Release Notes for Poll Web Part

Release Notes for Poll Web Part

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Microsoft ended mainstream support for SharePoint 2007 in October 2012. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy.
At that time, Bamboo stopped enhancements to our SharePoint 2007 product line, but continues to provide support and bug fixes to customers with active support contracts until October 2017. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2017, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2007 products in October 2016 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.
Microsoft plans to end mainstream support for SharePoint 2010 in October 2015. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy. At that time, we will stop any enhancements for our SharePoint 2010 product line but will continue to provide support and bug fixes for our SharePoint 2010 products to customers with active support contracts until October 2020. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2020, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2010 products in October 2019 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.

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A separate installation package and license key is required for SharePoint 2013 deployment. For additional details, review the following knowledge base articles:

Bamboo Solutions has also begun releasing products for SharePoint 2016. For additional details, check the product release notes in the link above, or contact us.

For details on migration, see the Knowledge Base Article “Migrate Bamboo Products from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016”

Understanding Bamboo Releases:

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Overview of Poll Voting Web Part

Overview of Poll Voting Web Part

You can place multiple Poll Voting Web Parts on a page to display a series of results from separate polls or the same poll in one place. Just create a Web Part page that has multiple zones and add one or more Poll Voting Web Part(s) to the page in different zones. To allow users to vote, set each Poll Voting Web Part to display the Voting Poll under Display Poll or Results in the tool pane. To display a bar or pie chart of the voting results, choose Single Poll Result in the tool pane. In the image below, two Poll Voting web parts are shown on the page so that users can vote and see the results all on one page.

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Poll and Poll Results


The Poll Admin Web Part allows you to create, edit, and delete poll questions, review poll responses, and export poll responses to Microsoft Excel. Poll questions can be configured to allow anonymous users to vote, to set expiration dates for poll questions, and to allow users to select more than one answer (check boxes) or only one answer (radio buttons) to a poll question. You can also set the order in which the possible answers to a poll question are displayed.

The Poll Admin Web Part can be added to a separate site within a site collection than where you decide to place the Poll Voting Web Part. This allows you to restrict access to the Poll Admin Web Part. If you choose not to place the Poll Admin Web Part on a restricted site, then you can also set access security on the Polls, Poll Answers, and Poll Votes Lists.

Follow these links to work with the two web parts:

Migrating the Poll Web Part from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Migrating the Poll Web Part from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Be sure you have at least the Minimum SharePoint 2007 Product Release (shown in the table below) installed before migrating. If not, upgrade your Bamboo product release before migrating. For more information, see Upgrading your Bamboo Web Part. Also, the target SharePoint 2010 farm requires at least the Minimum SharePoint 2010 product release shown.

Icon-Warning IMPORTANT: When migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, you MUST select the option to change existing SharePoint sites to use the new user experience. Your Bamboo products will not perform as expected with the old look and feel.

Minimum SharePoint 2007 Product Release 1.4.18 Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release 10.4.25
In-Place Upgrade
Issues The Poll Web Part migrates without any errors or additional steps required.
Resolution N/A
Database Attach Upgrade Method
Issues The successful migration of the Poll Web Part depends on the original configuration of the Web Parts:

  1. If the Web Parts were configured using relative paths, then then migration will be successful without requiring additional steps.

  2. If the Web Parts were configured using absolute paths, the Web Part will display the following message in SharePoint 2010:

 Poll was cleared.
Resolution To resolve Case 2, update the affected Poll Web Part with the appropriate relative URL.

Migrating the Poll Web Part from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Migrating the Poll Web Part from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Be sure you have at least the Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release (shown in the table below) installed before migrating. If not, upgrade your Bamboo product release before migrating. For more information, see Upgrading your Bamboo Web Part. Also, the target SharePoint 2013 farm requires at least the Minimum SharePoint 2013 product release shown.

Icon-WarningIMPORTANT: When migrating from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, the Database Attach Upgrade Method is the only method supported.

Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release 10.4.53 Minimum SharePoint 2013 Product Release 10.4.63.2013
Database Attach Upgrade Method
Issues The Poll Web Part migrates without any errors or additional steps required if relative paths were used when configuring the web part in the SP2010 farm. If absolute paths were used, additional steps are required to complete the migration.
Resolution The web part in the SP2013 farm needs to be configured to ensure it uses the URL for the new farm.

Managing Poll Votes

Managing Poll Votes

Review Poll Votes

To review votes for a poll, click the Review Votes button for the poll you want to review.

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Delete a Poll Vote

After reviewing the votes, you can also delete a poll vote.

  • Select the check box at the far right of the vote you want to delete, then click the Delete Vote button.
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Export Poll Votes to Microsoft Excel

To export poll votes to Microsoft Excel, click the Export to Excel button when reviewing votes.

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How to Manage Poll Answers

How to Manage Poll Answers

hw38012_2013.jpg To create, edit, delete, or export possible answers for a poll, click the Manage Answers button of the poll you want to manage.

Add Poll Answer

Step Action Result
1. Click the Add Answer button, and follow these steps:

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Note: The Add Answer box displays at the bottom of the Web Part.

2. Answer Title: Enter the title of one of the possible answers for the poll question. For example, a possible answer for the poll question “Why do you use SharePoint?” can be “Document Management”.
3. Display Order: Enter the order number in which you want to display the possible answer when the poll question is presented to the voter.
4. Click Save.

Edit a Poll Answer

To edit the answer properties, click the Edit Answer button for the answer you want to edit.

Delete a Poll Answer

Step Action Result
1. Select the check box at the far right of the answer you want to delete, then click the Delete Answer button. hw38015_2013.jpg

Export Poll Answers to Microsoft Excel

Step Action Result
1. Click the Export to Excel button when managing answers. hw38_ExportingAnswers_new_2013.jpg

How to Vote with Poll Web Part

How to Vote with Poll Web Part

hw38-using1_2013.jpg You can place multiple Poll voting web parts on a page to display a series of results from separate polls in one place. Just create a Web Part page that has multiple zones and add one or more Poll web parts to the page in different zones.

To allow users to vote, set each Poll voting web part to display the Voting Poll under Display Poll or Results in the tool pane. To display a bar or pie chart of the voting results, choose Single Poll Result in the tool pane.

Step Action Result
1. Enter the Site URL to navigate to the page where the Poll has been added. hw38-using7_2013.jpg
2. Make sure that the Web Part tool pane setting for Display Poll or Results is Voting Poll, and click Apply.
3. The voting poll is displayed on the page.
4. Make your selection and click Vote.

Note: If the page is configured for anonymous access and you have chosen to allow anonymous voting, then the page will display the voting poll again. If you did not select anonymous voting, Poll displays the results with the total number of votes submitted.

How to View Poll Results

How to View Poll Results

Poll results can be displayed on a bar graph or pie chart. To choose how the results will be displayed, follow these steps:

Step Action Result
1. Edit Poll as described in the Configuring section.
2. The Bamboo Poll Voting tool pane is displayed on the right side of the screen. In the tool pane under Poll Results View, choose Bar Chart or Pie Chart for the type of chart.
3. Depending on the selected type of chart, follow these steps:

If you selected Bar Chart:

  • In the tool pane under Bar Color, choose a color for the bar.
  • Under Results Type, choose whether you want to display the Count, the Percent or the Count/Percent option.

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    If you selected Pie Chart:

  • In the tool pane under Select Color, choose a color for each possible answer.
  • Under Results Type, choose whether you want to display the Count, the Percent or the Count/Percent option.

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4. Click Apply and OK to save your changes.