Sharepoint : List Filter parameter > "No Schema"

Question

Hello

I cannot seem to get the parameters to work with Filters in Sharepoint.
I am on Sharepoint 365 (microsoftsharepointteamservices: 16.0.0.20802) - the site I am working on was created in Sharepoint2013

What I am trying to do is display a list of links in my pages, where links are filtered from a master links based on a context criteria which is part of the page attributes named "Area"
Links have a "FilterArea" text column, and I need to display all links which "contain" the value defined in the page field.

I created a view for my Links list and added a parameter "ParamArea" in Sharepoint Designer 2013 as follows :
<ParameterBinding Name="ParamArea" Location="QueryString(FilterArea)" DefaultValue=""/>
Then inside Query:
<Where>
<Contains>
<FieldRef Name="FilterArea"/>
<Value Type="Text">{ParamArea}</Value>
</Contains>
</Where>

In my page, I create a Page Field Filter Web part with the corresponding page attribute, then added a web part for the "Links" list and selected the above view
When creating the connection in the links web part , I use "get parameters from" and I get the following message "the consumer web part did not provide schema information" - even though the parameter does exist in the view.
Same issue with a simple Text Filter.

Would you have any idea what is going on or what I am doing wrong ?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Update :
I just found that, when trying to edit the "LinksByArea.aspx" (page for that same view which I am struggling to connect to a filter webpart), there I can add a text filter web part, which I am able to connect with the "Links" view using the "get parameters from" connection type !!
The text filter works properly and I am able to obtain the desired filtering !!!!
However on the "main" page(s), no way...

I must be missing something...

Any insight would be highly appreciated.

Answer 2

Hi @nze123 ,

Just now have a test with this Page Field Filter Web part and it works fine here. You need to add parameter/query schema in the "main" page(s), not the view page.

Test steps:

1, Prepare List

2, Create a test webpart page and insert the list webpart and Page Field Filter Web part

3, Edit the test web part page in SPD

Result:

Best Regards,
Baker Kong

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