As the next generation of roll-ups, action-enabled roll-ups do just about everything that standard (Spreadsheet, Tree View, and My) roll-ups do, and more. Of course, they allow users to execute actions against the list items in the roll-up. They also offer a number of enhancements that are not available in standard roll-ups, including:
• Support for Central Configuration
• Ability to group by site, list, and/or folder
• Multi-level dynamic grouping
• Increased availability of date functions for static grouping
• Ability to sort numeric columns
• Improved handling of long column values
• Display of hyperlinked pictures as pictures rather than links
There are some other differences between action-enabled and standard roll-ups. Specifically, action-enabled roll-ups do not support the following:
• Manual filter definition (can use the Filter Builder only)
• Connections to the Workplace View Advanced web part
• The Show URLs as Text, Not Links property
If you need to take advantage of any of these capabilities, you should use one of the standard roll-up types, instead.