Tag: How to use Rating Column

After Rating Column is created in the desired list, library or site page, two columns are created and displayed:

• Rating Column
• Bamboo Rating: Count column

Bamboo Rating is the original column that you added to the list, library or page and configured. Bamboo Rating: Count stores the number of ratings that have been submitted. This column can be included in views, and it can be used to sort, filter or search. The name of the column is based on the name that you give to Bamboo Rating.

In the example above, Rating Column is named Rate This Training, so the Count column is named Rate This Training: Count. This ensures that if you have multiple instances of Rating Column within a single list, library or page, each column will have a unique name.

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Specified users known as Rating Administrators can reset individual item ratings. This feature can be helpful when an item has changed or has been modified, for example: when a new version of a document has been uploaded. These users and this option are available when you add Rating Column to a list or library and check the Allow Individual Item Ratings to be Reset option. These users do not have to have elevated permissions; they just need to be added to the configuration. This icon will only show up when that option is configured.

This feature can be helpful when an item has changed or has been modified, for example: when a new version of a document has been uploaded. When users who are selected as Rating Administrators view the Rating Column in the List View or Item Display Form, they see a red icon to the right of the ratings. Click the icon and a message prompts to ensure this is what you want to do.
Click OK to reset all ratings for that item.

Changing the column’s settings also automatically resets the ratings. For example, if the column currently uses the True/False rating control, but you modify it to use the 5-Star rating control instead, the ratings will be reset.

See also:

Configue Ratings column to use a 10-Point rating scale

After Rating Column is added to the desired list or library, you can begin rating content right away.

When no ratings have been submitted yet, the rating control has no value.

If a particular user has not submitted a rating yet but other ratings have been submitted, the rating control is blank, but a summary of the rating statistics is displayed next to the rating control.

True/False Rating Statistics: The rating statistics for the True/False rating control are displayed as the current overall rating percent. The percent is calculated by subtracting the percent of users who selected the False control (red Thumbs Down, red X, etc.) from the percent of users who selected the True control (green Thumbs Up, green Checkmark, etc.) This percent can be negative (displayed in red) or positive (displayed in green).
5-Star Rating Statistics: The rating statistics for the 5-Star rating control are displayed as the current average rating.
10-Point Rating Statistics: The rating statistics for the 10-point rating control are displayed as the current average rating.
Additional rating statistics are available in the form of a tooltip.
True/False: The True/False tooltip displays the following information: Overall Rating Percent Thumbs Up Statistics (the name for Thumbs Up is what you configured for the Positive Label) Thumbs Down Statistics (the name for Thumbs Down is what you configured for the Negative Label) Total Ratings Submitted
5-Star: The 5-Star tooltip displays the following information: Overall Rating Average Current User’s Selection Total Number of Ratings Submitted
10-Point: The 10-Point tooltip displays the following information: Overall Rating Average Current User’s Selection Total Number of Ratings Submitted

To change your rating at any time, simply click the new desired rating selection.

Use Rating Column with the Bamboo Rating Web Part to rate site pages, rich content pages and Web Part pages. Once Rating Column has been added to the container library, such as the Site Pages Library, and Rating Column has been added to each desired site page or Web Part page, Rating Column is displayed on the page for users to rate pages.

Use Rating Column to rate pages just as you would for lists or libraries. See How to Use a Bamboo Rating Column in a List or Library for more information.

Rating Column can be sorted and filtered just like any standard SharePoint column. At this time, Bamboo does not support grouping.

Sort Rating Column

Step	Action	Result
1.	Use the ribbon to navigate to the list or library’s settings by clicking List Settings or Library Settings.
2.	Scroll down to Views. Select the view that you want to sort.
3.	Under Sort, set the sorting conditions. * Repeat for each view, if desired.
4.	Click OK.	The sorting conditions are applied.

Undo Sort of Rating Column

Step	Action
1.	Navigate back to Settings > Views >Sort
2.	Select None for each column.
3.	Click OK.

Filter the Rating Column

Step	Action	Result
1.	Use the ribbon to navigate to the list or library’s settings by clicking List Settings or Library Settings.
2.	Scroll down to Views.	Select the view that you want to filter.
3.	Under Filter, select the Show items only when the following is true option and set the filtering conditions.	To filter by additional columns, click Show More Columns.
4.	Click OK. Repeat for each view, if desired.	The filtering is applied.

Undo the Rating Column Filter

Step	Action
1.	Navigate back to Settings > Views > Filter.
2.	Select the Show all items in this view option.
3.	Click OK.