List of Figures

 

Chapter 1. Introducing the Business Data Catalog

Figure 1.1. The five available BDC Web Parts

Figure 1.2. The Business Data List Web Part connected to the Business Data Item Web Part

Figure 1.3. The Document Information panel in Word 2007

Figure 1.9. The Shared Services Provider page where the application definition file is uploaded

Figure 1.4. The Search Center displays results from a line-of-business system

Figure 1.5. The Add Connection page for the user profile information

Figure 1.6. The services that BDC provides and how they relate to one another

Figure 1.7. The Business Data Catalog tables from within the SQL Shared Services database

Figure 1.8. The application definition metadata being loaded into the Shared Services database. The data is then available throughout the farrm.

Chapter 2. Understanding the application definition file

Figure 2.1. The sections of the application definition file

Figure 2.2. The use of the filter descriptor in a Data List Web Part

Figure 2.3. The effect of using a wildcard filter in your application definition file

Figure 2.4. Using the ShowInPicker property

Figure 2.5. A relationship diagram in SQL, and how you should mirror that to create associations in your application definition file

Figure 2.6. A custom action of a Google search

Figure 2.7. The Connect to Data Source dialog box, with authentication set to Windows Authentication

Figure 2.8. Two entities with an association in BDC Meta Man