SharePoint Pod Show: Using the SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog In Your Enterprise. Episode 12

In episode 12, Rob, Nick, and Brett discuss the SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog.

• What business problem the BDC is trying to solve?
• Life before the BDC – custom web parts, third party solutions, data view web part
• How to connect SharePoint to your LOB system (Application Definition Files)
• What the BDC gives you
  • Web Parts
  • Business Data Columns
  • Search
  • User Profile
  • BDC API
• Writing back to your Lob System (InfoPath, 3rd party applications, BDC Meta Man insert/update web parts!)
• BDC Survey Results
• Common issues with the BDC (our top support issues)
  • Common misconception
  • Authentication
  • Composite keys
  • Web services
  • BDC Picker (filters/ShowInPicker property)

Links from the show:

http://www.lightningtools.com/blog/archive/2008/09/18/business-data-catalog-survey-ndash-the-results.aspx