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Doug,
Thanks for the instructions. I now have copmlex categories availble when creating new discussions.
Will the Quest Discussion View Web Part show complex categories grouped in its view? It seems to show only responses grouped.not at the moment but we will put this into our feature queue. Mainly we have to deal with the fact that the webpart allotted space has to be maintained, so if there is nothing there that will be a blank. I'm sure there is a way around this and we will see what we can do.
Sounds like the install failed at some point. Can you verify the following? Let me know if you need more info
- Check if “QuestSharedWebParts.wsp” exists in Central Admin -> Operation -> Solution Management list
- Check if this solution package is deployed successfully into the specified web application
- Check if the feature scoped at “Web” – the root web site administration Site Feature has “Quest Shared Web Parts for SharePoint” and is activated, if not, activate it.
Doug,
Thanks for a great qDiscussionListView webpart ! We were impressed with the video of the webpart and want to use it.
After installing however , we are unable to see it in the list of web parts. Does it need to be somehow "activated" before it appears in the list of webparts ?
Best,
KrisI think I will make a specific entry for this but here is the basics, reading it I understand it a bit more complex then it should be, so I will flesh it out.
Complex Category was mainly aimed at customers who were converting from Notes discussion to SharePoint. People who used notes discussion may find the similarity but its useful elsewhere of course.
First, you need to create the Complex Category List. There are three ways to create it: using Indexer tool from ezEdit (this can be used for massive or large number of lists converting from Notes); using web part context menu “Create Complex Category List” (see screenshot); or after you installed QWP4SP, the “Complex Category List” custom list is there for you, you can click to Create a List off it and follow the naming convention (List Name + “Complex Categories”).
Add a new column to the list called Category <<<this is important
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The list is now set up and ready for use.
Second, you need to use qListForm to create discussion and create one or many complex categories. Just configure qListForm to the proper mode (NewItemList) and connect to the List and Complex Category List.
Configure the “DisplayFields” property and make sure you include “Category” field (you discussion list should have the field, if not, add a single line of text field for it). Edit this field in qListForm DisplayField editor and select “Complex Category” for the field type
Notice that the bottom portion allows you to create/edit/add category. You can create new discussion item with multiple category or multi-level category. When you save, the category is saved to the “Complex Category Index List” and the original List.
I will flesh this out in a larger post to launch a discussion around configurating qDiscussionView
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[quote user="Doug Davis"]In conjunction with the Quest List Form (which is part of the Quest Web Parts for SharePoint product), you may use complex category. Complex category is a feature that enables you to use multiple categories (Category A, Category B) ,multi-level categories (Category 1\Category 1.1) or the combination of both. [/quote]
I'm very interested in how this would work. can you provide some instruction or examples?
HI
Sounds like you may not be a full Farm administrator. To push the webparts out to all the virtual servers on the farm requires that level of access and if you don't have it you may be this error.
DougI think you need to download 64 bit installer.
Will this run on WSSv3?
Above was meant for Tim, sorry
Hia,
I think you mis-interpreted my post. I am fully able to get to the configuration screen of the webpart (I am an experienced SP user!!).
The problem lies (and for another user I think) is that on my configuration screen none of the edit buttons appear for some reason.
When I get to the 'choose list' and 'choose display fields' options, all I have is a text box …. no drop down selection of site lists. This initially suggested I had to type the url in manually but this didn't work.
When I eventually found your help files and saw your config screen I realised I was missing the edit buttons which enables auto selection of lists and fields etc…… no tick boxes for me ๐
I'll try and re-install it on my test server, maybe something went wrong when it when it got deployed. It's not urgent for now, just something that I can see massively improves the rubbish forum offering out of the box lolAny plan to integrate with OCS so we keep the presence awareness jelly beans next to the names?
Any way we can avoid this wide gap between the threads and the preview?
Thanks Doug. Adding the assemblyBinding did fix my error message (our servers do run .Net 3.5)
Hi Julie,
The edit button for selecting lists, columns, etc is what I circled in red in the previous post.
To get to this interface, you'll need to choose ezEdit from the web part menu. Open the menu by clicking the little triangle (circled).See Attached
If you can't see the triangle, go to Site Actions -> Edit Page and click Edit for the web part.
Just for reference, the appearance of this triangle is dependent on the Chrome Type whose default is set by the web part zone. You can usually override this in individual web parts by choosing the Chrome Type "Title Only" in the Appearance section.
Clear as mud? ๐
