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In this Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online tutorial, we will learn how we can connect various web parts in the modern SharePoint online page in order to better manage and display the list or library data, we will focus on the “Top 5 Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online – O365”

Key Highlights – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Connect a List properties web part to a List web part(show selected item)
  • Connect a File viewer web part to a Document library web part(show selected file)
  • Show a selected image
  • Show a selected YouTube video
  • Show a selected location
  • Summarize – what we had here.

Introduction – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

As we know Microsoft releases new changes every month with respect to office 365. So as per  SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: April 2019 release, we can connect various types of web parts to each other on the SharePoint modern page, here in this article I will focus on how can show list or library data in various ways.  

Prerequisites – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

  • 1. Developers/users should know how to add and configure the web part in SharePoint Online.
  • 2. Upload a few documents to the default “Documents” library. 
  • 3. Create a “Customers” list with the below columns. 
  • 3.1. Title – rename to “Customer ID”
  • 3.2. Customer Name
  • 3.3. Customer City
  • 3.4. Phone Number
  • 3.5. Email ID 

Notes:

  •  1. Add a few test items to the “Customers” list. 
  •  4. Create  a “Test Video List” list with the below columns: 
  •  4.1 Title (no need to create – by default list will have this column).     
  •  4.2 Video ID

Notes

  1. Add a few items with Video ID (Video ID should be YouTube video id, you will get it from video URL example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvFbVPDQYyk

5. Create a “Test Image List” list with the below columns:  5.1 Title (no need to create – by default list will have this column). 5.2 Image Url 

Note:  

  1. Add a few items to the list with the Image Url attribute.  

6. Create a “Test Location” list with the below columns: 6.1 Title (no need to create – by default list will have this column).  6.2 longitude 6.3 latitude 

 Notes

  •   1. Add a few items to the list with longitude and latitude attributes. 
  •   2. Get the longitude and latitude for a location from google.  7. Test Web Part Page.

Note:  

  1. All columns are “Single line of text” type. 

Connect a List properties web part to a List web part(show selected item) – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

Using this connection, we can select a particular item from a list and can display the selected item in the corresponding web part, and can do the update operation. We’ll see how this can be implemented.

Navigate to your TestWebPartPage and add the list web part, to do this follow the below steps:

Step 1:

 

Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online - Create web part page in modern SharePoint Online
Create a web part page in modern SharePoint Online

Step 2:

Connect list view web part in SharePoint Online
Connect list view web part in SharePoint Online

Step 3: 

Edit the “List” web part.

Once the above List web part is added, edit the web part property to select the “Customers” list as below.

Display selected file using list view web part in SharePoint Online
Display selected file using list view web part in SharePoint Online

Then we’ll see the below screen: 

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Step 4: 

Following the above steps, add another web part type of “List properties” as like below:

Connect to source in list view web part - SharePoint Online
Connect to source in list view web part – SharePoint Online

Step 5: Edit the “List properties” web part.

Select the “Customers” list and leave the rest of all settings as is, like below:

Connect to source in list view web part drop-down list - SharePoint Online
Connect to source in list view web part drop-down list – SharePoint Online

Step 6: We’ll see the below screen.

Display SharePoint list item using list view web part in SharePoint Online
Display SharePoint list items using the list view web part in SharePoint Online

Step 7:

To verify the connection select any item from the list web part that will be displayed in the “List properties” web part as below.

Display selected list items in pop-up page using SharePoint list view connected web part
Display selected list items in pop-up page using SharePoint list view connected web part

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Connect a File viewer web part to a Document library web part(show selected file) – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

Using this connection we can select a particular file in the “List” web part and that selected file will be displayed in the “List properties” web part. To do this, follow the below steps:

Using the above “Customers” list web part technique add the below two web parts to the page.

  1. Document Library web part (as a sample select default “Documents” library)
  2. File viewer and configure the connection.

Step 1:

Add a “Document library” web part and select the default “Documents” library as below:

Connect a File viewer web part to a Document library web part(show selected file)
Connect a File viewer web part to a Document library web part(show selected file)

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Step 2: 

Add File Viewer Web Part, and while adding the “File Viewer” web part we’ll get the below window, click on the”Cancel” button.

