Data-Viewer Web Part 3.6 User’s Guide, Part 8: How to Define Column Headers

Are you looking to display data from a SharePoint list/library, SQL table/view, Bamboo List Rollup, or BDC/BCS without the need for creating a data view that requires SharePoint Designer? With Bamboo’s Data-Viewer Web Part, you can accomplish all of this and more. Whether you want to: customize the look and feel; allow users to group, filter, and sort; apply calculations and/or export items to Microsoft Excel; or customize the CSS, Data-Viewer Web Part is THE must-have tool for business intelligence and analytics. All these options, as well as the ability to: perform inline editing of data; apply conditional formatting and calculations to both the master data and the nested child data; and access Lists and List Rollup data views from all across your SharePoint farm, are all available now with the latest release of Data-Viewer Web Part. Here in the eighth and final part, we will show you how to define Column Headers.

To help celebrate the release of Data-Viewer Web Part version 3.6, we have put together a brand-new 8-part series that will walk you through how to use the product’s newest and most popular features.  Let us show you how to define Column Headers.

New to Data Viewer Web Part with version 3.6 is the ability to customize the font used in your Header. To do this, you will need to first go to the tool pane. From there, go to the Look and Feel Settings tab. Under the Define Column Header, select the Header Format checkbox. Select the font style and size that you desire for your Header:

When you return to Data-Viewer Web Part, you will see that the header text matches the look and feel you selected in the step above:

Are you ready to test drive Data-Viewer Web Part in your own SharePoint environment? Jump over to the Data-Viewer Web Part product page now!

Want to learn more about Data-Viewer Web Part? Check out the rest of the series here: