1. SharePoint Club – Interoperability MOSS Pascal Scheller, Consultant, Getronics SA

2. Agenda Access of external Data Sources Introduction SharePoint Business Data Catalogue Implementation BDC / Best Practices InfoPath and Reporting Services linked to external Data Sources Lesson Learned 19 May 2015 Page 2

3. Introduction – Accessing external Data Sources By means of SharePoint Enterprise Server 2007 Business Data Catalogue (BDC) Individual developed Web Parts and Features InfoPath 2007 & Office Form Server Reporting Services Reports 19 May 2015 Page 3

4. Introduction – Business Data Catalogue (BDC) 19 May 2015 Page 4

5. Introduction/Business Case – Business Data View 19 May 2015 Page 5

6. Introduction/Business Case – KPIs on External Data 19 May 2015 Page 6

7. Introduction/Business Case – Business Data Columns 19 May 2015 Page 7

8. Implementing BDC – Connecting External Data Application Definition file by hand/code (xml) Toolbased Web Part for storing data within any data source Toolbased web part generation Programming your own solution based on a BDC Application Definition 19 May 2015 Page 8

9. Implementing BDC - Toolbased Application Definition 19 May 2015 Page 9

10. Implementing BDC - Toolbased Application Definition 19 May 2015 Page 10

11. InfoPath & Reporting Services on external Data Sources 19 May 2015 Page 11 DWH

12. Lesson Learned Business Data List Web Part without grouping functionality on external data Quick generation of BDC connection (Application Definition XML) by means of tools (Meta Man etc.) InfoPath 2007 Office Form Server lacks on feature for storing data to external sources BDC enables integrating external data sources into SharePoint without programming efforts 19 May 2015 Page 12

13. Q & A 19 May 2015 Page 13

14. 19 May 2015 Getronics Confidential Page 14 Thanks for your attention!