Stonebond's Enterprise Enabler for SharePoint Business Data List Connector as an add-on to the SharePoint Business Data List Connector additionally provides advanced mapping features, virtual relationships across multiple backend systems and extended connectivity to access ANY data source, e.g. web services, Microsoft .NET Objects, COM+ Objects, MS Dynamics CRM, MS Dynamics AX, SAP, Salesforce.com etc. while the SharePoint Business Data List Connector out-of-the-box connects any type of SharePoint 2007 / 2010 list to external data sources via ODBC, OLEDB and .NET with all list features available and full write-back to data source (CRUD).

Stonebond's Enterprise Enabler for SharePoint Business Data List Connector adds the following features and benefits to the SharePoint Business Data List Connector:

• Easy-to-use codeless drag-and-drop graphical user interface:
  • As a next-generation data analyst’s assistant, Enterprise Enabler has a rich-client easy-to-use graphical user interface that guides the analyst through data selection and building business rules, notifications, special run time error handling, and many other functions all in a drag-and-drop manner. The connector debugs architects and constructs the appropriate reusable integration components behind the scenes as the design is underway. Programming is unnecessary - but possibly without any limitations in C# and VB.NET. The same environment is used to test and deploy the connectivity. No staging system required.
• Connectivity to ANY system in the enterprise:
  • While Business Data List Connector comes with ODBC/OLEDB/.NET-based connectivity to widely used data sources out-of-the-box, Enterprise Enabler provides additional connectivity features to systems such as Web Services, XML, EDI, HL7, Virtual Store, Microsoft .Net Objects, COM+ Objects, MS Dynamics CRM, MS Dynamics AX, SAP, Salesforce, Journyx, Quickbooks, PeachTree, and other.
• Advanced mapping features and virtual relationships across multiple backend systems:
  • Relationships can be built between different data sources; data filtering and cleansing can be configured from within the client. Then, the metadata can be graphically mapped to or from other applications or data stores, providing semantic alignment of data across multiple applications. In other words, if you have data coming from a web service, some from a spreadsheet, and other data from a database, you can define relationships and mapping, as complex as needed, and the adapter will resolve them at run time when the data is transferred.
  • Bi-directional data-integration:
    Stone Bond’s Enterprise Enabler allows creating bi-directional data connections. That means you can optionally modify backend data directly using SharePoint lists, if required.
• Microsoft .Net Framework based re-usability:
  • Stone Bond’s Enterprise Enabler is built on the Microsoft .Net Framework and leverages all the features and enhancements of the Framework. In addition, EE supports the reuse of any libraries written in .net/com outside of the adapter, so that they become reusable components accessible through the standard adapter development environment.

Enterprise Enabler for SharePoint Business Data List Connector as an add-on additionally requires SharePoint Business Data List Connector to directly connect data to SharePoint lists. Enterprise Enabler for SharePoint Business Data List Connector is available for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS, all editions) and also for the free Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS). Software versions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 are also currently available. Solutions based on Enterprise Enabler for SharePoint Business Data List Connector work in the same way with SharePoint 2007 and 2010 technology and are very simple to migrate. There is a free upgrade available for EE for BDLC from MOSS/WSS to SharePoint 2010 for all customers with Software Assurance (SA).

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