A common topic that is asked about in SharePoint, is how to roll up information from sub-sites to a top level site, and just generally how to show data from one site on another site. There are different methods and 3rd party tools that can be used, but here is a simple way to create a roll-up, that you can do yourself, using the data view web part, and a tiny bit of code. I’m not a developer, I swear! In this 5 minute screencast, I’ll show you the fundamentals behind creating your own rollup.

We have just completed the Create a Master Calendar workshop and will be using this space for feedback for the people who attend. I think the big take away from the workshop is the need to manage content and metadata structure through the use of content types. The LyteBox is cool, but content types is what really gets the job done.