Quick no-code Tip - About show listview webpart from parent site on subsite in same site collection.
The highlighted line shows the WebId property in the exported web part file. If you open the file in a text editor or Visual Studio, you can modify the WebId before uploading the new file to your Web Parts Gallery. By default, the WebId is Guid.Empty() or 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.
To get the WebId, fire up powershell on one of your sharepoint servers and use this snippet:
Be sure to include the full path of the web, e.g. if the list is hosted under a subsite it would be http://sharepoint/listlocation.
Now that you have your WebId, copy it from the powershell window and paste it into the WebPart file property "WebId" overwriting the default value. Save the file.
Uploading the Web Part File
At this point you should be at the "Web Part Gallery" items view. From here you can click on the title of your newly added web part to see how it will render on your pages.
To add the web part to a page in SharePoint, simply edit your page and click the "Add Web Part" option, find the group you created in the "Add Web Part" menu, and click on you web part to add it to the page. Don't forget to save or Checkin your page. If you have publishing enabled, be sure to publish the page so that the changes are available to all users.
All you have to do is save your list as a Web Part and then add the Web Part to any other page on your site. It’s surprisingly easy to do and doesn’t require any code. In the following example, I’ll assume you are working with a typical customer list.
Part 1: Save the List View to a Web Part file
Part 1: Save the List View to a Web Part file
- In the browser, go to the list and display the default view.
- To open the list in SharePoint Designer, in the ribbon, on the List tab in the Manage Views group, click the arrow next to Modify View, and then select Modify in SharePoint Designer (advanced).
- In SharePoint Designer, position the insertion point on any part of the list.
- Do one of the following:
- If you have contribute permission and want to save the Web Part as a file, in the ribbon, click the Web Part tab, and in the Save Web Part group, click To File, click Save, enter a meaningful Web Part filename, such as Customers.webpart, and then click Save.
- If you have site-level permissions and want to add the Web Part to the site Web Part gallery, in the ribbon, click the Web Part tab, and in the Save Web Part group, click To Site Gallery, click Save, enter a meaningful Web Part filename, such as Customers, and then click OK.
- When SharePoint Designer displays the following message: Click Yes. This ensures the list is accessible from any site of the current site collection.
- Part 2: Add the Web Part to another page
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| <webParts> <metaData> <type name="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.XsltListViewWebPart, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" /> <importErrorMessage>Cannot import this Web Part.</importErrorMessage> </metaData> <data> <properties> <property name="InitialAsyncDataFetch" type="bool">False</property> <property name="ChromeType" type="chrometype">Default</property> <property name="Title" type="string" /> <property name="Height" type="string" /> <property name="CacheXslStorage" type="bool">True</property> <property name="ListDisplayName" type="string" null="true" /> <property name="AllowZoneChange" type="bool">True</property> <property name="AllowEdit" type="bool">True</property> <property name="XmlDefinitionLink" type="string" /> <property name="DataFields" type="string" /> <property name="Hidden" type="bool">False</property> <property name="ListName" type="string">{B7B83EDB-714E-47A8-AF42-92A194B09169}</property> <property 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Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c">Html, TabularView, Mobile</property> <property name="ChromeState" type="chromestate">Normal</property> <property name="AllowHide" type="bool">True</property> <property name="PageSize" type="int">-1</property> <property name="SampleData" type="string" null="true" /> <property name="BaseXsltHashKey" type="string" null="true" /> <property name="AsyncRefresh" type="bool">False</property> <property name="HelpMode" type="helpmode">Modeless</property> <property name="ListId" type="System.Guid, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">b7b83edb-714e-47a8-af42-92a194b09169</property> <property name="DataSourceMode" type="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPDataSourceMode, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c">List</property> <property name="AllowMinimize" type="bool">True</property> <property name="TitleUrl" type="string">/kb/Lists/Emerging 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ContentTypeID="0x" ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/generic.png"><Query><OrderBy><FieldRef Name="Modified" Ascending="FALSE"/></OrderBy><Where><And><And><Contains><FieldRef Name="Intuit_x0020_Services"/><Value Type="Text">Software (SaaS):Online Payroll</Value></Contains><IsNotNull><FieldRef Name="Issue_x0020_Status"/></IsNotNull></And><Neq><FieldRef Name="Issue_x0020_Status"/><Value Type="Text">Updated</Value></Neq></And></Where><GroupBy/></Query><ViewFields><FieldRef Name="Issue_x0020_Status"/><FieldRef Name="LinkTitle"/></ViewFields><RowLimit Paged="TRUE">5</RowLimit><Aggregations Value="Off"/><Toolbar Type="Standard"/></View></property> <property name="Default" type="string" /> <property name="TitleIconImageUrl" type="string" /> <property name="MissingAssembly" type="string">Cannot import this Web Part.</property> <property name="SelectParameters" type="string" /> </properties> </data> </webPart></webParts> |
The highlighted line shows the WebId property in the exported web part file. If you open the file in a text editor or Visual Studio, you can modify the WebId before uploading the new file to your Web Parts Gallery. By default, the WebId is Guid.Empty() or 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.
To get the WebId, fire up powershell on one of your sharepoint servers and use this snippet:
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| $web = Get-SPWeb http://[url]$web.Id |
Be sure to include the full path of the web, e.g. if the list is hosted under a subsite it would be http://sharepoint/listlocation.
Now that you have your WebId, copy it from the powershell window and paste it into the WebPart file property "WebId" overwriting the default value. Save the file.
Uploading the Web Part File
- Navigate to the top-level site in your site collection
- Click on Site Actions > Site Settings
- Click on "Web Parts" under the "Galleries" section
- Upload your .webpart file to the Web Part Gallery (Name the file something that will easily be recognizable when adding the web part to your pages. I also tend to organize my web parts into groups, and in this case I've created a new Group called "Cross-site List View Web Parts")
- Save your file properties.
At this point you should be at the "Web Part Gallery" items view. From here you can click on the title of your newly added web part to see how it will render on your pages.
To add the web part to a page in SharePoint, simply edit your page and click the "Add Web Part" option, find the group you created in the "Add Web Part" menu, and click on you web part to add it to the page. Don't forget to save or Checkin your page. If you have publishing enabled, be sure to publish the page so that the changes are available to all users.
