Content Rating for SharePoint - Review and Rank List Items and Documents

Assess the value of SharePoint items, documents and pages
with a SharePoint content rating solution.

Assist your users in finding helpful and relevant content that's ranked by their peers with Bamboo Rating.

Improve the quality of SharePoint content stored in your growing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) deployments through the collection of user ratings. Bamboo Rating allows both authenticated and anonymous users to rate a range of SharePoint content, including list items, documents and even site pages.

The Bamboo Rating solution is streamlined into one easy-to-use custom column. Simply open an existing list or library, create a new column, select Bamboo Rating as the column type, and configure the column to meet the business needs.


Choose from 3 types of ratings. Read More	Add ratings to any SharePoint Lists or Libraries. Read More	Filter and sort based on average rating or number of ratings submitted. Read More	Allow authenticated or anonymous users to rate items. Read More

Key Feature

Description

Multiple Rating Types

Select from 3 types of rating controls:

True/False Rating	5-Star Rating	10-Point Rating Scale

Variety of True/False (Voting) Controls

Select from 3 styles of True/False (Voting) controls:

Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down	Green Checkmark/ Red X	Action Buttons with Customizable Text

Customizable Skins for 5-Star Ratings

Select from 8 different skins (colors) for Ratings, including:

Black	Sitefinity	Vista

Half Star or Whole Star Ratings

Define if users can rate using half or whole stars for 5-Star Ratings:

Half Star Ratings	Whole Star Ratings

Detailed Statistics When Hovering

View statistics using tooltips with just a quick hover of the mouse:

True/False Rating	5-Star Rating	10-Point Rating Scale

Real-Time Statistics

Unlike SharePoint Server 2010, where you have to wait up to an hour to view the latest statistics, Bamboo Rating updates the statistics immediately.

Support Across All Lists and Libraries

Bamboo Rating is simply another column type you can choose from when adding columns to any List or Library, including our popular video management library SharePoint Video Library.

Rate Site Pages

Simply add a new column to the Site Pages library, then add the Bamboo Rating Web Part to the individual pages in the library. Bamboo Rating Web Part will display the Rating control right on the Site Page.

Filter and Sort Based on Rating Columns

Filter and sort based on Bamboo Rating columns. Quickly view the highest rated or most popular items by filtering, grouping and sorting based on the current average rating or the number of ratings submitted.

Allow Anonymous or Authenticated Ratings

Define if users must be authenticated (only one rating per user but can be updated anytime) or anonymous (users can rate many times).

Allow Individual Item Ratings to be Reset

Uploaded a new version of a document or modified a site page? Need a new set of rating data? With Bamboo Rating, define which users have the ability to reset individual item ratings.

It's simple: SharePoint 2007 does not provide any rating solution, while SharePoint Server 2010's rating solution is too limited because it only allows whole 5-star ratings using a single pallet of colors. Bamboo Rating provides 3 types of ratings and various pallets colors, along with many other features—providing a complete rating solution for your SharePoint content.

Feature	Bamboo Rating Custom Column	SharePoint 2010 Content Rating
Rating Type: True/False (Voting)
Rating Type: 5-Star Rating
Half star ratings for 5-Star Ratings
Configurable colors for 5-Star Rating
Rating Type: 10-Point Rating Scale
One-time rating for authenticated users (can update anytime)
Allow users to rate unlimited times through Anonymous ratings
Allow visitors (read-only permission) to rate items
Rate individual Site Pages on the page itself
Reset individual item ratings
Include multiple ratings in a single list

Extending SharePoint Lists and Libraries without InfoPath forms has just become a lot easier. With the List and Forms Extensions Toolkit, receive all the custom columns Bamboo has to offer in a single, convenient package. The List and Forms Extensions Toolkit provides a vast range of functionalities, including true column–level security within your SharePoint lists. Seeking effective key performance indicators (KPIs) for your existing projects? Want to standardize your SharePoint data by requiring users to follow a predefined data–entry format? These capabilities and more are available in a free 30–day fully functional trial.

If you are interested in purchasing more than one Bamboo custom column, consider purchasing the List and Forms Extensions Toolkit, which includes all Bamboo custom columns in a single package (conveniently activated by a single license key).