Data view Web part in SharePoint using SharePoint Designer:

Data View Web Part:

A Data view is a customizable view of data source(list), and it can be used to display data or write back data to a data source.

To create a data view web part , please follow the steps below:

Open the site in SharePoint Designer or Open the site and from the site actions click on Edit site in SharePoint Designer.

Then Open the page if you already created in your site or otherwise create your own.

How to create a page in SPD:

Open SPD and click on the “All files” in the site navigation (left panel)

Click on the “File” in the ribbon and select the type of page you want to create (like html, aspx...)

Name it and click to open the page

Then by click on the “Insert” tab from the ribbon select the “Empty Data view” 

Then “Click here for the data source” and select the list which you want to show as a data view.

Select the columns from the left panel and drag on to the data view

Use the options available in the ribbon inside the Options tab like filter, sort etc. (If you want any kind of sort or filter)

And click on save you are done with your data view

Open the page in the browser to see the web part. 

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