Add File Viewer Web Part, and while adding “File Viewer” web part we’ll get the below window, click on “Cancel”.
Add File Viewer Web Part, and while adding the “File Viewer” web part we’ll get the link selection window, click on “Cancel”.

Step 3:

In File viewer web part property select “Documents” library from connecting to source drop-down list as like below:

File viewer web part property to select “Documents” library from connect to source drop-down list
File viewer web part property to select “Documents” library from connecting to source drop-down list

Step 4:

Now we can see the below screen.

Configure file viewer web part in SharePoint Online
Configure file viewer web part in SharePoint Online

Step 5:

To verify the connection select any document from the “Document library” web part that will be displayed in the “File viewer” web part as below.

Display selected file from parent web part to child web part in SharePoint Online
Display selected file from parent web part to child web part in SharePoint Online

Show a selected image – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

Using this connection we can display the selected image in the “Embed” web part. To do this follow the below steps:

Step 1:

Using the previous techniques, add a List web part and choose the list – “Test Image List” as like below:

Display the selected image in the “Embed” web part - SharePoint Online
Display the selected image in the “Embed” web part – SharePoint Online

Step 2:

Add an Embed web part and click on connect to source thru the edit web part.

Website address or embed code - Embed web part and click on connect to source thru the edit web part
Embed the web part and click on connect to source thru the edit web part

Note:

In the above embed code box, update with the below text where “$ImageUrl” is a variable which represents the column name of the “Test Image List”

Step 3:

Then we can see the below screen.

Image web part in SharePoint Online to display the selected image
Image web part in SharePoint Online to display the selected image

Test 4:

To verify the connection select any image from the “List” web part that will be displayed in the “Embed” web part as below.

Display the selected image in SharePoint Online using the embed web part
Display the selected image in SharePoint Online using the embedded web part

Show a selected YouTube video – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

Using this connection we can display the selected video in the “Embed” web part. To do this follow the below steps:

Add the below two web parts as like the above image web part:

  1. List the web part and choose the list “Test Video List”
  2. Add an Embed web part.

Step 1 :

Adding List Web Part with “Test Video List”:

Show a selected YouTube video in SharePoint Online
Show a selected YouTube video in SharePoint Online

Step 2:

Adding an Embed web part and select “Test Video List” from the “connect to source” drop-down list as below:

Show a selected YouTube video in SharePoint Online using embed web part connect to source
Show a selected YouTube video in SharePoint Online using embed web part connect to the source

Note:

Fill the above embed code box with the below content where $VideoID is a variable that represents the VideoID column in “Test Video List”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5B$VideoID%5D”

 Step 3:

Then we’ll see the below screen.

Youtube video in SharePoint online list
Youtube video in SharePoint online list

Step 4:

To verify the connection select any video from the “List” web part that will be displayed in the “Embed” web part as below.

Play youtube video in SharePoint online list using the embed web part
Play youtube video in SharePoint online list using the embed web part

Show a selected location – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

Using this connection we can display the selected location in the “Embed” web part. To do this follow the below steps:

Add the below two web parts as like the above image web part:

  1. List the web part and choose the list “Test Location”
  2. Add an Embed web part.

Step 1:

Adding a List Web Part with “Test Location” as below.

Show a selected location in SharePoint Online
Show a selected location in SharePoint Online

Step 2:

Adding an Embed web part and select “Test Location” from connecting to the source drop-down list as below:

Embed web part configuration to show selected location in SharePoint Online
Embed web part configuration to show the selected location in SharePoint Online

Note:

In the above embed code box copy the below content where $latitude and ~ $longitude are two variables that represent two columns in the “Test Location” list.

Step 2:

To verify the connection select any location from the “List” web part that will be displayed in the “Embed” web part as below.

Selected location gets displayed in SharePoint Online using the embed web part
The selected location gets displayed in SharePoint Online using the embedded web part

Summary- Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

Thus, we have learned the below concepts in this tutorial on how we can connect two web parts two display the selected different types of SharePoint objects.

  • Connect a List properties web part to a List web part(show selected item)
  • Connect a File viewer web part to a Document library web part(show selected file)
  • Show a selected image
  • Show a selected YouTube video
  • Show a selected location

References – Connected Web Parts in SharePoint Online

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/SharePoint-Roadmap-Pitstop-April-2019/ba-p/504656

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