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Brent Tenney JourneyTEAM Searching Line of Business Data
JourneyTEAM - – Expertise: – SharePoint – Microsoft Dynamics CRM – Microsoft Dynamics ERP - Great Plains (GP), Solomon (SL)
JourneyTEAM - – Brent Tenney – 8 Years of Consulting Experience – Microsoft Certified SharePoint Trainer – 2 nd time presenting at SharePoint Saturday
JourneyTEAM - – Business Data Connectivity Service External Content Type Search Content Source Environment Demo Summary Q&A Schedule
JourneyTEAM - – Core function is to provide connectivity to various kinds of external systems. Business Data Connectivity Service
JourneyTEAM - – define data that is stored in a supported external system, such as: – a SQL Server database, – other relational database, – a SharePoint site, – a Web service, – a custom data connector. an XML file that defines an object, such as “Account,” “Contact,” or “Lead,” that can be used in a business application. The definition can include the following information: – The fields of data that are contained in the object – The methods to create, read, update, query, or delete that object – Actions that users can take on the object – Information that supports connecting to the external data source that provides the object’s data External Content Type
JourneyTEAM - – a set of options that you use to specify what, when, and how to crawl. Options include: – SharePoint sites – Web Sites – File Shares – Exchange Public Folders – Line of Business Data – Custom Repositories Search Content Source
JourneyTEAM - – Window Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 R2 Dynamics CRM 2011 SharePoint Server 2010 – Team Site – Basic Search Center – BDC Service Application – Search Service Application Environment
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Business Data Connectivity Service – Configure Profile Page Host – Set Metadata Store Permissions External Content Type – Read Item & Read List Operations – Set as Title – Create Profile Page Search Service Application – Default Content Access Account – LOB Content Source – Full Crawl Edit Web Part – Choose Fields Summary
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