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Integrate External Data with the
Business Data Catalog
Tom Resing
Senior Software Engineer
MicroLink, LLC
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INTRODUCTION
Integrate External Data with the Business Data Catalog
Tom Resing
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About Tom
Microsoft Certified
Technology Specialist
• MOSS Configuration
• WSS Configuration
• MOSS Application
Development
• WSS Application
Development
12 Years of Technical
Experience
• Public Sector and
Private Sector
• Web Focused
An organizer of
SharePoint Saturday
San Antonio Nov 14th
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About MicroLink
Microsoft Gold Partner
• Main Office in Vienna, Virginia
Microsoft’s Federal Partner of the Year for 2007
Microsoft’s DoD Partner of the Year for 2007
and 2006
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Agenda
What is the Business Data Catalog (BDC)
Use it in the Browser
• BDC List Web Part
• BDC Search
Look at the Setup
• Sample Configuration File
• Import in the SSP
• Look at Crawl Settings
Questions and Resources
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WHAT IS THE BUSINESS DATA
CATALOG?
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Business Data Catalog
The SharePoint connection to
External Data
SharePointDatabase of Known
Places
Place Search
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BDC Data Sources
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle
ODBC
Web Services
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MOSS Enterprise Pieces
Out of the Box in MOSS Enterprise
• Business Data Web Parts
• Business Data Column
• Search
• User Profile Import
Custom Options
• BDC API through .Net Code
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DEMO
-LET’S USE IT!
BDC List Web Part
BDC Search
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BDC User Experience
As a User You Can
• Add a BDC Web Part
• Connect to data sources
• Pull live data
• Search Cached Data
What I didn’t show
• Connect BDC Web Part to Other Web Parts
• Add a column in a list from BDC Data
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2 Keys to Business Data Catalog
1. Easy to Set Up
• Don’t need to be a developer to access a database
2. Integration
• Search, Web Parts, Lists, User Profiles
• It’s connected!
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Tools
MOSS SDK 1.5 Apr09
• AdventureWorks Sample
• Business Data Catalog Definition Editor
WSHelloWorld Web Service
WSOrders Web Service
Excel Services User Defined Function Sample
WSOrders Custom Proxy Sample
Amazon Web Service Sample
SAP Sample
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BDC Meta Man
The OG
Free version
Full version is $1200
Supports:
• writing to the database
• Stored procedures
• Web services
Beta: BDC Meta Web Edition
• Modify configuration without SSP Access
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MORE DEMO
- LET’S SET ONE UP!
Sample Configuration File
Import in the SSP
Look at Crawl Settings
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Review Set Up
Configure
Import
Crawl
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Gotchas
1. BDC Permissions
2. Versioning
3. Two hop problem
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Questions
Email me at [email protected]
Twitter: @resing
Tom Resing’s SharePoint Blog
• http://blogs.microlinkllc.com/tresing
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SharePoint 2007 Developer's Guide
to Business Data Catalog
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BACKUP SLIDES
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