Standard Method of Publishing and Subscribing

Result viewers are displayed as web parts on portal pages. As web parts on a portal page, result viewers can communicate with other web parts by publishing and subscribing.

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) handles the communication between web parts in Business Portal. Using WSS for web part communication is referred to as the standard method of publishing and subscribing.

Information about the standard method of publishing and subscribing is divided into the following sections:

• Overview of the standard method
• When to use the standard method
• Connecting a result viewer to a result viewer
• Connecting a result viewer to an Office web part