SharePoint BDC

John C. von Rosen Blue Sphere Solutions jvonrosen@bluesphereinc.com

Overview


What is the Business Data Catalog?

A catalog of business data Access to LOB Data in SharePoint Business Data Connector?

Overview


Why use the Business Data Catalog?

Access / Authentication in central place No Code Solution



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Can integrate with SharePoint Search Integration with other SharePoint functionality

Overview


What can we access?

WebServices


SAP / Siebel Oracle / SQL Server

Databases


Overview


Only in MOSS 2007 Enterprise

Agenda
 

Create a BDC Application Definition File Create a view for a Dashboard

The BDC Application Definition

[Audience = Developers]


What is it?

XML that connects LOB Data to SharePoint Connection information / Security Entities (what exists) Methods (how to access it) Associations (relationships between entities) Actions (external interaction [not today])

Contains

The BDC Application Definition

Tip of the Day
Use the BDC Metadata XSD for Intellisense in VS 2005
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\Bin\bdcmetadata.xsd

Set the schemalocation in your XML

<LobSystem xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="./BDCMetadata.xsd" Type="Database"

The BDC Application Definition

The BDC Application Definition

The BDC Application Definition

The BDC Application Definition

In Action

Importing an Application
[Audience: SharePoint Administrators]


SharePoint Central Administration

Import an Application Definition Manage Permissions on

 

Application Entities

Create Profile Page Template - In Action -

The BDC Application Definition - Associations 

Create a Destination Entity

Destination Entity will have an Input Parameter, which is an identifier from the Source Entity

The BDC Application Definition - Associations 

Create a Destination Entity

Destination Entity will have an Input Parameter, which is an identifier from the Source Entity

The BDC Application Definition - Associations 

Create a Destination Entity

Destination Entity will have an Input Parameter, which is an identifier from the Source Entity

The BDC Application Definition - Associations 

Create the Association

The BDC Application Definition - Associations 

Create the Association

The BDC Application Definition - Associations -

In Action

The Dashboard View



The Digital Dashboard

Who is the audience



The business users The quick overview To identify where to focus efforts

Whats the difference



What is the point



The Dashboard View



Solutions

KPI WebPart?


Cant be used for Business Data Lists A Business Data List is a Data View (kinda)

The Data View


Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.BaseXsltDataWebPart

- In Action -

Summary


Business Data Catalog

Live and Searchable access to corporate data within SharePoint Can define associations and actions for entities Ability to customize the view of the data Mimic KPI WebParts Anything XSL can support

DataView

Links
  

MSDN entry on BDC

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms563661.aspx

BDC Authentication
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms566523.aspx

Terrific Walkthrough
http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-4-SharePoint_2007__BDC__The_Business_Data_Catalog.aspx

SharePoint Product Comparison

http://office.microsoft.com/enus/sharepointserver/HA101978031033.aspx