Creating a Web Service Connection by Using the Business Data Catalog Definition Editor
Overview of Business Data Catalog Definition Editor
The Business Data Catalog in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 exposes and incorporates line-of-business (LOB) data into other baseline portal functionality, such as lists and Enterprise Search. To incorporate this data into your portal site, you must build an application definition file, which is an XML file that identifies where the data is stored (either in a database, or as a Web service) and what format the data is stored in (for example, what the data types and primary keys are).
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