When
we need to talk about external content type then BCS plays important role
w.r.t. functionality. If BCS is not active in your farm then there will be numerous
problems that you will come across so by means of this article we will build
the base of external CT i.e. creation of BCS SA.
I
know it’s very easy to create the service application but this article might be
useful for a new bie who have just started learning SharePoint.
Here
are the details:
Open the Central Administration
Application
management
Manage service
applications
New -> Business
Data Connectivity Service
You
will get the following page:
a) Name
of the database server will be there by default,
b) Database
name will be there with long GUID: Remove this GUID and use simple & short
naming convention.
c) If
you have a failover configure then you can specify the name of the server,
otherwise keep it empty.
Application Pool:
a) I would recommend
you to create a new application pool option
b) Specify the name as
per your requirements
c) Select ‘configurable’
d) Select the account
from the dropdown / If you have created a new account for this functionality
then register it first and then proceed further
e) Finally click OK
By this way, Business Data Connectivity Service application will be successfully created.
If you have any queries / questions then please let me know. I would be more than happy to assist you, Thank you.
