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[bdc][error] importing association/method

9436 byte By seth23 at 2008-3-7
Hello all :)I'm trying to import an xml definition file into my ssp in moss2007.i have few entities, among which Members and Personns, which are related as shown in the association in the end of the file.Both entities have an 'id' field. and i have the following error when ...

Tipp: Generating Database Selects and Typedescripters Half-automatically

5283 byte By Vansen at 2008-3-6
Hi, i came about a problem recently. I had to connect a BDC Application to some Database-Views. These are Views that have about 160 Columns each. I wanted to have all Columns available in the Entity - So i thought about what to do now ? The solution I worked out took me about 15 mins to ...

Combining LobSystemInstances

311 byte By Vansen at 2008-3-5
Hi, is it possible to have one or more connections to a Database and one ore more connections to a web service inside only one XML-Metafile ? Is it possible to have Associations between entities located inside different XML-Metafiles ? How could this be done ? TIA, Oliver ...

Connecting to SAP through BDC

312 byte By gpk2005 at 2008-3-3
Hi Is there any sample BDC application file available for connecting to SAP other than the one found in /Program Files/ Microsoft Office Server/12.0/BDC folder?Secondly do we need to install the SAP .Net Connector on the MOSS Server to connect to SAP?Thanks and Regards Guruprasad Karnik ...

Wildcard search / search string evaluation

3704 byte By Erulu at 2008-3-1
I defined the wildcard as "%" (this is proposed in all examples I've seen): <Property Name="WildcardCharacter" Type="System.String">%</Property> I've a SQL statement defined: Select Uid,firstname,lastname From dbo.Participant WHERE ...

Oracle Database and Character Set Missmatch

1130 byte By Vansen at 2008-2-28
Hi everyone, this week i set up a BDC connection to an Oracle Server - 8.7.1 to be precise. I also had to install the oracle client software - also 8.7.1. Everything worked fine - i was able to see all the rows of the table inside of MOSS. Then i came across one problem: i tried to add a ...

Checkbox in BDC column / multiselect in a BDC web part

190 byte By Erulu at 2008-2-27
How is it possible to add a checkbox in every line of a BDC column? I want to select multiple entries in my BDC list web part and process them in any way (e.g. delete all selected entries).

Web control (e.g. dropdown list, textbox) or URL as input parameter?

935 byte By Erulu at 2008-2-26
How can I pass parameters to the BDC? E.g. Assume that I have a dropdown list with different names (name1,..., name10) and I want to group my result by nameX. SELECT * FROM myTable GROUP BY @nameX My question is not limited to the GROUP BY expression it should work for every SQL statement ...

Crawled Property Data Type is Always 'TEXT'

643 byte By KeirGordon at 2008-2-25
I've got several large Lob Systems mapped into the BDC, and have been using them and searching them successfully, until I realized a problem today, and I can't seem to find documentation about it.I have fields in my entity of type DateTime, but when I go to create a managed property and map ...

Creating KPI's from BDC data

601 byte By ross2411 at 2008-2-24
Hi,I've recently started using Sharepoint 2007 and I'm trying to use the KPI feature with some data we have in an SQL server 2005 database. I've managed to setup BDC so that I can display the table pretty much as it is in the database in a Business Data List. What I'd like to have is a KPI ...

RdbCommandText without parameters => actions don't allow parameter?

3709 byte By Erulu at 2008-2-23
If my RdbCommandText contains no parameter, it isn't possible to have an action with a parameter? I tried just to define a simple SELECT statement (without any parameters) and defining the Actions in the XML file or in the SharedServices ("Add Action"). Every time I defined an ...

Association and KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary

165976 byte By Vansen at 2008-2-22
Hi All, i got a big problem defining Associations. I always have this problem when defining an association. Maybe someone can clear things up for me where this stupid mistake is coming from. The XML File beneath connects to a CRM system. There SourceEntity:Accountbase is connected to the ...

