In episode 12, Rob, Nick, and Brett discuss the SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog.
- What business problem the BDC is trying to solve?
- Life before the BDC – custom web parts, third party solutions, data view web part
- How to connect SharePoint to your LOB system (Application Definition Files)
- What the BDC gives you
- Web Parts
- Business Data Columns
- Search
- User Profile
- BDC API
- Writing back to your Lob System (InfoPath, 3rd party applications, BDC Meta Man insert/update web parts!)
- BDC Survey Results
- Common issues with the BDC (our top support issues)
- Common misconception
- Authentication
- Composite keys
- Web services
- BDC Picker (filters/ShowInPicker property)
Links from the show:
http://www.lightningtools.com/blog/archive/2008/09/18/business-data-catalog-survey-ndash-the-results.aspx
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