The SharePoint Data Provider is an advanced web part that allows you to aggregate data from any combination of standard SharePoint lists and custom lists so the information can be displayed in a view. It supports all standard SharePoint and CorasWorks schemas and allows you to work with your own custom schemas, as well. It provides the aggregated data as XML to the browser, so that the XML containing the list data can be consumed by other web parts and applications.
Any parameters that reference a variable support the following variables:
• <%CurrentPageFolder%> - The current folder URL where the web part resides (e.g., http://www.company.com/sites/site1/connections)
• <%HostName%> - The host name of the site where the web part resides (e.g., www.company.com)
• <%SiteSecurityType%> - The protocol type of the site where the web part resides (e.g., http://)
• <%SiteURL%> - The absolute path to the site where the web part resides (e.g., http://www.company.com/sites/site1)
Example: <%SiteSecurityType%><%HostName%>/data/connections/dataprovider.aspx