How do you link 2 web parts on a SharePoint Page?

Question

I want to build a SharePoint page template for a item like "a Company". I'd like to have a Wiki part on the top of the page and a List of documents on the bottom. Let's use Pepsi as my example. I want the top Wiki part to be info about Pepsi, but I want the Document list to be filtered to ONLY show Pepsi items in the list. How do you accomplish this?

Answer 1

Many of the built in web parts within SharePoint are connectable. However, to achieve what you want, you will likely have to build your own. Take a look at the following article for an overview of what is required. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms469765.aspx

Answer 2

If I understand you correctly, I think this is possible using the out-of-the-box filter web parts in MOSS 2007. Ton Stegeman (a SharePoint MVP) has a post that sounds similar to what you're trying to achieve (using MOSS 2007):

• SharePoint 2007 Filter webparts - using the Page Field Filter webpart on a Lookup field

As Scott Price points out you can also write your own. Ton's blog also has some guidance there too:

• MOSS 2007 Filter webparts part 1 - create your own provider and consumer