Inline Graphs, Dynamic Charts and Enhanced Gantt Views
Overview

If you are responsible for managing information display in your company, or are in need of simple, easy to create charts and graphs in SharePoint, this workshop series is for you. Each session in this three part series lasts two (2) hours, implementing SharePoint solutions for specific business problems. You will walk away with all the resources and expertise needed to implement charts, graphs and analysis on your own SharePoint site in a matter of hours.

• March 23, 2010 - Inline Visualizations in SharePoint
• March 24, 2010 - SharePoint Gantt Chart Enhancements
• March 25, 2010 - Dynamic Feedback through SharePoint and Sparkline Charts

Each workshop is fully hands-on, including your own SharePoint sandbox for implementing the solutions, all of the resources and materials needed to implement the solutions, and access to an on-demand recording of the entire session when you need to review.

Purchasing the entire series of three workshops saves you $58.00 and guarantees you a seat in each of the sessions. All workshops are delivered live, online through your computer where you will be able to see the presenters desktop as well as hear the session over your computer speakers or headphones.

Detailed descriptions of each of the workshops are shown below. We look forward to seeing you at the next set of EUSP Live Online Workshops.

Mark Miller
Founder and Editor
EndUserSharePoint.com

Christophe Humbert
Founder
PathToSharePoint.com

Inline Visualizations in SharePoint
March 23, 2010 - 1:00pm EST

From a SharePoint End User's perspective, it's hard trying to figure out the best ways to expose information through graphics in SharePoint. SharePoint lists didn't offer color coding and other visualization effects. Sure, you can use Excel Services and KPIs if you've spent the big bucks for the Enterprise version to do a little graphic enhancement, but what about those of us who still need more complex visualization capabilities?

Workshop Overview

HTML Calculated Columns to the rescue! Christophe Humbert from Path to SharePoint has been working for over a year on solutions that can be implemented at the site level using the calculated column along with the Content Editor Web Part.

Inline Visualizations in SharePoint will give you the keys to mastering an out of the box method for creating visual effects in SharePoint. No need to be a SharePoint expert. No need for SharePoint Designer or server side tools, all is done using the OOTB features.

Examples showcased in this workshop include:

• Traffic lights for issues lists
• Progress bars for tasks lists
• Color coding (text or background) by category
• Text effects (bold, scroll)

The technique presented in this workshop apply to both SharePoint 2003 and SharePoint 2007.

Inline Visualizations in SharePoint is an entry level workshop for SharePoint Site Administrators and Power Users interested in creating graphic effects to enhance their SharePoint sites. No experience is required other than the desire to implement the solutions in your own production environement once the workshop is completed.

This is the first workshop in a three part series on using Charts and Graphs in SharePoint. You do not have to take the other workshop in order to take this one... they are all stand-alone solutions.

Who is this for?

This workshop is aimed at Site Administrators and Power Users looking for techniques to add additional functionality to their SharePoint pages without having access to the SharePoint server. All solutions can be implemented with Site Manager level permissions in the SharePoint 2003 and 2007 environments.

SharePoint Gantt Chart Enhancements
March 24, 2010 - 1:00pm EST

One of the most useful views Project Managers can have is that of a Gantt Chart view, usually associated with Microsoft Project. The implementation of Gantt Charts in SharePoint, however, leaves "a lot to be desired", to put it politely.

Christophe Humbert is working on an extended solutions to Gantt Chart views in SharePoint, not only to make the more visually appealing, but to make them more useful by adding expanding and contracting timelines, the use of the grouping function and color coding items for more clarity when view the chart.

You won't have to purchase any third party web parts to implement these solutions. Everything will be available out of the box or available for free as part of the resources for the workshop.  

Workshop Overview

The limitations for displaying charts and graphs in a WSS site can be daunting. At least in MOSS, there are Excel Services available. In this live online, hands-on workshop, we will go over various solutions for providing dynamically generated charts and graphs in a WSS implementation.

The data used to drive the charts will come from SharePoint lists, libraries, RSS feeds and web services. Don't store your charts and graphs in Excel where noone can see them... expose them in the web browser through SharePoint! 

Who is this for?

This workshop is aimed at site administrators and power users who need to manage and display graphical information in their SharePoint site.

This is the second workshop in a three part series on using Charts and Graphs in SharePoint. You do not have to take the other workshops in order to take this one... they are all stand-alone solutions.

Dynamic Feedback through SharePoint and Sparklines Charts
March 25, 2010 - 1:00pm EST

SharePoint has very limited OOTB charting options. Fortunately charting tools are plentiful on the Web, and can be integrated with SharePoint. This workshop will review some of the available options, featuring in particular Sparklines (inline charts) solutions.

With the announcement that Excel 2010 will include Sparkline for creating charts and graphs, the solutions provided in this workshop will give you a two to three year jump start, incorporating Sparklines into current WSS and MOSS sites.

You won't have to purchase any third party web parts to implement these solutions. Everything will be available out of the box or available for free as part of the resources for the workshop.  

This is the third workshop in a three part series on using Charts and Graphs in SharePoint. You do not have to take the previous workshop in order to take this one... they are all stand-alone solutions.

Workshop Overview

The limitations for displaying charts and graphs in a WSS site can be daunting. At least in MOSS, there are Excel Services available. In this live online, hands-on workshop, we will go over various solutions for providing dynamically generated charts and graphs in a WSS implementation.

The data used to drive the charts will come from SharePoint lists, libraries, RSS feeds and web services. Don't store your charts and graphs in Excel where noone can see them... expose them in the web browser through SharePoint! 

Who is this for?

This workshop is aimed at site administrators and power users who need to manage and display graphical information in their SharePoint site.

This is the third workshop in a three part series on using Charts and Graphs in SharePoint. You do not have to take the other workshops in order to take this one... they are all stand-alone solutions.

About the Presenters
Mark Miller and Christophe Humbert

Inline Graphs, Dynamic Charts and Enhanced Gantt Views EUSP Live Online Workshop Series is hosted by Mark Miller, Founder and Editor of EndUserSharePoint.com and Christophe Humbert, Founder of Path to SharePoint. 

Mark has over a decade's worth of experience in delivering online presentations. He has created hundreds of screencasts for End User usage of SharePoint. During presentations, Mark faciliates discussion on the context of using his projects so that participants walk away with a functioning solution that can be implemented immediately in their SharePoint sites.

Christophe Humbert is known internationally for his solutions using the Calculated Column to create complex solutions to display information graphically within a SharePoint environment. His other solutions include the Easy Tabs Interface and Color Coded Calendars. Christophe is based in Shanghai.

Pricing Note
Series vs Individual Pricing

Full series tickets are available for 'Inline Graphs, Dynamic Charts and Enhanced Gantt Views". The series ticket reserves a seat in each of the three sessions, offering a total discount of $58.00 for the series.

The EUSP Live Online Workshop Guarantee
Our Promise to You

I realize it is hard to purchase a workshop online without knowing me or having experience with how live online training works, so here's my guarantee:

If, after taking the workshop, you decide the solution isn't what you are looking for, I will personally refund your entire registration fee and you get to keep all the resources from the project.

If you're not happy, I'm not happy. I want you to be completely satisified with the workshops and the resources. My main form of marketing is word of mouth, with workshop participants as my evangelists. I want you as one of those evangelists, and I'll do what's necessary to make things right.

I  appreciate your trust and support and look forward to seeing you at the sessions.

Mark Miller
Founder and Editor
EndUserSharePoint.com