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• Exposing data from the BDC as a DataTable

  Recently, I wanted to bind some data from the BDC to an ASP.NET control (i.e. a GridView, ListView, or DropDownList). For what I needed a Business Data List web part just wouldn't cut it, so I decided to create something that I could bind to. I also... Posted Jul 09 2008, 01:07 PM by CoreyRoth with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Business Data Catalog

• Error: The parameter is incorrect. (Access denied by BDC.)

  When attempting to configure the Business Data Catalog for use with MOSS Enterprise Search, it can be quite common to get this message when you try crawling for the first time. The cause is actually pretty simple, but I figured I would give some troubleshooting... Posted May 14 2008, 09:47 AM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog

• School of Dev Tomorrow

  I am looking forward to giving my updated talk on the Business Data Catalog and Enterprise Search tomorrow at School of Dev . For the two of you that read my blog, feel free to stop by and see the session. Posted May 09 2008, 02:24 PM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog, Presentations

• Speaking at Tulsa's School of Dev

  I'll be talking about the BDC and Enterprise Search at Tulsa's School of Dev next Saturday May 10th. This is the same talk I was going to give at the SharePoint Users Group a while back, but it never happened due to logistics. This updated session... Posted May 01 2008, 01:29 PM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog, Presentations

• How to: Specify a Content Source using the Keyword Syntax

  At some point you may want to do an Enterprise Search query and specify that the results come from a particular content source. A lot of times you might create a custom scope with that content source in it, but if you don't want to create a new scope... Posted Mar 11 2008, 01:18 PM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog

• Tulsa SharePoint Users Group Meeting Canceled Tonight

  Unfortunately, the Tulsa SharePoint Users Group meeting had to be canceled tonight. Don't fret, I will still be presenting my talk on the BDC in April or May. I'm sorry to disappoint all of my die hard fans that were planning on attending tonight... Posted Mar 10 2008, 09:28 AM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: MOSS, Business Data Catalog, Presentations

• BDC: Could not create profile page for Entity

  I have seen quite a few searches for this warning in our stats, so I thought I would address the following message received when importing an application definition into the Business Data Catalog. Could not create profile page for Entity MyEntity. The... Posted Feb 27 2008, 08:53 AM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, Error, MOSS, Business Data Catalog

• Speaking at Tulsa SharePoint Developer's User Group

  I'll be giving my talk on Searching Business Data with MOSS Enterprise Search at the Tulsa SharePoint Developer's User Group on March 10th. This is the same presentation I gave at TechFest, but I have updated it some and will likely also cover... Posted Feb 26 2008, 10:51 AM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog, Presentations

• Adding a Default Action to a Business Data Catalog Entity

  I tend to write the most about things that I am currently working with. Today I have been working with the Business Data Catalog (BDC) again and I thought I might point out how to configure a default action because it isn't very well documented. A... Posted Jan 29 2008, 03:09 PM by CoreyRoth with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog

• More on Migrating Search Settings

  A while back I posted about SSPPC, a utility on CodePlex to import and export Enterprise Search settings. After using this utility more I thought I would post an update. Most of the troubles you might run into are during importing. Most of this is due... Posted Oct 16 2007, 04:18 PM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog

• Migrating Enterprise Search Settings between SharePoint Environments

  So you just finished setting up Enterprise Search in your development environment and now your PM wants you to move it to test. You set up content sources, managed properties, scopes, etc. Hmm, you just need to click on the handy Copy My Search Settings... Posted Sep 17 2007, 01:18 PM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog

• New MOSS SDK - New BDC Tool

  Yesterday, a new MOSS 2007 SDK was released and I am pretty excited about it for a number of reasons. First, the documentation is a bit more complete. Secondly, there is a new CHM included called MOSS 2007 Technical Articles and How-tos. This new CHM... Posted Aug 23 2007, 10:19 AM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Business Data Catalog

• Setting appropriate permissions on your BDC LobSystemInstance to work with Enterprise Search

  Alright, so you managed to get some data in the BDC and you want to be able to enable Enterprise Search on it. Well this is one thing that the MOSS SDK actually has decent information. However, in my working experience I have found that a few things are... Posted Jul 19 2007, 02:24 PM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Enterprise Search, Business Data Catalog

• Product Review: BDC Meta Man

  Many of you have already heard me complaining about the tedious task of generating a schema for the MOSS Business Data Connector. Its a painful process and I always said there is no reason why it can't be automated. I wanted a product that I could... Posted Jul 09 2007, 03:17 PM by C-Dog's .NET Tip of the Day Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Business Data Catalog, Product Review