Connecting a result viewer to an Office web part

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Once you’ve added a result viewer and Office web part to a portal page, complete the following steps to connect them.

For information on adding an Office web part to a portal page, see Office web part communication.
  1. Configure the publishing result viewer.

Specify which entity your result viewer is publishing data from. To do so, click the arrow in the result viewer’s title bar. In the menu that appears, select Modify Shared Web Part. The web part tool pane appears.

In the web part tool pane, expand the Web Part Communication link. Click the Configure Publishing button. In the Web Part Communication window, select the entity your result viewer is publishing data from. Click Save.

The web part tool pane is redisplayed. Be sure that you do not select the alternative publishing option.

Set other configuration options, as necessary. Click OK to save your changes.

  1. Set your page to Design mode.

At the top of your page, click Modify Shared Page > Design this Page. (A check mark will appear next to the Design this Page option.)

Your page must be in Design mode for you to connect the publishing and subscribing web parts.
  1. Configure the subscribing Office web part.

The following illustration shows an Office web part before it has been connected to a result viewer.

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To connect the Office web part to your result viewer, click the arrow in the Office web part’s title bar. In the web part menu that is displayed, click Connections > Get Data From > Publishing Result Viewer, where Publishing Result Viewer is the name of the result viewer that will publish data to the Office web part.

A dialog box appears, indicating that changes have been made to the web part. Click OK.

  1. Choose a connection type.

The Choose Connection window appears.

Choose one of the following options from the Connection Type list, then click Finish.

Provide Selected Row (raw) Only the selected (highlighted) row in the result viewer is published to the Office web part.

**Provide Complete List (raw)   **The entire list in the result viewer is published to the Office web part.

**Provide Marked List (raw)   **The rows that have been checked in the result viewer are published to the Office web part. To use this option, your result viewer must be a primary publishing list or rich list. When configuring the result viewer, you must also select the multiple row selection option.

  1. Finish configuring the Office web part.

Specify how data will be displayed in the Office web part. For more information about the Office web parts, including configuration options and properties, see the Office web part online help. To view the help, click the arrow in the Office web part’s title bar. In the web part menu that is displayed, choose Help.