And talking of the Business Data Catalogue .. ..

One of the best features of MOSS (in my humble opinion) is the Business Data Catalogue.

However, it could be difficult hand coding the Application Definition File .. .. ..

Until now .. .. ..

The new SharePoint Development Kit includes a BDC Application Definition Editor.

The Business Data Catalog Definition Editor provides a visual tool for creating an Application Definition for the BDC in MOSS 2007.  Features include:

· Underlying XML is abstracted by the design surface and properties window

· Drag and drop web methods, tables, or views to create line of business (LOB) connections.

· Entities and methods are created automatically from database metadata and WSDLs.

· Additional method instances can be added to further enhance the DB or WS connection.

· Method instances can be tested from within the tool, enabling incremental development of LOB connections

 

All in all, a fantastic little tool.

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Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Hi Aleksey - any chance you could tell me what errors you're getting?

• Anonymous
  August 28, 2007
  how would u go about using it .. where are the help files... are there any walkthroughs....

• Anonymous
  September 06, 2007
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