Presto Consuming SharePoint Services

The SharePoint Web Application Settings "RSS Settings" property must be enabled to allow users to subscribe to SharePoint List views in syndicated format. This option is enabled by default. The option can be checked via Central Administration, Web Application Management section, Web Application Settings.

Almost any list-based data service provided by SharePoint can be published in RSS form. The following are a selection of the SharePoint data services which can be RSS enabled:

1. Blogs
   

   SharePoint Site users can create and edit blog posts.

   Blog entries can be posted to both site and personal blogs.

   Access to blog posts can be controlled by setting user permissions.

   Access to blogs is restricted to authorized users.

   Users are able to subscribe to a blog RSS Feed.

   The Recent Blog Posts Data Form Web Part is able to display in summary form,

   recent blog posts for a given user to which the viewing users has access.

   Can this Web part be published as RSS?

2. Discussion Lists
   

   SharePoint Discussion lists are a useful source of information which can be published in RSS form and which Presto can consume.

   In RSS Form a SharePoint Discussion list is comprised of a set of discussion topics,

   with title and description and a NTLM Authenticated URL link back to the actual SharePoint Discussion page.

   A Discussion List might be mashed up with discussion topics gathered from sources external to SharePoint.

   Merged and filtered the discussion could then be consumed either by SharePoint or some external non-SharePoint user environment in the form of an RSS Feed or Mashlet.

3. Calendars
4. Task Lists
5. Announcement Lists
6. Issue Tracking Lists
7. Link Lists
8. Key Performance Indicators (KPI) List
   

   A KPI Web Part can be configured to view a KPI List.

   Key Performance Indicator lists a set of user defined indicators including target goal,

   current value and target status information.

9. Filter Web Part
   

   Filter Web Part enables the user to connect to multiple data sources and to dynamically

   collect and filter data.

10. Search Results

RSS Feed URL General form is :

http://host/Site/_layouts/listfeed.aspx?List=Guid