Introduction
Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.
Question: What is BCS (Business Connectivity Service)?
In simple terms "It is used to create, manage and consume any external data source".
Step 1: Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and navigate to a specific site.
Step 2: Open SharePoint designer 2010 and choose an "External Content Type" option as in:
Step 3: The external new content type looks like this:
Step 4: Adding data source type:
Step 5: Providing server details output of application looks like this:
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