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Is it possible from the MOSS 2007 OOTB web parts with no custom code of any sort to create a view of all document libraries on a given site expanded to show all folders and documents within it?

Table of Contents will give you the libraries and CQWP will give you the documents but I'm looking for a combination of these I guess.

I pretty sure it's not possible OOTB but thought I would ask this here just in case.

Considering a DVWP to deliver the functionality but could save time if we can do this OOTB.

NOTE TO SELF - Stop end users from using document libraries as folders!

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A DVWP is going to be the way to go. When you set to DataSourceMode="CrossList", you can get at all of the items in lists that meet the criteria you set. Performance is usually not a problem, in my experience, unless you're dealing with multiple "large lists", which you say above isn't the case.

Once you get the hang of doing a DVWP with CrossList mode, you won't care so much about where the items are.

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  • How might I look to render the heirarchy of libs folders and docs using a CrossList data source?
    – Charles Lee
    Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 14:07
  • It depends on what you want it to look like. I'd just do it in the DVWP with XSL.
    – Marc D Anderson
    Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 21:09
  • I know the SPDataSource (default DS of a DVWP) has a ListOfLists mode. I haven't used this mode myself but this could help with one half of the equation? Maybe a CrossList to get all the items joined with a ListOfLists...just a theory msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…
    – Nick Hadlee
    Commented Mar 13, 2010 at 5:41
  • ListofLists is great for just getting at the lists themselves. Since Charles is looking to show all Document Libraries AND their folders and documents, I think CrossList is the way to go and then handle the display across the Document Libraries with the XSL. The ddwrt:NameChanged function will help greatly with this.
    – Marc D Anderson
    Commented Mar 13, 2010 at 22:30
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Unfortunately no. No it is not possible by OOTB web parts.

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  • it probably wouldnt perform very well either depending on number of items and doclibs
    – Anders Rask
    Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 10:33
  • It will be fine as each library has about 3 documents...See my note to self!
    – Charles Lee
    Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 11:01

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