Import WebSite and Business Data Connectivty Services together

Question

Hi,
On my development environment (SharePoint 2013 server), I have a web site that contains a documenbt list. This document list is linked to some Business Data Connectivity Objects. (I have some external data columns plugged on my BDC objects).
Now, I need to import this web site and these BDC objects on another environment.
I need to do it with power shell commands, so I do like this :
$MetadataStore = Get-SPBusinessDataCatalogMetadataObject -BdcObjectType "Catalog" -ServiceContext http://localhost
Import-SPBusinessDataCatalogModel -Path "<path>\BDCmodel.bdcm" -Identity $MetadataStore
New-SPWeb http://localhost/MyWebSite -Template "STS#0"
Import-SPWeb -Identity http://localhost/MyWebSite -path MyWebSite.cmp -Confirm:$false -Force -ErrorVariable errors -UpdateVersions Overwrite
The two importations are OK but my document list does not find my BDC model. The link is broken.
Is there something special to do to manage and keep the link between my document list and my BDC objects ?
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you want to use PowerShell commands to import a site and BDC model into another environment.
I recommend that you can try to use the following PowerShell commands to check if it works.
param(
[string]$SiteUrl=$("http://localhost")
Write-Host "Getting Service Context at $SiteUrl..."
$svcContet = Get-SPSiteAdministration -Identity $SiteUrl
Write-Host "Getting Business Data Catalog Metadata Object..."
$catalog = Get-SPBusinessDataCatalogMetadataObject -BdcObjectType Catalog -ServiceContext $svcContet 
Write-Host "Importing BCS Modal..."
Import-SPBusinessDataCatalogModel -Identity $catalog -Path ".\RinkNetModel.xml" -force -ModelsIncluded -PropertiesIncluded -PermissionsIncluded -Verbose -ErrorAction Stop -ErrorVariable $err
Then, you can check if the model successfully loaded and if you can use the External Content Types that the model contain.
To display all BDC models in the metadata store, type on one line the following command:
Get-SPBusinessDataCatalogMetadataObject -BdcObjectType Mode -ServiceContext
http://SP01:12345 -Name "*" | select Name
To display all the external systems in the BDC metadata store, and to display the type of external system together with its entities (external content types), use the following command:
Get-SPBusinessDataCatalogMetadataObject -BdcObjectType LoBSystem -ServiceContext
http://SP01:12345 -Name "*" | select Name, SystemType, Entities
For more information, you can refer to:
http://habaneroconsulting.com/insights/importing-bcs--model-using-powershell#.VDy-2P6KCM8
http://dotnetfollower.com/wordpress/2012/05/sharepoint-deploying-a-bdc-model-via-powershell/
http://www.manula.com/manuals/lightning-tools/bcs-meta-man-for-windows/1/en/topic/importing-the-bdc-model-into-sharepoint
Thanks,
Yumi Fu
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