Content Query Web Part – SharePoint 2013

Content Query Web Part – SharePoint 2013

The Content Query Web Part allows you to display content from anywhere in your site collection with your choice of filtration, grouping and styling; it’s a handy web part for rolling up content to a Dashboard or creating an Archive view of content.

The Content Query Web Part is generally used to display  a list based on certain criteria by user where the List Type, List Content and Additional Filters help you generate a view with less effort and time.

Follow these steps to use the Content Query Web Part:

1.      Insert the Content Query Web Part into your page and configure Web Part.

The Content Query Web Part is located in the Content Rollup section.

• On the Edit Page, select the Insert Web Part tab. From there, select Content Rollup from Categories, and then Content Query from the Parts list.

2.      In the Query section of the Web Part, select the options that will return the items you wish to see in the Web Part.

The Query section provides many options, including:

·         Source: select the source where the data you intend to rollup is currently being located. This can be a Site Collection, a Site and all of its Sub Sites or a List.

·         List Type: Select the type of list that stores your items from the drop-down list.

·         Content Type: Select the content type group and content type you want to use for query from the drop-down lists.

·         Audience Targeting: In order to make your Web Part to be specific to any audience targeting settings on the items, select the Apply Audience Filtering check box.

·         Additional Filters: Include any additional fields on which you wish to filter by selecting from the drop-down lists. The list of available fields is determined by the list type and the content type.

For example, to display all tasks that are related to you.

3.      In the Presentation section of this Web Part, select the options that will display your items.

·         Grouping and Sorting: Select the columns by which you wish to group results in the Group Items by using its drop-down list. You can also choose to group results by site by selecting the Site option in the Group Items by its drop-down list.

Select a column to sort by and limit the number of items displayed by choosing the Sort Items by its drop-down list and selecting the Limit the Number of Items to Display check box, respectively, and then entering a number in the Item Limit field.

·         Styles: Select the group style and item style you want to use to display items from the Group Style and Item Style by using its drop-down lists.

·         Fields to Display: State the fields that you want to plot to the item style you select by typing them in the Fields to Display text boxes.

·         Feed: Indicate whether you want an RSS feed to be generated for the results of this query by selecting the Enable Feed for This Web Part check box.

4.      Display Roll up Data.

·         Once you have successfully completed the steps above, and the data rollup process has finished, you will be able to see the data that you rolled-up in the Content Query Web Part:

·         Click Apply and Ok to begin aggregating your content.