How to create a profile page for BCS in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will see how to create a profile page for BCS in SharePoint 2010. 

Steps Involved:

• Go to Central Administration => Application management => Manage service applications =>Business data connectivity services.
  
  
• In the "Profile Pages" group in the ribbon, click on Configure.
  
  
  
  
• Select the "Enable Profile Page Creation" and enter the URL of the profile site( I have created a new site using "Team Site" template and I am referring that URL).
  
  
  
  
• In the "Profile Pages" group in the ribbon, click on Create/Upgrade.
  
  
  
  
• "Create/Upgrade Profile Pages" wizard will pop up, click on Ok.
  
  
  
  
• A new Profile page is created successfully.
  
  
  
  
• And a default action will be created as shown in the following.
  
  
  

Start the full crawl:

• Go to Central Administration => Application Management => Manage service applications => Search Service Application => Crawling => Content Sources.
  
  
• Select BCS, go to the ECB menu and click on Start Full crawl.
  
  
  

Search for a data from the external content type:

• Go to the root site and if you see by default in the search scope dropdown list BCS will be selected.
  
  
  
  
• Enter a search term that will return the result from the external content type.
  
  
  
  
• Click on BCS_2.aspx it will be redirected to the profile page displaying the complete search result as shown in the following.