The document discusses the Business Data Catalog (BDC) in SharePoint, which allows accessing and integrating line of business (LOB) data within SharePoint. The BDC uses an application definition file to connect LOB data to SharePoint by defining entities, methods, and associations. It also discusses using BDC to create dashboard views of LOB data within SharePoint and customizing the data views.

1. SharePoint BDC John C. von Rosen Blue Sphere Solutions [email_address]

2. Overview What is the Business Data Catalog? A catalog of business data Access to LOB Data in SharePoint Business Data Connector?

3. Overview Why use the Business Data Catalog? Access / Authentication in central place “ No Code” Solution ?!? Can integrate with SharePoint Search Integration with other SharePoint functionality

4. Overview What can we access? WebServices SAP / Siebel Databases Oracle / SQL Server

5. Overview Only in MOSS 2007 Enterprise Agenda Create a BDC Application Definition File Create a view for a Dashboard

6. The BDC Application Definition [Audience = Developers] What is it? XML that connects LOB Data to SharePoint Contains Connection information / Security Entities (what exists) Methods (how to access it) Associations (relationships between entities) Actions (external interaction [not today])

7. 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=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&quot; xsi:schemaLocation=&quot;./BDCMetadata.xsd&quot; Type=&quot;Database&quot; …

8. The BDC Application Definition

9. The BDC Application Definition

10. The BDC Application Definition

11. The BDC Application Definition In Action

12. Importing an Application [Audience: SharePoint Administrators] SharePoint Central Administration Import an Application Definition Manage Permissions on Application Entities Create Profile Page Template - In Action -

13. The BDC Application Definition - Associations - Create a Destination Entity Destination Entity will have an Input Parameter, which is an identifier from the Source Entity

14. The BDC Application Definition - Associations - Create a Destination Entity Destination Entity will have an Input Parameter, which is an identifier from the Source Entity

15. The BDC Application Definition - Associations - Create a Destination Entity Destination Entity will have an Input Parameter, which is an identifier from the Source Entity

16. The BDC Application Definition - Associations - Create the Association

17. The BDC Application Definition - Associations - Create the Association

18. The BDC Application Definition - Associations - In Action

19. The Dashboard View The “Digital Dashboard” Who is the audience The business users What’s the difference The quick overview What is the point To identify where to focus efforts

20. The Dashboard View Solutions KPI WebPart? Can’t be used for Business Data Lists The Data View A Business Data List is a Data View (kinda) Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.BaseXsltDataWebPart - In Action -

21. Summary Business Data Catalog Live and Searchable access to corporate data within SharePoint Can define associations and actions for entities DataView Ability to customize the view of the data Mimic KPI WebParts Anything XSL can support

22. 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/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101978031033.aspx