In this article you will see how to import a BDCM file into the SharePoint 2013 Online BDC Metadata Store.

Introduction

In my previous article you saw How to Create External Content Type Using OData Source in SharePoint 2013. In that article I deployed the external content type that will generate the WSP file in the bin folder. In this article you will see how to import a BDCM file into the SharePoint 2013 Online BDC Metadata Store.

Import a BDCM file

  1. Rename the WSP file with the .cab extension as shown below.

    WSP file

  2. Double-click on the cab file.
  3. Right-click on "BDCmetadata.bdcm" and then click on "Extract".

    Extract

  4. Select the location and save the bdcm file.
  5. Open the Office 365 site (Office 365).
  6. Click on SharePoint from the Admin drop down.

    Admin dropdown

  7. Click on bcs in the left navigation.

    left navigation

  8. Click on "Manage BDC Models and External Content Types".

    Manage BDC Models and External Content Types

  9. Click on the "Import" button in the Edit ribbon interface.

    Edit ribbon interface

  10. Select the BDC Model (bdcm file that we extracted from the cab file) and then click on "Import".

    BDC Model

  11. Importing the BDC model.

    Importing the BDC model

  12. The BDC Model is imported successfully. Click on "Ok".

    BDC Model is imported successfully

  13. The BDC Model is imported successfully in the BDC Metadata store.

    BDC Metadata store

Summary

Thus in this article you saw how to import a BDCM file into the SharePoint 2013 Online BDC Metadata Store.