Asif Rehmani Trainer SharePoint-eLearning.com OFC 323

Who am I? One of the founders and current leaders of Chicago SharePoint User Group SharePoint Trainer and Consultant Co-Author of the book Professional SharePoint Designer Speaker at various conferences (MS SharePoint Conference, SharePoint Connections, Information Workers Conference) Host of SharePoint-eLearning.com SharePoint related Screencasts | Knowledge Maps

What to Expect During This Presentation? Few Slides, lots of demos I will take few questions during the presentation. Hold off until the end please.

SharePoint Designer Overview Product targeted at power users and designers using SharePoint technologies No-code rapid application development Turn SharePoint sites into more powerful business applications

Top Five Things You Can Do with SPD 1.Create data views with conditional formatting for both SharePoint and external data

“ the Swiss Army Knife of Web Parts”

Data Views: Presentation WYSIWYG design experience Conditional formatting Static and Ad-hoc sort, and group XPath Expression/Formula Builder Code view experience XSLT intelliSense (with XPath data context) Selection syncing between design and code view Customizable forms to write back to data sources

Data Views: Access to Data OOB support for: Lists, SQL, OLEDB, XML, SOAP Services, Server Scripts, RSS, Business Data Catalog (w/Office SharePoint Server) Combine data from multiple sources into single views Workflow integration to add business logic

Creating Data Views

Top Five Things You Can Do with SPD 1.Create data views with conditional formatting for both SharePoint and external data 2.Connect data views with web part connections

Data Form Web Part Connections

Top Five Things You Can Do with SPD 1.Create data views with conditional formatting for both SharePoint and external data 2.Connect data views with web part connections 3.Drive process and application logic in your site with workflows

Rule-based “No Code” Workflows Built on Windows Workflow Foundation hosting in SharePoint Composed of pre-existing building blocks and conditional logic Extensible via custom workflow actions and conditions

Sample Workflow Actions Assign custom task Send Create/update/delete list item Collect data from user Wait for timer Wait for data change

Adding Logic with SPD Workflows

Workflow Scenarios Structured Ad Hoc Signature Collection Form ActionsForm Actions Push SQL data to listPush SQL data to list notifications notifications Simple validationSimple validation Document ProcessesDocument Processes Conditional ExpirationConditional Expiration Custom ReviewCustom Review Out-of-the-box solutions Custom App LogicCustom App Logic Link lists togetherLink lists together Custom alertsCustom alerts Flag list itemsFlag list items Microsoft Visual Studio and workflow SDK Microsoft SharePoint Designer workflows Purchase Order Processing LOB Integration (BizTalk Server) Task and Issue Tracking (WSS, Access, & Project) Document Approval (parallel/serial)

Top Five Things You Can Do with SPD 1.Create data views with conditional formatting for both SharePoint and external data 2.Connect data views with web part connections 3.Drive process and application logic in your site with workflows 4.Customize the look and feel of your site

Customizing the look and feel

Top Five Things You Can Do with SPD 1.Create data views with conditional formatting for both SharePoint and external data 2.Connect data views with web part connections 3.Drive process and application logic in your site with workflows 4.Customize the look and feel of your site 5.Hide Lists / Libraries from the All Site Content view

Hiding Lists / Libraries as needed

Best Practices and Tips Get “source control” by storing pages in versioned document libraries You can un-customize pages without affecting web parts You can lock down usage at different scope levels for different users

Related Content OFC301 – Automate Business Processes using InfoPath Forms with integrated SharePoint Designer Workflows

Track Resources Spin the Wheel: Attend SharePoint breakout sessions Mon-Thurs and collect the picture of the day. Come by the booth for a chance to spin the SharePoint wheel. Collect all 4 pictures and enter to win a Microsoft Arc Mouse, drawing 11:30am on Friday, game cards at the booth. Product Info Product Info Dev Resources SharePoint MSDN Web Site: SharePoint Developer Resources: SharePoint Conference ITPro Resources SharePoint Tech Center: SharePoint Tech Center: SharePoint Best Practices: SharePoint Best Practices: us/office/sharepointserver/bb aspx us/office/sharepointserver/bb aspx

Day/DateTime Monday, May 11, 20093:30-4:30PM Tuesday, May 12, 20091:30-2:30pm Wednesday, May 13, 20091:30-2:30pm Thursday, May 14, 20091:30-2:30pm Free Book Signing by Authors Woody Windischman & Asif Rehmani Professional Microsoft ® Office SharePoint ® Designer 2007

Thank you! Come visit me at a Captare class in Chicago You can find free Screencast demos at: Twitter id: asifrehmani Please fill out the survey.

Attend an Interactive Theater Session and enter to win a Microsoft ARC Mouse Tuesday’s Picture is: Walk of Fame Star Attend any SharePoint Breakout Session day 1 – 4 and check the last slide for a daily picture. Come to the TLC yellow area, SharePoint booths OFC 4 & 5 to spin the wheel for a chance to win a prize. The wheel only spins when the SharePoint spotlight is flashing. One spin per person. Collect all four daily SharePoint pictures and enter to win a Microsoft ARC Mouse. Game cards can be picked up at the booth. Drawing for Mice on Friday at the wheel at 11:30AM. Collect the SharePoint Session Picture of the Day

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