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Creating Office Application External Content Types 223
In this exercise, you create a new ECT and map it to the Contact Office item type.
SET UP Using SharePoint Designer, open the team site you used in the previous
exercise if it is not already open.
External Content
Type
26. In the Navigation pane, click External Content Types, and then on the External
Content Types tab, click External Content Type.
27. In the External Content Type Information area, to the right of Name, click New
external content type, and then type SPD SBS Customers.
28. To the right of Display Name, click New external content type. SPD SBS
Customers is copied to Display Name.
29. In the Office Item Type list, select Contact.
30. In the External Content Type Information area, to the right of External System,
click Click here to discover external data sources and define operations.
The Operations Design view of the ECT is displayed.
31. On the Data Source Explorer tab, right-click a table, such as Customers, and then
click the operation you want to create, such as Create All Operations.
32. In the All operations dialog box, click Next.
The Parameters Configuration page is displayed.
33. Under Data Source Elements, select CompanyName (be sure you do not clear
the check box), and then under Properties, in the Office Property list, select
Company Name (CompanyName).