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19 May 2012

19 May 2012. Business Connectivity Services (BCS). The first ever all green SharePoint event on earth. Brett Lonsdale – Lightning Tools @ brettlonsdale #SPSJHB. About Me. Brett Lonsdale, MCTS, MCSD, MCT Email brett@lightningtools.com Blog www.lightningtools.com/blog

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19 May 2012

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  1. 19 May 2012 Business Connectivity Services (BCS) The first ever all green SharePoint event on earth Brett Lonsdale – Lightning Tools @brettlonsdale #SPSJHB

  2. About Me • Brett Lonsdale, MCTS, MCSD, MCT • Email brett@lightningtools.com • Blog www.lightningtools.com/blog • Twitter @brettlonsdale @lightningtools • LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/brettlonsdale

  3. Author of

  4. Agenda

  5. What is BCS? SPD VS SAP Siebel LOB CRM

  6. What’s new? • Entities become External Content Types • Now more than just a schema • ECT’s describe behavior • WCF and .NET Assembly Connectors • External Lists • Client Runtime • Read/Write • Access consumes BCS • Tools

  7. Terminology External Content Type – Table/View etc Finder Method – Returns multiple columns/rows Specific Finder – Displays a row Action – URL and Parameters Association – Join (Relationship)

  8. Problems solved by BCS IT Extranet Collaboration Site Human Resources Weekly Issue Tracking Meeting Finance Islands of data into 1 application

  9. External Lists • Treat External Data like SharePoint Lists • Limitations include: • Workflow • RSS Feed • Item Level Permissions • Datasheet View

  10. Business Data Web Parts • Business Data Connectivity Web Parts • Business Data List • Related List • Item Builder • Data View Web Part

  11. External Data Column Enforces consistent meta data Document Information Panel Quick Parts

  12. Search Search External Data and SharePoint Content Sources Search Scope

  13. User Profile Import Audience Targeting People Search My Sites

  14. Client Capabilities • SharePoint Workspace • Outlook • Office Business Parts (OBPs) • List of Items • Single Item • Word • Access

  15. SharePoint Workspace External Data available offline in the client

  16. Outlook 2010 • Office Types • Posts • Events • Contacts • Tasks • Sync 2-Way

  17. Office Quick Parts Meta Data available throughout Word Documents

  18. InfoPath Customize External Lists External Data lookup

  19. SharePoint Designer • SharePoint Designer • No code solution • Create External Content Types • Configure the connection to the Datasource • Define Methods • Simple Associations

  20. Visual Studio 2010 Pro • Visual Studio • Code solution • Mashups of Datasources • Complex Associations • Output a .NET Assembly

  21. @LightningTools@BrettLonsdale

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