Fear not, SharePoint 2013 users, Bamboo's Filters Collection for 2013 is here, and it's the predictably, wonderfully obvious solution to all your SharePoint filtering problems. Filters Collection includes five of the most popular, immediately useful SharePoint filter types that are available on the market. Filters Collection lets you customize Choice, Date, Text, and Current User filters, connect them to a Web Part, and have them up and running in no time. Best of all, the Collection also includes Bamboo's List Filter Web Part, which enables you to create complex, multi-column filters for List View Web Parts that are easy to make, and even easier to use.
In this fourth installment of a five-part series, we will introduce you to the BambooText Filter Web Part and some of its key functionalities.
To begin, navigate to the Edit Page menu and click on the Insert tab. Choose Bamboo Solutions from Categories and Bamboo Text Filter Web Part from Parts:
The Text Filter Web Part will appear on your screen as follows:
To connect the Web Part to a list for filtering, follow these directions:
1. Click the Edit Web Part menu. A Connections menu will appear under it.
2. Click Connection> Send Filter ValuesTo> List name (In this example, we'll be using the list "KCus"):
3. A dialog box will appear titled Choose Connection. For Connection Type, choose the Get Filter Values From option and click Configure:
4. Next, click on the Configure Connection tab in the dialog box. From here, you will need to select your Consumer Field Name selections. There, the Text-related data type option is Single text:
5. Click Finish.
This is how the list will appear BEFORE applying the filter:
This is how the list will appear AFTER applying the filter:
If you wish to discontinue filtering, click the Clear Filter hyperlink button.
By default, the displayed list will contain all of the data without anything filtered out:
To disconnect to the list, go to Connections> Send Filter Values To> List Name (i.e., KCus):
A Configure Connection dialog box will appear. From it, click Remove Connection:
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Check out the rest of the series:
- Part 1: Bamboo Choice Filter Web Part
- Part 2: Bamboo Date Filter Web Part
- Part 3: Bamboo Current User Filter Web Part
- Part 5: Bamboo List Filter Web Part