IntroductionToday, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.Question: What is BCS (Business Connectivity Service)? In simple terms "It is used to create, manage and consume any external data source".Step 1: Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and navigate to a specific site.Step 2: Open SharePoint designer 2010 and choose an "External Content Type" option as in: Step 3: The external new content type looks like this: Step 4: Adding data source type: Step 5: Providing server details output of application looks like this: Step 6: Connection established and choose a create all operations: Step 7: Operations are now configured: Step 8: Create a new external list and use up the created content type: Step 9: The list published on the server looks like this: I hope this article is useful for you.
IntroductionToday, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.Question: What is BCS (Business Connectivity Service)?
In simple terms "It is used to create, manage and consume any external data source".Step 1: Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and navigate to a specific site.Step 2: Open SharePoint designer 2010 and choose an "External Content Type" option as in:
Step 3: The external new content type looks like this:
Step 4: Adding data source type:
Step 5: Providing server details output of application looks like this:
Step 6: Connection established and choose a create all operations:
Step 7: Operations are now configured:
Step 8: Create a new external list and use up the created content type:
Step 9: The list published on the server looks like this:
I hope this article is useful for you.
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