Create External Content Types using SharePoint Designer 2010

There was a demo given by Asif Rehmani, Click the link below.

Asif Rehmani's Demo on Creating an External Content Type

The demo clearly explains about, how to create an External Content Type using SharePoint Designer for SharePoint Server 2010 sites.

The Key Concepts to understand in this demo are:

• There will be a ribbon available in both SharePoint Server 2010 and also in SharePoint Designer 2010.

• The demo shows about creating the external Content Types using SharePoint Designer 2010 and the creation of External Content type starts from Entities tab from New External Content Type

• In Central Administration of SharePoint 2010, Under Application Management, we will have an option called 'Business Data Catalogs' which will be renamed as 'Business Connectivity Services'

• The newly created External Content Type is available in this Business Connectivity Services under Manage Option.

• This newly created Content Types will be available under Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Custom Lists -> External Lists.

• While creating a new External list from newly created External Content type, we need to give the Name, Description along with Entity Type which is the new Data Connection that we have created in SharePoint Designer 2010 initially shown in the demo.

Have SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, then what are you waiting for, the demo gives you clear steps on how to create new External Content Types for SharePoint Server 2010 sites.

Hmmmm.... Desperately waiting for the SharePoint Server 2010 environment.