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- Price: Free to try (Amount of external data limited.); $1,065.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: September 07, 2009
- Total Downloads: 27
- Downloads last week: 4
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From Layer 2 :The SharePoint Business Data List Connector by Layer2 on the other hand, connects a REAL SharePoint list to almost any external business data from databases, Office data like Access, Excel or even text files, using a very simple list settings dialogue. It can be configured easily, with The fast, easy and complete integration of external LOB data, from databases, is a common requirement in the use of Microsoft SharePoint technology. Existing solutions, such as the Business Data Catalog in SharePoint 2007 or the Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010, are often too complex at the facility, bring with them limitations or they are are available for MOSS only. Workflows and notifications per RSS or email can be used, to take business actions directly in SharePoint, if external business data records are changed.
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Version: SharePoint Business Data List Connector 1.0
"Easyly connect external data to your sharepoint site"
Pros: Easy to install the solution; connecting the database was simple, just use Oledb connectionstring to access a sql server db; connectionstrings and selects stored encrypted
Cons: no duplex sync; update-Interval in seconds or minutes? (no explanations there, so i guess its minutes);
Summary: Nice tool, i´m looking forward to the next version with full duplex updating possibilities.
At the moment I'm connecting some other Lists / Webparts to this bdlc list, to pull out all the stops of sp functionality... -
Version: SharePoint Business Data List Connector 1.0
"Easy to manage compared to Business Data Catalog (BDC)"
Pros: Avoids the complexity of the Business Data Catalog (BDC), every admin can configure this BDLC, No additional tools required, uses lists (not web parts) with all this great features we like in SharePoint. Very fast background update.
Cons: No way to edit external data sources directly in lists (in current release)
No oob support for folders in listsSummary: While the Business Data Connector (the default way to integrate external data into SharePoint) is available for SharePoint Enterprise edition only and generally not for the free Windows SharePoint Services, the BDLC is an interesting solution for al... read more >>
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