Hello, I wonder if any of you knows where sharepoint stores personalized views (when the user clicks on "Personalize this page") and how can you make a backup of them. I mean, if you take a backup of the site using stsadm, will it save the personalized views as well? And another one: Is it possible to view personalized views from other users or, at least, the number of users who have personalized a given page, being site collection admin (using sharepoint designer maybe?). Thanks in advance.Microsoft MCP 6608632

Hi, SharePoint stores personal views in the content database of the site collection. That means if you want to take a backup of personal views for a recovery, you should backup the content database via stsadm command line or SharePoint UI. For the second question, I am afraid that personal view is visible only to the user that create the view. Site collection administrator cannot even be able to see other users’ personal views. Hope it helps. Thanks & Regards. Lily Wu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comLily Wu

Thanks for your reply Lily. Do you know if is it possible to see at least how many users have personalized a given page?Microsoft MCP 6608632

Hi bartomolina, It is possible via custom code but not an easy task as far as I known. According to Key Concepts in Personalization, personalization is a concept on web parts. Control visibility determines whether a given control is visible to an individual user or to all users. Each WebPart control on a page is either a shared control, visible to all users of that page, or a per-user control, visible only to an individual user. This might lead to complexity when trying to loop in the code. Hope it helps. Thanks & Regards. Lily Wu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comLily Wu