Bamboo SharePoint Poll Web Part vs. SharePoint Out-of-the-Box Functionality	MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0	Bamboo SharePoint Poll
Create and edit poll questions and answers for end users.	•	•
Allow anonymous user voting.	•	•
Allow users to select more than one response to a poll (check boxes vs radio buttons).	•	•
Export poll voting responses to Microsoft Excel.	•	•
Display the number of votes, percentage of votes or both with the poll results.	•	•
Manage the collection of voting responses by automatically storing them in a dedicated custom list.	•	•
Redirect users to a separate site or page after voting.		•
Automatically display current poll results to the user immediately after they submit their vote.		•
Display poll results in a custom color bar graph.		•
Display poll results in a custom color pie chart.		•
Choose to display only the poll results anywhere within a site collection to communicate just the results to end users.		•
Set an expiration date to automatically stop accepting votes for a poll.		•

How Does It Work?

The SharePoint Poll Web Parts consist of two Web Parts:

• The Poll Admin Web Part. This 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) vs. 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 Voting Web Part. In this Web Part, configure which poll you want to display by connecting to the site where the Poll Admin Web Part is installed. Then determine whether you want to display the poll or just the poll results. When you display the poll, once a user has voted, the poll results are automatically displayed in place of the poll so that the user can only vote once. Alternatively, you can configure this Web Part to redirect the user to another page or site when they submit their vote. When you display the poll results, you can display them in a colored bar graph or pie chart along with the number of votes, votes as a percentage, or both.

Why Did We Build It?

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 offers survey functionality through Survey Lists. These Survey Lists allow you to create branched surveys that can log users who have answered the survey along with their responses, and display the survey results in a bar graph. This functionality works well for multi-branched surveys that require significant time for designing and laying out the succession of questions and responses needed in order to collect large amounts of data on a particular topic. However, many companies also want to streamline their ability to poll users on a single topic and collect data quickly while also providing immediate feedback to the user on the results of the poll with minimal oversight by the survey administrator. The SharePoint Poll Web Part enables you to quickly create polls while automating voting response collection and feedback as well as ensuring that you automatically meet polling deadlines.

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Recent SharePoint Poll Web Part Forum Posts

Receive a Security warning message (0 replies) - we are running https and when we configure this web part it sends a warning message even though the admin is in the same site.  Any ideas?  This is not going to work   Latest post by mhardy303, 10/29/2009 11:29:30 PM How to change the CSS file location (0 replies) - It reads from core.css.  If I want it to use a different css file, where to change it? Latest post by calton, 10/15/2009 2:10:18 PM Need help with configuring your trial? (0 replies) - Check out our latest webinar, Bamboo 101: Chart Plus and SharePoint Poll Web Part, which will guide you through installation and show you tips and tricks to get your SharePoint Poll Web Part up and running... Latest post by Chris Dooley, 7/8/2009 10:24:01 AM Multi lingual (1 replies) - does this control support arabic language or can i have the code behind to modify it ? Latest post by Jeff Kozloff, 6/10/2009 10:45:01 AM Is there way to adjust the width of poll result (2 replies) - We normally put poll in the right column, which is around 240px. However the poll result is much wider.  It pushes every thing to the middle. I can set theweb part zone width, however the horizontal... Latest post by bsimser, 5/19/2009 10:46:22 AM

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