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• Lightning Conductor 2010

Features of the Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part

Rollup from across Site Collections and Web Applications

The Content Query Web Part from Microsoft will only roll up from the current site collection. If you follow best practices, a large Site Collection should be broken into smaller Site Collections allowing for smaller content databases that can be easily backed up and restored. The Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part allows you to still rollup your content from across the Site Collections if you adhere to this best practice. With the 2010 version of the Lightning Conductor you can also aggregate SharePoint content across Web Applications!

Easily Select and Display Columns

The Content Query Web Part allows you to display just the title column. This means you have to author your own XSL/XML files if you want to simply display other columns such as Title, Start Date, Due Date, and Priority from a Task list. Using the Lightning Conductor Web Part you simply have to check the columns that you would like to display. Custom Columns and Site Columns from Custom Content types can also be displayed in the Lightning Conductor Web Part by checking them from a menu.

Available for SharePoint Foundation

The Content Query Web Part is only available for SharePoint Server 2010 and not SharePoint Foundation. The Lightning Conductor 2010 Web Part can be purchased for use in SharePoint Foundation too.

Filter the number of items displayed

The Lightning Conductor Web Part allows you to reduce the number of items displayed. This allows you to show summary information such as: The Top Latest Announcements, or The Most Recent Documents.

Create Custom XSL files

Custom XSL files can be created if you want. This allows any display format to become possible. We provide a Calendar XSL and Announcements XSL examples within the web part for you to use, or further modify.