Creating Web Parts for Digital Dashboards Delivery Guide

Project Lead and Instructional Designer: Josh Barnhill Technical Lead: Chris Howd Technical Contributor: Howard Crow Program Manager: Phil Clark Graphic Artist: Andrea Heuston Artitudes

Part Number: X05-39473

Course Number: 2017A

Released: 7/2000

Delivery Guide

Creating Web Parts for

Digital Dashboards

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Course Number: 2017A Part Number: X05-39473 Released: 7/2000

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Contents

Introduction

Course Materials 2

Prerequisites 3

Course Outline 4

Microsoft Official Curriculum 6

Microsoft Certified Professional Program 7

Facilities 9

Module 1: Introduction to Digital Dashboards Overview 1

Introduction to Digital Dashboards 2

Demonstration: Examining the Digital Dashboard Interface 7

Using the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit 9

Examining the Digital Dashboard Architecture 17

Implementing a Digital Dashboard 23

Lab A: Building a Digital Dashboard 32

Review 41

Module 2: Using Web Parts and Digital Dashboard Components Overview 1

Understanding Web Parts 2

Using Web Part Schema Content Properties 7

Using Web Part Schema Execution Properties 11

Using Web Part Schema Appearance Properties 17

Using Web Part Schema Basic Properties 21

Examining the Digital Dashboard Factory 22

Using the Digital Dashboard User Interface 26

Demonstration: Accessing the Digital Dashboard Customization Pages 29

Lab A: Working with Web Part Properties 34

Review 43

Module 3: Creating Web Parts Overview 1

Creating Web Parts 2

Creating Web Part Content by Using Office 2000 21

Updating Previously Created Digital Dashboard Components 29

Testing Web Parts 33

Exploring Advanced Web Part Topics 37

Lab A: Creating Web Parts 47

Review 60

Module 4: Creating and Deploying Digital Dashboards

Overview 1

Configuring a Digital Dashboard Server 2

Deploying and Supporting Digital Dashboards 12

Personalizing and Customizing Digital Dashboards 18

Enabling Offline Use of Digital Dashboards 23

Lab A: Installing a Digital Dashboard Server Site 28

Review 32

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About This Course

This section provides you with a brief description of the course, audience, suggested prerequisites, and course objectives

Description

This course provides Microsoft® Exchange Server administrators and Information Technology (IT) professionals with the concepts and best practices necessary to create Web Parts and to design digital dashboard solutions

Audience

This course is intended primarily for Exchange Server administrators and IT professionals

Student Prerequisites

This course requires that students meet the following prerequisites:

! Basic Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) skills

! Familiarity with the Microsoft Outlook® 2000 user interface (UI)

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

! Describe the purpose and capabilities of digital dashboards and explain how they help workers to be more productive; describe and use the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit and explain the digital dashboard development process; describe the digital dashboard architecture (the presentation tier, the logic tier, and the storage tier); and describe how to implement a digital dashboard by using the digital dashboard data stores

! Define Web Part, Web Part schema, and digital dashboard folders; use the content properties of the Web Part schema; use the execution properties of the Web Part schema; use the appearance properties of the Web Part schema; use the basic properties of the Web Part schema; describe the purpose and functionality of the digital dashboard factory; and use the digital dashboard UI to access digital dashboard customization pages

! Create Web Parts by using Microsoft Visual InterDev® and the Web Part Builder add-in to Visual InterDev; create Web Part content by using Microsoft Office 2000 and Outlook 2000, incorporate Office Web Components in a Web Part, and create a data access page; convert information nuggets to Web Parts and update entire digital dashboards that were created by using the Digital Dashboard Starter Kit; test Web Parts; and describe the Digital Dashboard Services Component, isolate Web Parts on a digital dashboard, use token replacement, use Web Part frames, and enable users to customize Web Parts