Do anyone have the simple Application Definition file for WebService

295 byte By MuhammadMasood at 2008-2-22
Hi, I am stuck to import the application definition file for web service. Do anyone have the such application definition file for webservice? I just want to get the array of string or objects from web-method. any help appreciated. Thanks. Masood.

Web control (e.g. dropdown list, textbox) or URL as input parameter?

918 byte By Erulu at 2008-2-21
How can I pass parameters to the BDC?E.g. Assume that I have a dropdown list with different names (name1,..., name10) and I want to group my result by nameX.SELECT * FROM myTable GROUP BY @nameXMy question is not limited to the GROUP BY expression it should work for every SQL statement ...

Checkbox in BDC column / multiselect in a BDC web part

189 byte By Erulu at 2008-2-20
How is it possible to add a checkbox in every line of a BDC column? I want to select multiple entries in my BDC list web part and process them in any way (e.g. delete all selected entries).

Association and KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary

165584 byte By Vansen at 2008-2-19
Hi All, i got a big problem defining Associations. I always have this problem when defining an association. Maybe someone can clear things up for me where this stupid mistake is coming from. The XML File beneath connects to a CRM system. There SourceEntity:Accountbase is connected to the ...

BDC columns do not display in Edit in Datasheet view...

607 byte By Rhonda at 2008-2-19
We have MOSS 2007, users have Office 2003 on desktops. We have a document library of standard documents with about 10 metadata fields for each doc. Three of the fields are using BDC to feed directly from another sql database. When a user navigates to the document library they see all of the fields d...

Creating KPI's from BDC data

595 byte By ross2411 at 2008-2-18
Hi,I've recently started using Sharepoint 2007 and I'm trying to use the KPI feature with some data we have in an SQL server 2005 database. I've managed to setup BDC so that I can display the table pretty much as it is in the database in a Business Data List. What I'd like to have is a KPI ...

Unable to connect to AdventureWorksDW

486 byte By ieka at 2008-2-17
hai.. i just want to ask a few question. im using 2 servers rite now. one is MOSS and another one is SQL server 2005. this sql is running on virtual server. Im using the AdventureWorksDW database sample and i can import the application definition in my MOSS. but when i try to create a business ...

BDC filter and web parts to retain selection for entire session

679 byte By anidoll at 2008-2-16
Hi,We have a collection of web parts (bdc list, document lists, tasks and others) which all show filtered data according to the selection made by the user via a BDC filter. When the user browses around and potentially goes into a parent or sub site we want their choice to be retained so that ...

Oracle Database and Character Set Missmatch

1120 byte By Vansen at 2008-2-15
Hi everyone,this week i set up a BDC connection to an Oracle Server - 8.7.1 to be precise. I also had to install the oracle client software - also 8.7.1. Everything worked fine - i was able to see all the rows of the table inside of MOSS. Then i came across one problem: i tried to add a ...

Wildcard search / search string evaluation

3691 byte By Erulu at 2008-2-15
I defined the wildcard as "%" (this is proposed in all examples I've seen):<Property Name="WildcardCharacter" Type="System.String">%</Property>I've a SQL statement defined:Select Uid,firstname,lastname From dbo.Participant WHERE ...

Unable to connect ...

1345 byte By DanBalaceanu at 2008-2-15
Hi,I have a SingleServer instalation for MOSS.I get this "Unable to connect..." error in BDC Item list web part. I think is something with the credentials the goes to SQL Server. <LobSystemInstance Name="Charisma TS"> <Properties> <Property ...

Confusing Actions, missing search field/"Retrieve Data" link

14286 byte By Erulu at 2008-2-15
I'm working with the BDC for about 2-3 weeks and there are some things that are quite confusing. Although I've read and searched a lot in the BDC's literature I couldn't answer my questions:Business Data List web part: Search field# I remember that The BDC MetaMan created at first a ...

