Cannot get URL web part filter to pass Parameter to List web part

Question

How do I wire an out-of-the-box URL web part filter to a SharePoint 2013 list (or "app" as renamed in 2013) web part when the list has a parameter?
My SharePoint list uses a parameter because it needs a Contains filter, as in
     <Where>
      <Contains>
       <FieldRef Name="MyFieldName"/>
       <Value Type="Note">{MyParam}</Value>
      </Contains>
     </Where>
The ParameterBinding is defined simply.
<ParameterBinding Name="CohortParam" DefaultValue=""/>
It has had Location="None" in the past, but another forum entry that I read suggested removing that.
When I add the list (or "app" in SharePoint 2013) to a web part page and also add a URL Filter web part, the URL filter cannot see the parameter. The menu chain Connection >> Send Filter Values To >> [My List web part name] shows
the dialogue. On the "Choose Connection" tab, I choose "Get Parameter Values From". Clicking the "Configure" button results in the "Configure Connection" tab having the message "The Consumer Web Part did not
provide schema information".

Answer 1

Hi Randy,
You need to change the "MyParam" to "CohortParam", for parameterbinding element we need to add the location attribute as below codeline, then when we use the QueryString "CohortParam" with value in url, it will directly
filter the list web part items without adding URL Filter web part.
<ParameterBinding Name="CohortParam" Location="QueryString(CohortParam)" DefaultValue=""/>
I attached my resutls as below image (also "MyParam" can be changed to "CohortParam" if you want), you can take a look.
Thanks,
Daniel Yang
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