! Create, deploy, and support digital dashboards; configure digital dashboard environments based on the two types of Web Part stores supported by the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit: Microsoft Windows® file system and Microsoft SQL Server™; deploy and support a digital dashboard, and enable users to access a digital dashboard by using Outlook 2000; personalize and customize digital dashboards for individuals or corporate groups; and enable offline use of Internet and intranet content and business data on a digital dashboard

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Course Timing

The following schedule is an estimate of the course timing Your timing may vary

Day 1

Start End Module

9:00 9:15 Introduction 9:15 10:30 Module 1: Introduction to Digital Dashboards 10:30 11:00 Lab A: Building a Digital Dashboard 11:00 11:15 Break

11:15 12:00 Module 2: Using Web Parts and Digital Dashboard Components 12:00 1:00 Lunch

1:00 1:30 Lab A: Working with Web Part Properties 1:30 2:15 Module 3: Creating Web Parts

2:15 3:30 Lab A: Creating Web Parts 3:30 3:45 Break

3:45 4:30 Module 4: Creating and Deploying Digital Dashboards 4:30 4:45 Lab A (Optional): Installing a Digital Dashboard Server Site

Trainer Materials Compact Disc Contents

The Trainer Materials compact disc contains the following files and folders:

setup instructions in ASCII format (non-Microsoft Word document)

description of classroom requirements, classroom configuration, and classroom setup instructions

and corrections that you find in the course

PowerPoint® presentation and Web-based materials

Windows Media™ Player

course

display the PowerPoint slides

links to resources pertaining to this course, including additional reading, review and lab answers, lab files, multimedia presentations, and course-related Web sites

slide show that explains the instructional strategy for the course and presentation tips and caveats To open the presentation, on the Trainer

Materials Web page, click Trainer Preparation Presentation

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Student Materials Compact Disc Contents

The Student Materials compact disc contains the following files and folders:

students with resources pertaining to this course, including additional reading, review and lab answers, lab files, multimedia presentations, and course-related Web sites

setup instructions in ASCII format (non-Microsoft Word document)

If there are no additional reading files, this folder does not appear

hands-on labs

appendix files, this folder does not appear

presentation and Web-based materials

files may be used to prepare the student computers for the hands-on labs

for this course If this course does not include any multimedia presentations, this folder does not appear

Windows Media Player

display the PowerPoint presentations that accompany the additional reading

If there are no PowerPoint presentations, this folder does not appear

Web page To open the Web page, open Windows Explorer, and in the root

directory of the compact disc, double-click Default.htm

Word document (.doc) files that are included on the compact disc If no Word documents are included, this folder does not appear

Document Conventions

The following conventions are used in course materials to distinguish elements

of the text

Convention Use

# Indicates an introductory page This symbol appears next

to a slide title when additional information on the topic is covered on the page or pages that follow it

bold Represents commands, command options, and portions of

syntax that must be typed exactly as shown It also indicates commands on menus and buttons, icons, dialog box titles and options, and icon and menu names

italic In syntax statements, indicates placeholders for variable

information Italic is also used for introducing new terms, for book titles, and for emphasis in the text

Title Capitals Indicate domain names, user names, computer names,

directory names, folders, and file names, except when specifically referring to case-sensitive names Unless otherwise indicated, you can use lowercase letters when you type a directory name or file name in a dialog box or

at a command prompt

ALL CAPITALS Indicate the names of keys, key sequences, and key

combinations — for example, ALT+SPACEBAR

monospace Represents code samples, examples of screen text, or

entries that you type at a command prompt or in initialization files

[ ] In syntax statements, enclose optional items For example,

[filename] in command syntax indicates that you can

choose to type a file name with the command Type only the information within the brackets, not the brackets themselves

{ } In syntax statements, enclose required items Type only

the information within the braces, not the braces themselves

| In syntax statements, separates an either/or choice

! Indicates a procedure with sequential steps

In syntax statements, specifies that the preceding item may

be repeated

Represents an omitted portion of a code sample