Business Data Catalog. Planning the Business Data Catalog Configuring the Business Data Catalog In This Session …

Business Data Catalog

• Planning the Business Data Catalog • Configuring the Business Data Catalog

In This Session …

• What is the Business Data Catalog?• Planning Business Data Catalog Connections• Planning Business Data Presentation• Planning User Profiles with the BDC

Planning …

What is the BDC?

Understanding Meta Data

Integration Tasks & Roles

Planning Connections

Planning Presentation

Planning Presentation

DEMO

Using Business Data in Lists and Web Parts

BDC

Planning Presentation

• Managed by SSP Administrators– SSPs– Content Sources– Search Scopes– Managed Properties– Access & Security

• Managed by Search Center Administrator– Keywords & Best Bets– Search Tabs & Results Pages

Planning User Profiles

• Creating Business Data Catalog Connections• Managed Properties and BDC Data• Customizing Business Data Profiles • Populating User Profiles with BDC Data• The Business Data Catalog and Search

Configuring the BDC

BDC Connections

DEMO

Creating & Importing an Application Definition File

BDC

Customizing Profiles

DEMO

Customizing the Business Data Profile Template and Business Data Profile Pages

BDC

Managed Properties

DEMO

Mapping business data to a managed property

BDC

Populating User Profiles

DEMO

Supplementing User Profiles with Business Data

BDC

BDC & Search

Security Trimming

• Based on entity permissions• Design entities for security trimming–Vertical slices – i.e. different sets of columns–Horizontal slices – i.e. with WHERE clause– Entity design scalability & maintenance

• Planning the Business Data Catalog • Configuring the Business Data Catalog

Review

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