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With the introduction of Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010, It's now easy to build no-code productivity solutions that extend LOB Systems to the user level by means of powerful and familiar interfaces (and what's more familiar than Office?). This session introduces BCS, Office Business Applications (OBA) and shows the power that SharePoint 2010, Office 2010 and BCS brings to the table.
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8 – 10 March 2011 | Dubai, UAE
8 – 10 March 2011 | Dubai, UAE
Ayman El-HattabSharePoint MVPTwitter: @AymanElHattab
Creating No-Code BCS Solutions in SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010
SESSION CODE: PRE104
Muhammed NabilTSP, Microsoft MEATwitter: @Muhammed_Nabil
Agenda
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Overview
Demo: Contoso Sales OBA
Building No-Code OBA
Summary
Office Business Application (OBA) Overview
What is an Office Business Application?
OBA: An application that integrates Office Client and/or SharePoint with a LOB System
OBA: An application that extends a LOB System to the user level by means of powerful and familiar interfaces (And what is more familiar than office?)
A bit of Terminology…
• Business Connectivity Services – Connect to external LOB systems and surface data in SharePoint and Office (Read/Write)
• External Content Type (ECT) - The building block that describes:• Structure of the external system (Fields, Methods, Connection)• How this data behaves within SharePoint and Office
• Business Data Connectivity (BDC) – plumbing, runtime, connectivity
• Model – XML file (may contain more than one ECT)
Outlook Forms and Task PanesSharePoint External Lists
SharePoint Workspace
Search Results
External Content TypeThe building block
Office Applications
External Content TypeCustomer:
CustomerID FirstName LastName PhoneNumber EmailAddress
External data
A look under the hood!
SAP ORACLE Siebel
SQL
Custom .NET assembly
DBConnector
WCF/WSConnector
.NET AssemblyConnector
Client to Backend Direct Connection
BDC Client Runtime
ECT Repository
External data
Business Data Connectivity (BDC)
BDC Server Runtime
Client DataCache
Presntation in SharePoint
ECT
Office 2010 Client
SharePoint Server 2010
External (CRM) Systems
Contoso Sales OBA
SalesDatabaseSOA Layer
(Web Services)
What is business our scenario..?
I’m Ayman a sales rep for Contoso and will be travelling on the road…
- Check product availability and create a new quote document from SharePoint Workspace
3
- Receive e-mail from customer requesting a quote- In Outlook, learn more about customer’s sales history
2
- Fill out the quote in Word, send it to the customer
4
- Prepare for the upcoming trip by installing the OBA on the Laptop and syncing data
1
- Sync with corporate network
5
Contoso OBA in ActionDemo
Building the OBA
Create Word Doc Lib with External Data
Columns
2
Create External Content Types,
Associations and Lists
1
Create Outlook SolutionPackage
3
Building the OBA
Create Outlook SolutionPackage
3
Create Word Doc Lib with External Data
Columns
2
Create External Content Types,
Associations and Lists
1
External Content Types (ECTs) in SharePoint Designer
Define ECT operations and data fields• Describe the external source capabilities by mapping to CRUD operations• Describe the data schema available to SharePoint and Office by mapping
parameters/columns• Describe the Association between the External Content Types.
Define ECT behavior in SharePoint and Office• Map ECT fields to Office Item types• Enable/Disable Offlining
Create External Content TypesConnect to WCF
Configure ECT Connectivity
ECTECT
CustomerOrders
Association
Adding Associations Between External Content Types
Association in SharePoint 2010
Adding Associations Between External Content Types
Association in Office 2010
Creating the ECTs, associations and listsDemo
Building the OBA
Create External Content Types,
Associations and Lists
1
Create Outlook SolutionPackage
3
Create Word Doc Lib with External Data
Columns
2
Create Word Document Library with External Data Columns
SPD or Browser
• Create a new Document Library• Add External Data Column and Lookup Fields• Create Word Template for Document Library• Use Quick Parts to embed external data in Word Template• Save Template back to Library
Access External Data from within Word and Document Libraries
Creating the Sales Quote Word TemplateDemo
Building the OBA
Create External Content Types,
Associations and Lists
1
Create Word Doc Lib with External Data
Columns
2
Create Outlook SolutionPackage
3
Creating Outlook Solution Package
The Easy Way!
• Download BCS Artifact Generator and BCS Packaging Tool from http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/odcsps14bcsgnrtrtool &http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/odcsps14bcspkgtool
• Export External Content Types from SharePoint Designer• Create the needed artifacts using BCS Artifacts Generator• Package into .vsto using BCS Packaging Tool
Extend Outlook with custom ribbon, forms, taskpanes and actions
Creating the Sales Outlook ExtensionsDemo
Session Summary
• It’s easy to build OBA’s without writing code• SPD provides simple wizard-based UI to connect to external data sources• External Lists enable you to richly integrate external data into SharePoint• Outlook and SPW allow you to work with external data while offline• Use Quick Parts to embed external data in Word Templates (Works in
Offline mode too)• BCS Artifacts Generator and BCS Packaging Tool can make your life easy!
Connect with us
• Blogs:www.aymanelhattab.com blogs.technet.com/meacoexwww.sharepoint4arabs.com
• Follow us on twitter@AymanElHattab@Muhammed_Nabil
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