How to create external content type in sharepoint for salesforce account

Can anybody help me on How to create external content type in sharepoint for salesforce account.
I wanto upload documents to a document library which should sync with accounts in saleforce.
thanks in advance

Hi,
The following materials would be helpful:
Tutorial: Access Salesforce Leads in SharePoint through an External List
http://geekswithblogs.net/dataintegration/archive/2014/02/03/tutorial-access-salesforce-leads-in-sharepoint-through-an-external-list.aspx
Salesforce SharePoint Integration – Best Practices
http://rainforce.walkme.com/salesforce-sharepoint-integration-best-practices/#.VFxra3mKAeE
If you want to upload documents to SharePoint document library from the Saleforce, we can also customize your own web service using SharePont .Net Client Object Model or REST to achieve it.
Best Regards
Dennis Guo
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Problems when trying to return information for External Content Types in Sharepoint 2013

This is my first post on the forum, until I tried on this problem but have not found anything.
When trying to return the information from the external content displays the following error:
Error retrieving data from mill. Administrators: query the server log for more information.
I do not know what else to do...

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you got an error when tried to return the information from the external content.
Did the error occur when you created a new external content type or created a external list?
You can check the steps with the following articles about how to create a external content type.
http://lightningtools.com/bcs/creating-an-external-content-type-with-sharepoint-designer-2013/
http://wyldesharepoint.blogspot.in/2012/12/sharepoint-2013-setting-up-external.html
If the error occurred with the external list, you can check the steps with the following article.
http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/sharepoint-2013/archive/2013/01/08/how-to-create-external-data-column-in-sharepoint-2013.aspx
You can also check the event log and ULS log to see if anything unexpected occurred.
For SharePoint 2013, by default, ULS log is at
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS
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Jason
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Can't create external content type

Hi,
I'm trying to create an ECT in Sharepoint Designer for my Office365 environment. I have an E3 license, so I should be alble to create one. I need it to create an external list from an Azure SQL DB.
In Sharepoint designer, the button for a new ECT is available, but if I click the button nothing happens. I have an SSS-object with the credentials already.
I do not know why the button is not reacting. Hope someone knows.
Jordy

Make Sure you have done all these steps before you start creating an external content type..
Prepare SQL Server   A database administrator needs to provide permissions to make sure that that the right people have access to the data and that the data does not end up in the wrong hands. The database administrator must also
create a SQL Server account that has db_owner permission. The database administrator might also want to create specific tables, views, queries, column aliases, and so on to limit the results to just what is needed and to help improve performance.
Configure SharePoint services   An administrator must activate Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and the Secure Store Service.
Configure the Secure Store service   An administrator must determine the best access mode for the external data source, create a target application, and set the credentials for the target application.
Configure Business Data Connectivity Services   An administrator must make sure that the user who creates the external content type has permission to the Business Data Connectivity (BDC) metadata store and that appropriate users
have access to the external content type on which the external list is based.
Be sure Office 2013 is ready to use   To synchronize external data with Office 2013 products, you must use Windows 7 or a later version, and make sure that the Office installation option for Business Connectivity Services (BCS) is
enabled (this is the default). This option installs the Business Connectivity Services Client Runtime which does the following: caches and synchronizes with external data, maps business data to external content types, displays the external item picker in Office
products, and runs custom solutions inside Office products. You must also have SQL Server Compact 4.0, .NET Framework 4, and WCF Data Services 5.0 for OData V3 on each client computer (If necessary, you are automatically prompted to download the software).

Validation on external content type in sharepoint 2010

Hi,
I have created one external content type.
Table which used by this content type contain primary key.
SO whenever i created a record with same id, its giving me following error:
Please help to solve the issue.

Hi,
The following materials would be helpful:
Tutorial: Access Salesforce Leads in SharePoint through an External List
http://geekswithblogs.net/dataintegration/archive/2014/02/03/tutorial-access-salesforce-leads-in-sharepoint-through-an-external-list.aspx
Salesforce SharePoint Integration – Best Practices
http://rainforce.walkme.com/salesforce-sharepoint-integration-best-practices/#.VFxra3mKAeE
If you want to upload documents to SharePoint document library from the Saleforce, we can also customize your own web service using SharePont .Net Client Object Model or REST to achieve it.
Best Regards
Dennis Guo
TechNet Community Support

How to Create Custom Content Type with 100 site columns ?

Hi EveryOne,
i have one requirement to create custom conten types in sharepoint 2013 as follows.
1. Create a content type with 100 site columns ( in this 100 site columns includes 10 mms feilds and 10 lookup fields).
2.when we deploy the content type in other server if already the same content type existing in the server it should be upgrade the existing content type.
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Try below:
http://www.mindfiresolutions.com/Add-Columns--Fields-Programmatically-to-a-SharePoint-List-282.php
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SPFieldType.Number.ToString(),
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true;
        fldEmpID.DisplayFormat =
SPNumberFormatTypes.NoDecimal;
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SPFieldType.Text.ToString(),
"Name");
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true;
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SPFieldType.DateTime.ToString(),
"Dob");
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SPDateTimeFieldFormatType.DateOnly;
/* create a Currency field for Salary */
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SPFieldType.Currency.ToString(),
"Salary");
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SPCurrencyFieldFormats.UnitedStates;
        fldSal.DisplayFormat =
SPNumberFormatTypes.TwoDecimals;
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false;
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false;
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Hi, I would like to create custom content placeholder don't know how to and add to my custom master page in sharepoint 2013. I have no luck searching on how to create custom content placeholder, any help?
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Hi,
If you’re not fixed your requirement with the Out of the box SharePoint place holders, you can create as many as you want as long as the ID doesn’t conflict. On the master page add the content place holder
<asp:ContentPlaceHolderid="CustomName" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder> and add this to your page layout
<asp:Contentrunat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="CustomName"></asp:Content>.
I suggest you provide your basic requirement for further research.
If you want to customize a master page, the Rajendra's method would be helpful.
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"Access denied by Business Data Connectivity" on trying to connect to SQL server for creating external content type

