Visual Studio 2010 Project
So to start the proejct, I decided to use Visual Studio 2010. I used this site to get started:
Creating External Content Types with Visual Studio 2010. Where my implemenation differs from this example is my entity class was based upon source code that read content from a file share and assoicated the corresponding metadata information with each file.
The good thing about using Visual Studio 2010 with a SharePoint project is that a Visual Studio creates a deoployment package - a wsp file for you.
Project file structure |
BDC Model |
The BdcModel.bdcm file contains and entity that looks like this:
Entity |
Looking into this file at the "ReadList" function:
ReadList |
This function is small but powerful. First it logs an information notice that the function has been invoked to SharePoint Unified Logging Service (ULS) for tracing purposes. Next it invokes a function that performs the file share read and metadata association.
Look at the "GetAllData" function which performs the file share read and metadata assoication.
Related Links:
Creating External Content Types with Visual Studio 2010
Searching External Data in SharePoint 2010 Using Business Connectivity Services
BCS Shims – .NET assembly as a data source for Business Connectivity Services
Configuring Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Search in SharePoint 2010
Business Data Connectivity Model – Finder Method
Using Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010
HOW TO: Create a Searchable SharePoint 2010 BDC .NET Assembly Connector Which Reads From A Flat File
BDC .NET Assembly Connector: Tame SharePoint Search to search your .NET BDC Entity
Using Sharepoint’s File Type Icons
Developing a BDC Model on Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint Foundation 2010 – The BDC Model and external references
Search Center configuration links:
Configuring SharePoint Server 2010 Search for External Content Types (Part 1 of 2)
FAST related links:
Mapping crawled properties (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Property Management
Issue related link:
SharePoint 2010 BDC Model Deployment Issue: “The default web application could not be determined.”
Yea, I know this is SharePoint 2007, but it has some good information in it:
Performing Incremental Crawling with the Business Data Catalog in SharePoint Server 2007
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