Provide list data to business data columns in a different site

468 byte By DarenColes at 2008-2-15
Hi AllI'm looking to find a way to share list data across sites, so that the data is available in lookup columns. The current lookup column type only allows lookup from lists in the same site - could the BDC be used to access data in lists in other sites via the Sharepoint web services? then I ...

BDC lookup in office

194506 byte By WardNoppe at 2008-2-14
Hi,I am creating a document library in SharePoint. In the document library I have a BDC attached that gets the account data from my MS CRM database. By picking browse in the properties of a document I’m able to find accounts.However when I open a word template I don’t get the opportunity to ...

Accessing MSAccess Database using BDC

119 byte By SumitKute at 2008-2-14
Hi, Does anyone knows how to access MSAccess database using BDC (Business Access Database) with MOSS 2007.

How To Make This Forum Work

1775 byte By FrankChiang at 2008-2-13
I have been visiting this forum in the last few weeks; asked a few questions and posted a few responses. My observation lets me draw 2 conflicting conclusions: There is so little traffic in this forum that I think nobody out there is using BDC, or everyone out there knows how to use BDC. But it ...

Manage BDC Permissions in Internet Situation

543 byte By FrankChiang at 2008-2-13
In Intranet and Extranet situations when I use AD, I can permit a whole group of AD users to use BDC and that simplifies administration; but in Internet situation when I use ASP.NET 2.0 membership and role providers that access a database store, I don't know how to do it. I can assign each ...

[bdc][error] importing association/method

9442 byte By seth23 at 2008-2-12
Hello all :)I'm trying to import an xml definition file into my ssp in moss2007.i have few entities, among which Members and Personns, which are related as shown in the association in the end of the file.Both entities have an 'id' field. and i have the following error when ...

A complete newbie question...!

379 byte By mn_manager at 2008-2-11
Hi,I have a WSS3 application that needs to query an SQL2000 ODBC source. I've seen the functionality of BDC in MOSS2007, but can the same functionality be applied against WSS3. In other words is there anything out there that I can install and configure to perform the same BDC function - a web ...

Error when connecting to web service

33871 byte By MuhammadMasood at 2008-2-10
Hi,I m getting following error when crawling:bdc2://a9aed45a-d536-464c-8881-08adbd9d6599/226...The object was not found. (The item was deleted because it was either not found or the crawler was denied access to it.)Note that I am using web-service. The authentication method where web-service ...

BDC filter and web parts to retain selection for entire session

687 byte By anidoll at 2008-2-10
Hi,We have a collection of web parts (bdc list, document lists, tasks and others) which all show filtered data according to the selection made by the user via a BDC filter. When the user browses around and potentially goes into a parent or sub site we want their choice to be retained so that ...

[bdc][error] importing association/method

9443 byte By seth23 at 2008-2-8
Hello all :)I'm trying to import an xml definition file into my ssp in moss2007.i have few entities, among which Members and Personns, which are related as shown in the association in the end of the file.Both entities have an 'id' field. and i have the following error when ...

How To Make This Forum Work

1783 byte By FrankChiang at 2008-2-8
I have been visiting this forum in the last few weeks; asked a few questions and posted a few responses. My observation lets me draw 2 conflicting conclusions: There is so little traffic in this forum that I think nobody out there is using BDC, or everyone out there knows how to use BDC. But it ...

Person Column in Lists

765 byte By SharePointing at 2008-2-7
posted this over in general QA and thought it might go here better:Using MOSS and the BDC, we have the capability to add Business Data as columns in a list. How would I go about creating a "People" type in my BDC that pulls the data from the user profiles in MOSS?What I would like to ...

BDC Application definition file for Active Directory

194 byte By MuhammadMasood at 2008-2-7
Hi, Is there any application definition file for Active Directory. I want all users from active directory for given groups or some other criteria... Please help... Thanks!

