Quest Calendar View (qCalendarView)

The qCalendarView web part displays time-based data held in SharePoint lists.  In it's simplest form the qCalendarView can display data from the SharePoint "Calendar" list type. 



On the face of it the result appears no different to the Standard SharePoint web part that gets created by default when you create a calendar list.  However, the power of the qCalendarView web part comes with the ease with which you can devise your own custom detail page which uses a qListForm web part to hold the data for a calendar entry.  The fact that you can very easily put together a custom details page (without coding), and the ability to configure the qListForm to display list items and add ancilliary data, all without requiring custom code, is highly productive.   In addition, you can then add custom actions and custom display features, enhancing considerably the impact of the qCalendarView web part beyond what can be achieved otherwise, without custom code.

In addition to the Calendar list, you can also use the qCalendarView web part to display time-based data from any other list type as long as records have a start and end date and recurrance flag as part of their structure.  This makes the web part extremely flexible.  Indeed, as with the qSelector and qListView web parts, the qCalendarView can be used to roll-up data from multiple lists.  As long as the columns being referenced or displayed are the same in all lists sourced, the qCalendarView will make sense of the data and will display it correctly.  An example of how this can be used is with schedules for use by a restricted audience.  One could create a list or calendar list with restricted access and roll that up with other calendar lists in the qCalendarView.  Only those eligible to view the restricted data will see the same when the qCalendarView web part is displayed.