It cannot have more than one result, such as choice fields that use check boxes.
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Select a date column in the list to base the calendar on. The user can base the calendar on one of thefollowing:
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Single date by selecting the Base Calendar on: option and then a date column from the drop-down box, or
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Date interval by selecting the Base calendar on the following interval: option. The intervalstart date is chosen by selecting a date column in the Between drop-down box and the interval end date is selected from one of the date columns in the And drop-down box.
Expand the Calendar Filter section to select one of two filtering methods.
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The Use Filter option allows you to create a custom filter from the tool pane, based on thecolumn data associated with each list item on the calendar. This is, in effect, a "custom" filter, as it allows you to apply your own filter criteria to calendar items as the calendar is rendered, without altering the actual list data or creating an additional SharePoint list view.
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NOTE: The Calendar Filter section is not available if you select the SQL Server Table or View or Bamboo List Rollup data source options.•
To apply custom filtering :a. Select the Use Filter option.
b. From the far left column, select a list column to filter by.
c. From the far right column, select a data operator (equal to, less than, etc.).
d. Enter a value into the Criteria field.
e. Select And to require that this criteria be met, along with the next one, or select Or to
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The Use List View option allows you to filter by using SharePoint list views. To apply adefault List View filter, select the Use List View option, and select a view from the drop down menu.
. If this option is selected, you can also Allow Runtime Filtering, which lets end users select a
list view to filter by without accessing the tool pane. To enable this, select the Allow Runtime Filtering checkbox, and add whatever views users should be able to choose from to
the Runtime Filtering Views list.
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The Calendar Plus Web Part allows a list of holidays to be displayed along with the standard calendarlist in all calendar views. To display a calendar, expand the Calendar Holidays section to do the following:
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Enter a site URL that contains the holiday list you want to use and click the green arrow. Youmust enter a URL and click the green arrow button to populate the Select a Holiday list drop- down box.
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Select a SharePoint List to use for Holidays in the Calendar Plus Web Part.o
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Enter the Hex color code or select a background color to display for the Holidays on the WebPart.
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Select a date column in the Holiday List for the Holiday Date.o
Enter the minimum text height in pixels for the displayed column text in the Month view. Usethis option along with the allowing text wrapping to ensure that holiday text is still readable when the calendar is resized to a small width.
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Select 'Yes' to allow text wrapping of the displayed column text in the Month view. This optionapplies only to the Month view.
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Task Information. Select task information from the Available Columns box to be displayed inthe Gantt View task information area. The Gantt View will display the column selected in the Display column field in the Calendar Options section by default. In this example, that column is the Title column. If you would like to display other column information in addition to the Title, then select the columns you want here and use the arrow keys to move one selected item at a time or all items at once to the Display Columns box.