Connecting to SAP through BDC

306 byte By gpk2005 at 2008-2-7
Hi Is there any sample BDC application file available for connecting to SAP other than the one found in /Program Files/ Microsoft Office Server/12.0/BDC folder?Secondly do we need to install the SAP .Net Connector on the MOSS Server to connect to SAP?Thanks and Regards Guruprasad ...

BDC and AdventureWorks SQL 2005 Version

1420 byte By DJLordee at 2008-2-7
Hi,I'm trying to work with the AdventureWorks sample database SQL 2005 version and BDC in MOSS 2007. The application is correctly defined in MOSS, using the sample XML application definition file for AdventureWorks SQL2000 version. When I try to retrieve data from the web part, I get an error ...

Associations

52656 byte By HansErikLange at 2008-2-6
Hi, I'm using the AdventureWorks BDC example to try to assiociate two entities. The example works, but when I do my modifications, I get the error "Could not find fields to insert all the Identifier Values to correctly execute an Association method." It's possible I've stared ...

When BDC Webpart reports error, what log should we look at?

266 byte By bobchauvin at 2008-2-6
<span class=ms-error>Here's the message, what log is this referring to? "An error occurred while retrieving data from aspnetdb_ExtranetInstance. Administrators, see the <span style="font-weight:bold">server log </span>for more information."</span>

I am getting error when Crawling

978 byte By MuhammadMasood at 2008-2-5
Hi,I am facing two problems:The first problem is that I am able to import the application definition file successfully but when I am going to use the entity, I could not find that application and entity in the "Business Data Type Picker".I have checked all the permission with the ...

Customize Action Menu based on User Roles

341 byte By FrankChiang at 2008-2-5
Has anyone figured this out? Metadata defines a static list of actions that an entity can perform, but I would like the action list to be customizable in code so that one role can perform certain actions and the other role can perform others. MSDN hinds that this can be done but there is no ...

Multivalued bdc column - a dream?

391 byte By IshaiSagi at 2008-2-4
I think (based on experiment and crawling through the internet) that this is impossible, but I will ask again - does anyone know of a way to make a BDC column multivalued?I have a web service that allows people to seach for values from an external system, but they need to select more than one ...

How to connect to lists and libraries in another Site Collection

1779 byte By jimmy_t at 2008-2-4
MOSS documentation states explicitly that I cannot do what I want to do, namely, create a data source connection to lists and document libraries in another Sharepoint site collection:"If the other site is in the same site collection, you can access all of the data sources in that site, ...

When BDC Webpart reports error, what log should we look at?

266 byte By bobchauvin at 2008-2-4
<span class=ms-error>Here's the message, what log is this referring to? "An error occurred while retrieving data from aspnetdb_ExtranetInstance. Administrators, see the <span style="font-weight:bold">server log </span>for more information."</span>

BDC lookup in office

194506 byte By WardNoppe at 2008-2-4
Hi,I am creating a document library in SharePoint. In the document library I have a BDC attached that gets the account data from my MS CRM database. By picking browse in the properties of a document I’m able to find accounts.However when I open a word template I don’t get the opportunity to ...

When BDC Webpart reports error, what log should we look at?

260 byte By bobchauvin at 2008-2-3
<span class=ms-error>Here's the message, what log is this referring to? "An error occurred while retrieving data from aspnetdb_ExtranetInstance. Administrators, see the<span style="font-weight:bold">server log </span>for more information."</span>

Single Sign-on for WebService

2973 byte By JoranMarkx at 2008-2-3
Hi All,I'm trying to setup a connection to a WebService using Single Sign-On credentials. I have configured the LobSystemInstance as follow. <Property Name="WebServiceAuthenticationMode" Type="System.String">WindowsCredentials</Property><Property ...

WildCard Error in Application Definition File Error with custom application

16382 byte By abhijitnarvekar at 2008-2-2
I am trying to execute a application definition file through webpart .The filter has to be done based on UserID which is of Type Int64.But it gives error as "A Wildcard filter requires a TypeDescriptor that resolves to a String:Hence i tried to change the Filter descriptor to type ...

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