One of our developers has reported that he is trying to
setup connection between two webparts but somehow the connection option is
disabled.
There might be a possibility that you will not get a
connection menu also.
By using Web Part connections, you can create or
enhance your Web Part Pages. You connect Web Parts so that when you perform an
action in one Web Part, it changes the contents of another Web Part.
Now the next question will arise as:
1)
Why the connection option is disabled?
2)
Why the connection menu is greyed out?
3)
Why the connection menu is not available?
4)
Is there any setting at the site collection
level or at the web application level by which we need to turn on any
feature/activate something…
Let
me tell you guys there is a setting which is present at the web application
level so need to whether its enabled or not.
How
to enable this option?
1) Open
the central administration
2) Application
management
3) Web
applications
4) Manage
web applications
5) Select
the web application for which you would like to enable the option
6) On
the top-Ribbon-You will find an option as ‘webpart security’
7) Click
on it and you will get one frame window which specifies ‘security for web pages
8) Here you
will find the option of Web part connections
9) Select
the option “Allows users to create connections between Web Parts”
Click
OK and that’s it. You are done.
After
doing this, still not able to setup connection between two webparts?
Let
me refer you this article: http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/sharepoint-server-help/connect-data-in-web-parts-HA010024105.aspx
In
which Microsoft has specified several reasons in which web
part menu may not be enabled or visible on your web part page / The Connections
submenu is hidden or unavailable:
1)
You are not using the
correct browser. You must use Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later to create,
modify, or delete a connection between Web Parts.
2)
The Web Part you are
trying to connect from does not allow connections. You can try to find or
import another Web Part that does what you want and that allows connections.
3)
The zone that contains
the Web Part does not allow connections.
4)
The Web Parts were
connected in shared view and so the connection cannot be changed in personal
view. If you can, switch to shared view.
5)
You do not have
permission to make Web Part connections.
6)
Web Part connections
are not supported at the site.
Some other possibilities:
Only
compatible Web Parts are available from the Connections submenu. This situation
can occur for one or more of the following reasons:
The
Web Part you are trying to connect to does not support making connections. Not
all Web Parts are designed to be connected.
1) The Web Part you
are trying to connect from is not compatible with the Web Part you are trying
to connect to because it has an incompatible Web Part type. This can occur for
the following reasons:
2) You are in personal
view, the Web Part you are trying to connect from is a shared Web Part or
personalized Web Part, and the Web Part you are trying to connect to is a
private Web Part on the same Web Part Page.
3) The Web Part you
are trying to connect from is a private Web Part, and the Web Part you are
trying to connect to is a shared Web Part or personalized Web Part on the same
Web Part Page.
4) The Web Part you
are trying to connect to or from allows only one connection. To create a new
connection, you must first remove the current connection from that Web Part.
5) The Web Part you
are trying to connect to is already connected to the Web Part you are trying to
connect from through a different connection type. Web Parts can have more than
one connection, but each connection must be to a different Web Part.
6) The Web Part you
are trying to connect to is not compatible with the Web Part you are trying to
connect from because the Web Part is required to run on either a client or
server. There are two situations that can apply:
7) The Web Part you
are trying to connect to currently runs on the client, and the Web Part you are
trying to connect from runs on the server.
8) The Web Part you
are trying to connect to currently runs on the server, and the Web Part you are
trying to connect from runs on the client.
In
this case, the Web Parts you are trying to connect must both run either on the
client or on the server.
For
assistance, contact the site administrator.
If
you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then
please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves
your issues, Thank you.
