Group view by bcs column

Question

Hi,
I have following problem. When i group a list view by a bcs column the list items are grouped but the group name (BCS Name) is missing. Only the item count for the group is displayed.
Anyone else experiencing this problem?
Thank you!
regards
Gottfried

Answer 1

I have also come across this in an upgraded MOSS 2007 to SPS2010 RTM environment.  Although I haven't got to the root of the issue, I did create a JQuery work around.
I have just posted a blog article about it here:
http://ghamson.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/sp2010-group-list-items-by-external-data-fieldfield-display-missing-in/
Code Example:
<script type="text/javascript">
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("updateGroupNameValues_Level1");
function updateGroupNameValues_Level1()
$('TBODY[id*=titl]').each(function()
var currentGroupString = unescapeProperly(($(this).attr("groupstring")));
currentGroupString = currentGroupString.replace(';', '');
var groupStringArray = currentGroupString.split("#");
var groupLevel1 = groupStringArray[1];
var groupLevel2 = groupStringArray[2];
var currentSpan = $(this).find("span").text();
var newSpan;
if (groupLevel2 == "")
newSpan = groupLevel1 + " " + currentSpan;
$(this).find("span").text(newSpan);
else
newSpan = groupLevel2 + " " + currentSpan;
$(this).find("span").text(newSpan);
//alert("groupLevel1: " + groupLevel1 + " | groupLevel2: " + groupLevel2);
//alert(($(this).children("span").html()));
</script>
Please be aware that this requires JQuery to work.
Kind Regards
Giles
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