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Microsoft Business Connectivity Services is a set of services and features that connect SharePoint-based solutions to sources of external data. It is included in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, and Microsoft Office 2010 applications.

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Query large external list with CAML

I have a SharePoint external list that points to a 100,000 record SQL table. I have to set a filter on the Read List Operation otherwise the list doesnt work. It will timeout as it tries to return the full list. So I have added a Limit filter of…
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Custom BCS indexing connector with changelog inremental crawl is not working properly

I am writing a custom indexing connector using changelog incremental crawl approach. I'm using sample from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff625800%28v=office.14%29.aspx and trying to change it for me. My model has next stereotypes:…
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How to dynamically generate Business Connectivity Services

We are trying to deploy a Business Connectivity Services(BCS) Model solution where the properties in the model depend on the structure of the data exposed by a web service. Ideally the BCS Model would expose a collection of key/value pairs which are…
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Securing an external list by filtering for current user

I have set up an external content type with a column that contains Active Directory accounts to map each record to a user. Now I want users to only see those records in the list where the AD-account entry matches the current user's credentials. So I…
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Implementing Security on custom BCS/.net class?

I'm implementing a custom BCS Model to get data from a backend system. As the backend uses it's own user management, I'm accessing it through a service account. All of this works well and allows me to pull data into SharePoint. However because it's…
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How to deploy SharePoint BDC model package using VS setup project (or at all!)

Background: We have a ClickOnce-deployed WPF app, that talks to WCF Services, which in turn both talk to our own SQL database and also to SharePoint via the Client OM. To set up the WCF and the ClickOnce, we have a Setup project, which takes in…
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SharePoint BCS creating a hyperlink column

I am using the .NET connector to connect to an SQL database. One of this value is a URL. Now I need to display this as a URL. Any ideas on how to solve this?
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SharePoint BCS SSS Help Needed

I'm trying to bring external content into our SharePoint environment. We are running SP 2010. The data I want to bring in exists in Sql Server. What I'm struggling to do is map the logged in SharePoint user to an underlying sql user. In…
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SharePoint 2010: How to display an external list as a calendar?

In SharePoint 2010 BCS, I have created an external content type to retrieve a list of appointments from our LoB application. This works, and I can see the list of appointments in SharePoint. The problem is, I can only see the appointments as a list.…
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Sharepoint 2010 - BCS Content Type with Visual Studio 2010

I am making an external content type BCS project in visual studio. In the project I have a Linq to Sql class with an employee table in it and I have got an BCS model class (BDCM) in which I have one Entity named Employee, I have followed the below…
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How to use BCS in Word for editing BLOBs

If I have an External Content type defined with a StreamAccessor that will end up referencing Word docx files stored in another system (reason for using BCS), what options do I have for updating the docx file? I'm aware of the ability to expose a…
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SQL Extended Properties and BCS Sharepoint 2010

I know you can connect to SQL Databases using BCS in SharePoint 2010 but what I want to know is if instead of connecting the table information with SharePoint, is it possible to import/connect the Extended Properties of the tables in SQL to…
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How do I make my BCS security trimmed items with custom ACL added in a custom .NET connector available to ADFS users within search results

BCS Security trimming with an ADFS login to SharePoint 2013 is not working for me with a custom connector. By not working I mean that when logged in via windows authentication, a user that has access to these BCS records can see them in search (this…
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Use an existing Network Drive in SharePoint 2013

Hello stackoverflow community, some days ago i installed SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Server in the 64 Bit Version. For many days i tried to map our existing Networkfolder from our Company in SharePoint 2013. I searched the internet for a long time…
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Connect two SharePoint Online Sites

I'm experiencing my first SharePoint Online 2013 project and now I would like to know how to connect two different Site Collections, to read data from each other. I have a Public Facing Website and a Team Site, in separate Site Collections. I would…
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