Sharing Microsoft Livelabs Pivot current view using URL

Microsoft LiveLabs Pivot users can share the URL with the filters they applied and the view selected on their Pivot. All these applied filters are stored in the URL as query string.

1. You can see the full URL in Pivot by pressing CTRL+ALT+U anytime.
2. You can open Pivot using command line with -showfulluri option.

In Silverlight Pivot Viewer,
1. There is a Property called ViewerState, which gives the current view with applied filters and view.
This viewerstate can be used while loading the collection to go that view directly.

pivotViewer.LoadCollection("http://MyServer/MyCollection.cxml", viewerState);

Way to access current Item's facets in Microsoft LiveLabs Silverlight PivotViewer control

Here is the simple way to access PivotViewer's current selected item and its facets.

PivotItem pi = pivotViewer.GetItem(pivotViewer.CurrentItemId);

if (pi.Facets.ContainsKey("My facet name"))

        textBlock.Text = pi.Facets["My facet name"][0];
 
To Access Title,
            pi.Name

For Description, you need to use similar to facet.
             pi.Facets["Description"][0];

For URL or Href,

          pi.Href

Microsoft Livelabs Sivlerlight PivotViewer

Microsoft Livelabs Sivlerlight PivotViewer control is avaialble today. Here is the learn and downlaod link.
http://www.silverlight.net/learn/pivotviewer/

Pivot is a great tool to visualize data and this Silverlight client tool makes the collections to be integrated in any website.