Tag Archives: bdc

Tips and Tricks when working with BDC in SharePoint 2010

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

If you’re planning t o bring in external data in to SharePoint and not sure what approach you shuld take, check out this screencast to get you head around what you’re going in to. If you worked with BDC in … Continue reading →

SharePoint 2010 BCS: Adding custom Create/Update/Delete methods

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

With Visual Studio 2010 you can crete a sample BCS model that will allow you to create an external list and grab external data to present in SharePoint. Visual Studio has a great template showing you how you can create … Continue reading →

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Importing SharePoint 2010 BCS Application Model

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

A little while ago I recorded a screencast on how you can create a BCS Application Model. Well, in this post I would like to show you how to import this model over to the SharePoint environment, both using UI … Continue reading →

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Screencast: SharePoint Designer BDC Model to Visual Studio

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

With SharePoint Designer 2010 you can easily create an external content type and expose your external data as list; however, this does not provide sound disaster recovery story. Here are some tips&tricks on exporting your SharePoint Designer 2010 external data … Continue reading →

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Export SP Designer BDC Application Model to Visual Studio

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Bringing in SQL and other external source data into SharePoint is a hot topic. With SharePoint Designer 2010 you can easily create an external content type and expose your external data as list; however, this does not provide sound disaster … Continue reading →

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Creating BDC model in Visual Studio 2010

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Last time I talked about creating BDC model in SharePoint 2010 using SharePoint Designer 2010. Pretty quick solution, but in case you’re creating a custom SharePoint project with all sorts of other solutions – probably you want to include your … Continue reading →

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Programatically creating External Content type in SharePoint 2010

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

When delivering a SharePoint 2010 talk last Saturday I was asked whether it’s possible to save the external list as a template and the answer at the time of this Beta 2 timeframe is no. One of the reasons you’d want … Continue reading →

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SQL data into SharePoint 2010 Beta 2

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

One of the really great tools for connecting external data with SharePoint 2007 is BDC; however, SharePoint 2010 takes the concept of BDC to the next level. You can treat your external data as a list with most of the … Continue reading →

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