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Search External Content type not returning all records

I have a sql view that returns 449 records. I have setup my external content type to point to this view and have implemented via SPD the read item and read list operations. I have created the ...
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Programmatically access external list associated column

Hi I have 2 external lists 'A' and 'B'. with an associated column in A, that looks up for B. When i view/edit item in browser, it shows correct values as shown in picture below. But when i try to ...
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External List from External Content Type: missing and/or error

I've created an ECT w/ Read List and Read Item operations using SharePoint Designer, saved it, and given myself permissions. The ECT's external data source is a WCF service. When I try to create an ...
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External List not returning values

I have an external list which isn't returning any values. The list uses an external content type, which gets information from a SOAP service. After creating the content type using a read item and ...
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What is BCS and what can it do for me?

I've been hearing a lot about it but even having Googled the subject I'm not sure what it is or what it can do for me. I believe BDC's could be considered a BCS component? What is BCS?
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LastModifiedTimeStampField not working in incremental crawl (SharePoint 2010 + BCS + FS4SP)

I'm using a custom BCS .Net Assembly connector with my BDC model but can't seem to get the Incremental Crawl working correctly. It keeps doing a Full crawl, or at least it seems that way because the ...
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Deploy BCS profile page without SPD

Is it possible to deploy a BCS profile page via a WSP? Did anyone try this including settting the default action on the external content type? All references I can find explain how to create a ...
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How To Define Specific ReadItem Finder with List View in External List?

I have an external list which is using the BCS to pull data from a custom database. This database has several views which have the same column structure and several that do not. I have been adding ...
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Connecting BDC/BCS Web Parts in Deployed Site Pages Module (Visual Studio)

I need to create a deployable site page that uses various BDC Web Parts to display information from a external content type. The web part must retrieve the query value from a QueryString Filter web ...
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How to Set Input Filter Programmaticlly in BCS

I have a Method in Entity which takes 2 input filters. Now I want to set a value in this filter. How can I do that? I already got the collection of Filters using the GetFilters() method of the ...
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Use Secure Store Credentials to connect to database with Windows Authentication in Visual Studio solution?

Background: I have an external content type that has been developed in a Visual Studio 2010 solution. This content type is based mostly off elements in a database that are accessed via stored ...
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How to call Finder Method with Parameters using BCS Runtime Model

Hi i have created BCS model which use secure store service for authentication to External system.Everything works fine using out of box external list and BCS webparts but i want to create custom ...
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Specify external content type lookup for deployable list?

I have a ListTemplate which is being deployed with Visual Studio. Is it possible to make a reference from this template to an external content type that runs on the farm? Or must I manually add these ...
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Error with External Content Type List: “Unable to display this web part”

I have deployed an external content type to my local Sharepoint 2010 Server using a Visual Studio solution. The deployment appears to work. I can view the details of the content part in the central ...
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In Sharepoint 2010 BCS, how do I save a column of type DateTime that allows Null values?

I'm developing a Sharepoint 2010 BCS using Visual Studio 2010. One of my requirements for this particular ECT is that it have a datetime column that's not a required field. The column in the database ...
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Sharepoint Incremental Crawl and BCS

I have a BCS connector (partial BDC Model posted below) and I'm noticing some issues with Sharepoint crawls. My full crawl seems to work perfectly, but incremental is pulling back the same number of ...
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Connect ECT to SharePoint List in InfoPath?

I'm trying to create a list in Infopath 2010. I'd like one of the fields to be a drop down list that connects to an external content type list. It doesn't show any of the External Content Type Lists ...
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External list in SharePoint 2010 with unique item permissions

Is there any way to set permission for bdc items within external list?
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BCS issue: CalculatePermissionsForCurrentThread

I have a BCS model which is causing problems in the production environment. Everything works fine from within SharePoint context, but outside the context (a WCF service to be precise) I'm getting ...
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ValidateEntitySecurity failed on multitenant BSC installation

I've got a multitenant BCS service setup. It all seems to work; I've imported my model and it properly lists the entities in the model. But when I try to create an external list based on the model, ...
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BCS in a multi tenant scenario

I'm planning on creating a BCS layer which will be used in a multi tenant scenario. The plan is as follows: multiple clients will all get a SharePoint site. They will sync data from their ERP into a ...
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BDC hide identifier in new item form

I'm working on a simple bdc model in visual studio. i use the entity framework to access the data on the database. Everything works fine (all CRUD operations) but in the "New item" form i have to ...
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BDC - User profile sync won't sync with sql server/wcf service

I created simple web service which implement 2 methods (one (no parameters) return list of object, another (one parameter - upId int) returns simple object with 3 properties (bool, string, and int ...
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The operation(s) generations creates an SQL query which exceeds the length limit in Business Data Connectivity Metadata Store

I am trying to add a table from a SQL database as an external content type. When I do so I am getting the following error: The database table has 188 columns (I did not design this legacy system. I ...
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Use custom page in _layouts for display item form

I was wondering if I could acheive the following. I have a custom application page living in _layouts which displays an entity based upon an external content type item. For external lists using this ...