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Chapter 13 ■ Business Connectivity ServicesFigure 13-26. Export BDC Model9. Click the Export button to save the file locally to disk.With a BDC model exported to disk, you can now import the model into another environment, using the Importicon in the Business Connectivity Services application.■ ■Note After importing a BDC model, you may need to re-create external lists from the imported external content types.SearchOne of the powerful features of Business Connectivity Services is the ability to integrate it with search. Microsoftdesigned the service to expose external line of business data sources inside <strong>SharePoint</strong> as external lists, which operateidentically to internal native <strong>SharePoint</strong> lists. Ensuring that users can search for data in external sources, just as theywould for internal data, completes the integration experience.Business Connectivity Services data sources surface in search as a specific content source type, similar to the<strong>SharePoint</strong>, Web Site, and File Share content sources. In this section, I shall briefly cover the configuration steps. Thesesteps assume that you followed the previous steps in this chapter and have a working external employees list, sourcedfrom the Adventure Works SQL database. I shall also assume that you have a working Search Service Application.496www.it-ebooks.info

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