BCS Meta Man generates the code required to connect to many different data sources for Business Connectivity Services.
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) is the new, more powerful SharePoint 2010 version of the Business Data Catalog. Using SharePoint Designer 2010 (SPD) you can connect easily to SQL, .NET Assemblies or WCF Web Services. Another tool provided by Microsoft is the Project template for connecting to other datasources using Visual Studio.NET 2010 Professional. However, using this template still requires you to write code. Using Lightning Tools BCS Meta Man, you can follow simple steps within Visual Studio.NET 2010 to generate the code automatically to connect to most data sources including Oracle, Web Services and SQL. BCS Meta Man also provides you with the ability to create complex mashups of datasources which is something that cannot be acheived by using SharePoint Designer.
Generating this code will take days when writing it by hand. Using BCS Meta Man you can generate the code within minutes!
Simply, follow the wizard, then press F5.
