Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Level 2

Overview

Course Description

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You are already able to use SharePoint Designer 2010 to create and customer’s site’s lists, views and web pages, but want to extend your site’s capability to include information from external data sources, or make connections to Business Connectivity Services. You may wish to enhance your user interface by creating custom Lists and Library forms and work with Data Form Web Parts. In this course you also will learn how to create and publish custom list workflows. In addition you will learn to use these features to enhance your site’s user interface design and data utilization.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for those power users or site administrators who are able to create SharePoint sites, lists and web pages in SharePoint Designer 2010 and now want to extend their knowledge of the product to build data driven solutions, add workflow capabilities and enhance user interface design

Prerequisites

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Work with content types
Display external business data from different sources
Use data views to display this data effectively
Create web part pages and customise list and library forms
Create external content types by connecting to Business Connectivity Services
Create list, site and reusable workflows
Migrate workflows as a web solution package
Manage SharePoint Designer settings for user roles and actions
Create reports

Course Outline

Course Outline

Module 1 – Working with Content Types

Understanding Content Types
Content Type Hierarchy
Locating Content Types in SharePoint Designer
Creating New Content Types

Module 2 – Enhancing XSLT List Views

Changing Column Data Types
Associating a Column to the List Item Menu
Editing Column Data Displays using XPath Formulas
Asynchronous Updates

Module 3 – Creating Custom List and Library Forms

Understanding List Form Web Part Pages
Creating Custom LFWP Pages in SharePoint Designer
Data Form Controls
Conditionally Show and Hide fields and ASPX Form Controls
Form Action Buttons
Creating Custom LFWP Pages in InfoPath

Module 4 – List Templates, Site Templates and SharePoint Solutions

Creating List Templates
Creating Site Templates
Creating a Web Solution Package

Module 5 – Working with Data Form Web Parts

What are Data Form Web Parts?
Creating a Data Form Web Part View
Editing a Data Form Web Part
Editing and Formatting Information in a Data Form Web Part
Enabling Interaction with Data
Saving a Web Part

Module 6 – Working with External Data Sources

Locating Data Sources
Creating a Database Connection
Adding an XML File
Connecting to a REST Service Connection
Adding a SOAP Service (Optional Topic)
Creating a List View from your Database, XML, REST or SOAP Service Connection
Using Linked Data Sources and Web Parts
Creating Connections Between Data Form Web Parts

Module 7 – Using Business Connectivity Services

What are Business Connectivity Services
Creating an External Content Type
Configuring Business Data Connectivity Services
Creating the External Content Type List
Using Business Data Columns
Creating External Content Type Associations
Working with BCS Data Offline

Module 8 – An Introduction to List Workflows

Create a List Workflow
The Workflow Summary Page
The Workflow Editor Interface
Saving and Publishing the Workflow
Running a Workflow
Custom Initiation and Task Forms
Generate Workflow Designs using Visio Premium

Module 9 – User Access to SharePoint Designer

Permission Levels
Setting User Access to SharePoint Designer for Site Owners and Designers

Module 10 – Web Page Reports

Locating Reports in SharePoint Designer
Accessibility Reports
Compatibility Reports
CSS Reports
The Hyperlinks Report