Active Displays (formerly known as Action-Enabled Roll-Ups) do everything that standard roll-ups do, and more. Just like standard roll-ups, they roll up items from selected lists that meet your criteria, and display them in a single view that can be ordered by one or more columns. The results can be exported to Microsoft Excel, and you can also control the number of items to show in a list and use Next and Back buttons.
In addition to the abilities of standard roll-ups, Active Displays can be configured to present any number of actions that can be executed against the list items displayed. They also feature a number of enhancements that are not available in standard roll-ups, such as dynamic grouping on multiple columns, the ability to group by site, list, and/or folder, additional sorting capabilities, and support for Central Configuration.
As of the Spring 2007 release, Active Displays also include a Columns tab, which can be used to easily select, modify, and rearrange the columns included in an Active Display, without having to go back and forth to the Roll-Up Wizard. It also provides a simple method to select the columns that can be used for sorting, filtering, grouping, and searching. The Spring 2007 release also introduces the ability to total columns without using a custom display.
NOTE 1: If you are interested in viewing the help for this component running on the Workplace Suite Winter 2007 for SharePoint 2007, click here.
NOTE 2: Active Displays and the Actions Wizard are closely tied. For information about what can and cannot be done with each type of action, as well as portability issues, please reference the online help for the Actions Wizard.
Last Modified: July 07