Business Data Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010 tutorials ebook - My First eBook got released

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My first eBook on Business Data Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010 tutorials ebook got released :-)

The book covers the following topics

1 Business data connectivity services: an overview
 
2 Configure business data connectivity services 

3 Configure BCS service application association

4 External content types

4.1 SQL server database details

4.1.1 Employee Details table

4.1.2 Department table

4.1.3 Relationship

4.2 Create external content type using share point designer 2010 

4.2.1 Create External Content Type – Department ECT

4.2.2 Create External Content Type Association – Employee Details ECT

4.3 Create external content type using w cf service in share point designer 2010.

4.4 Create external content type using visual studio 2010

4.4.1 Create Business Data Connectivity Model 

4.4.2 Add LINQ to SQL Class

4.4.3 Add Data Connections 

4.4.4 Delete the default Entity from the BDC Model 

4.4.5 Adding an Entity to the Model 

4.4.6 ReadItem (Specific Finder Method) 

4.4.7 ReadList (Finder Method), Create, Delete, Update 

4.4.8 Code Snippet

4.4.9 Deploy the Solution 

4.5 Create external content type based on share point lists

4.5.1 SharePoint List 

4.5.2 Create SharePoint Solution based on Business Data Connectivity Model template

4.5.3 Delete the default BDC Model

4.5.4 Create a new BDC Model 

4.5.5 Modify Entity1.cs 

4.5.6 Modify the Entity 

4.5.7 ReadItem (Specific Finder Method) 

4.5.8 ReadList (Finder Method)

4.5.9 Add Service Reference

4.5.10 Modify CustomersService.cs

4.5.11 Deploy the solution

4.6 Manage external content types

4.6.1 Through Central Administration

4.6.2 Using SharePoint Designer 2010

5 Configure business data connectivity access rights

5.1 Set permissions for external content type through central administration

5.2 Set permissions for external content type using power shell

6 BDC model

6.1 View BDC models

6.2 Delete the BDC model

6.3 Export BDC model using sharepoint designer 2010

6.4 Export BDC model through central administration 2010

6.5 Import BDC model to BDC metadata store through central administration

6.6 Export BDC model from BDC metadata store using powershell

 6.7 Import BDC model to BDC metadata store using powershell

 6.8 Remove BDC model from BDC metadata store using powershell

7 External lists

7.1 Create external list through UI

7.2 Create external list through sharepoint designer 2010

7.3 Create external list using power shell

8 Crud operations for external data

8.1 Create operation

8.2 Read operation

8.3 Update operation

8.4 Delete operation

9 Configure external data column

10 Configure filter for external item picker using share point designer 2010

11 Search configuration for external data

11.1 Create a new content source

11.2 Create a new search scope

11.3 Add scope rule

11.4 Create a new basic search center

11.5 Configure search scopes in the search center

11.6 Start full crawl

11.7 Search for external data

12 Configure profile page for BCS

13 Business data web parts

13.1 Business data list

13.2 Business data item

13.2.1 Configure Business Data Item web part

13.2.2 Configure connections between Business Data List and Business Data Item web part

13.3 Business data actions

13.3.1 Add an action to external content type

13.3.2 Configure Business Data Actions web part

13.4 Business data connectivity filter

13.4.1 Configure business data connectivity filter

13.4.2 Configure connections between business data connectivity filter and business data list web part

13.5 Business data related list

13.5.1 Configure Business Data List web part for Department External Content Type

13.5.2 Configure Business Data Related List web part

13.5.3 Connect Business Data List and Business Data Related List web parts

14 User profile imports using BCS

14.1 Create new user properties

14.2 Configure synchronization connection

14.3 Add mapping to user property

14.4 Edit the user profile

14.5 Start full synchronization

15 Publish BCS across farms

15.1 Exchange trust certificates between farms

15.1.1 Exporting and copying certificates

15.1.1.1 To export the root certificate from the consuming farm

15.1.1.2 To export the STS certificate from the consuming farm

15.1.1.3 To export the root certificate from the publishing farm

15.1.1.4 To copy the certificates

15.1.2 Managing trust certificates

15.1.2.1 Establishing trust on the consuming farm

15.1.2.2 Establishing trust on the publishing farm

15.2 Publish BCS application

15.3 Set permission to the application discovery and load balancing service application for a consuming farm by using windows power shell

15.4 Set permission to the published service application for a consuming farm

15.5 Connect to a bcs application on a remote farm

16 External data in Microsoft Word 2010

16.1 Steps involved

17 External list in SharePoint workspace 2010

17.1 SQL database details

17.2 External content type

17.3 External list

17.4 Connect an external list to sharepoint 2010 workspace

17.5 Crud operations on external list from sharepoint 2010 work space

17.5.1 Read operation

17.5.2 Create operation

17.5.3 Delete operation

17.5.4 Update operation

17.6 Sorting, Grouping or Filtering external list items in work space

18 BCS related issues and how to resolve

18.1 Access denied by business data connectivity

18.2 Unable to add or edit the external list identifier column in the sharepoint workspace

Problem:

18.3 Unable to connect to the specified address. Verify the url you entered and contact the service administrator for more details

Thanks

Vijai Anand. R