Book description
Put your organization’s data to work with Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010—and build valuable business solutions. Led by a team of SharePoint experts, you’ll learn how to integrate data from several systems—such as sales, accounting, and inventory—and then search, display, combine, and modify the information using code and no-code SharePoint solutions. This hands-on guide is ideal for SharePoint project managers, business analysts, architects, and administrators.
Create a central hub for your business data with SharePoint 2010
Access data from applications and databases using Business Connectivity Services
Create external lists in SharePoint to display your business data
Build dashboards to present charts and key performance indicators
Use business information offline with Microsoft Office applications
Create custom SharePoint applications to insert, modify, and delete business data
Populate SharePoint user profiles with information from several sources
Build Business Connectivity Service solutions in SharePoint Online
Table of contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
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I. Planning and Maintaining Business Connectivity Services
- 1. Making SharePoint the Central Hub for Business
- 2. Introducing Business Connectivity Services
- 3. Creating and Maintaining Business Data Connectivity Service Applications
- 4. Defining External System Connections Using SharePoint Designer
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II. Presenting External Data
- 5. Creating External Lists and Using External Data in Lists and Libraries
- 6. Building Business Data Dashboards
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7. Using External Data with Office Client Applications
- Surfacing External Data in Word 2010
- Using External Data in InfoPath Forms
- Connecting External Data with Office Client Applications
- SharePoint Workspace 2010
- External Data and Access 2010
- Data Visualization in Excel and Visio
- Troubleshooting BCS Solutions on the Client
- Optimizing Back-End Synchronization
- Summary
- 8. Finding Information from External Systems
- 9. Using External Data in User Profiles
- 10. Exploring Office 365 and Connecting to External Data
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III. Extending the Out-of-the-Box BCS Functionality
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11. Using Client-Side Code and External Data
- Creating Web-Based Solutions Using External Data
- Creating Client Application Solutions
- Data Solution for Office Add-In
- Client-Side Authentication Considerations
- Client-Side Caching Considerations
- Summary
- 12. Building Server-Side BCS Solutions
- A. BCS Model Infrastructure
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11. Using Client-Side Code and External Data
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010: Business Connectivity Services
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2012
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735671386
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