I was trying to create external client type but whenever I try to connect to Database server it is showing me error"Access denied by Business Data Connectivity". I have given the Secure Store Target Application ID coorectly and it is setup coorectly.
In BDC service application I have given myself all the permissions( edit,execute,Selectable in clients,Set Permissions) through set metadata store permission option in it.
Please suggest what other reason can be there for the error.
Thanks and Regards
Gaurav

Hi Gaurav,
If you have given your account all permissions through setting metadata store permission, the issue should be resolved.
For a better trouble shooting , I suggest you do as the followings:
1. Assign administrators to a Business Data Connectivity service application
Here is a detailed article for your reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff973113.aspx
2. You can try to recreate a Business Data Connectivity service application to test whether it works.
http://www.dotnetcurry.com/showarticle.aspx?ID=794
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Error while Connecting to external content types using sharepoint designer 2013

I have a standalone development sharepoint server 2013.
After i installed BDC service, i try to create a external content list.
When i try to open the site in sharepoint designer i am getting the error like
"Could not establish Trust relationship for SSL/TLS secure channel with authority "sitename"
the underlying connection was closed:could not establish trust for SSL/TLS secure channel"
I tried creating Certificate in IIS8 adn added the certificate in manage trust in sharePoint central admin too and i have restrated IIS too.
But the issue is not resolved still.
PLease help me this.

May be you need to install certificate on server. Try below:
http://www.brainlitter.com/2012/03/13/sharepoint-2010-and-cert-trust-could-not-establish-trust-relationship-for-the-ssltls-secure-channel/
To local system
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/anavijai/could-not-establish-trust-relationship-for-the-ssltls-secure-channel/
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Oracle DB as external content type in SharePoint 2013

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No. Here is the snapshot of what SP2013 Designer supports against a site built on SP2013 enterprise
This is exactly the same as what was there in SP2010.
Try out BCS Metaman.
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Hello Community,
I have created an External Content Type in SP Designer 2013, and the connection and operations all seem to work fine, but the ECT List throws an access error, and when I check the BCS Service Application the ECT doesn't even appear in the list. Has
anyone else ever seen this kind of problem and if so please brovide guidance and examples for resolving it.
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Tom
Tom Molskow - Senior SharePoint Architect - Microsoft Community Contributor 2011 and 2012 Award -
Linked-In - SharePoint Gypsy

Hi Tom,
Have you created external content type from SharePoint designer 2013 successfully prevously?
And was it displayed in BCS service applicaiton previously?
Have you executed "External Content Type Operations" and saved it back successfully in SharPoint Designer like the following article?
Please check if it is related to the permission issue by using SharePoint Farm Administrator account to create this external content type.
If all above don't solve the issue, please check the ULS log for more information for troubleshooting when create the external content type.
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/anavijai/create-external-content-type-using-sharepoint-designer-2013/
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Not able to crawl all items from External content type

Hello All,
"All the records in my external content source are not getting crawled, only 1/3 rd of the data are getting crawled."
Steps:
I created "External content type" using sharepoint designer which connects to a SQL Server database.
Have written a SQL View joining 2 tables, which return 9,00,000 rows when executed using the SQL Server management studio.
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When i ran the full crawl for the first time it crawled "3,49,923" records in 01 hour and 07 seconds. And returned 1 error "Error crawling LOB Contents.(Error caused by exception: System.InvalidOperationException. There is an error in XML
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SRIRAM

Hi ,
I started the change suggested in the link shared by you, but got stuck at a point,
The field which i set as identifier in BCS earlier is not having unique values. Total rows returned by the sql view is 899000, but the unique values present in the column that is set as identifier is
3,49,923, which is equal to the number of rows crawled. - Is this the reason why it didnt crawl all records?
The table that is used in the sql view has composite key, - Is it possible to have multiple identifier in BCS as well?
Is it possible to make BCS to ignore the identifier? i mean creating BCS without an identifier column?
Please let me know your suggestions on this.
Thanks,
SRIRAM
Yes, BCS needs a UID. This is so it can figure out changes over time to a single record. Otherwise all changes to a row could be a potential new row without BCS knowing any better.
Yes, or just have it run off the composite key instead of the field you're using now.
Nope, BCS needs a UID field like in answer 1 :)
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Rename columns of list created by external content type in share point 2010

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I want to rename columns of list created by external content type.
Please help to solve the issue.
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Hi,
Steps to rename column name:
Open external content type in SharePoint designer
click on “Operations Design View” from ribbon
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External Content Type Using SQL

I’m trying to setup an external content type using just SharePoint designer.
I will need to be able to show other individual within the organization how to create these content types so getting it to work with just SharePoint designer is the goal.
No Programming involved please.
Abbreviated Steps I have taken
The account that we will use to connect to 2012 SQL server has been created and the correct permissions have been granted to the database.
The secure store service account has been created and setup
Go into SharePoint designer 2010 to create the external content type using
Impersonated Custom Identity and inputting in the username and password that was setup in SQL server and added to the secure store credentials for the secure store service. I receive error cannot login with the provided credentials.
I have searched the web trying to correct this issue and cannot find anything that will assist.
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To connect as an impersonated custom identity you have to:
1. Be sure SQL login on SQL Server uses SQL authentication
(not Windows one!)
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a. Target app type - "Group"
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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff728816(v=office.14).aspx
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