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I am starting a SharePoint application where I need to filter a document library dynamically when a user visits a page.

Is this possible? If yes, how? Is it possible to have an application page with a document library on it?

i.e. a user visits an application page which has a document library on it. As the user opens the page i want to filter the documents in the library based on some user contextual information (say department) where department is a column of the meta data

(another scenario, on the application page i have a dropdownlist, after the user makes a selection i want to show specific documents based on the user selection

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If it is simple functionality, could you use the inbuilt filter web parts:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/work-with-filter-web-parts-HA010033786.aspx#BM2

  • Current User Filter (and select Department)
  • Choice Filter (for the drop down)
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  • Is there a way to do this through code? (after page loads?)
    – David
    Apr 14, 2011 at 21:59
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You can use a connection from another webpart. Have one webpart where the user selects a department and then have that value linked to the library web part so it can filter the view.

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  • How could I create a webpart that is abble to be linked to the library webpart?
    – pepersview
    Mar 2, 2012 at 11:45

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