BDC Oracle and SSO

1. Install Oracle client or ODP.Net on SharePoint Server. And use TSN for connect. 2. Configure the SSO Service By default the SSO service in SharePoint doesn't start. In this activity we're going to enable the SSO service. On each server in the farm and then once completed we're going to change the account used for SSO in SharePoint Central Administration. 1. On the Start menu click Administrative Tools-Services 2. In the Services application in the right hand pane scroll down to the Microsoft Single Sign-on Service, right click and click Properties.

3. Change the Startup type from Manual to Automatic. 4. Go to the Log On tab, choose This account, and provide the credentials for the admin account you are currently logged in as (in "domain\account" format like silvertouch\dvlp046) 5. Go back to the General tab, click the Start button, then click OK. 6. Close the Services application. We're done with it. 7. Repeat steps 1-5 on each server in the SharePoint farm. 8. On the Start menu click Administrative Tools-SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration 9. Click the Operations tab. and then in the Security Configuration section, choose Manage settings for single sign-on:

10. Click the Manage server settings link. In the form that appears, you typically only need to provide a domain account name in the first two textboxes, the rest is filled in for you with default values. With a sandbox server, you can use the same admin account name for both (the account used above when configuring the SSO service). Click OK to return to the Manage SSO page.

11. Click the link for Manage encryption key, then click the button for Create Encryption Key. Click OK in the page that appears afterwards: Click the Operations link at the top of the page, then the link to Manage settings for single-sign on.

12. Click the link to Manage settings for enterprise application definitions, then click the New Item link to create a new application definition with this form: The Display Name is what users see in the browser UI in Central Admin. The Application Name is a shorter version that will appear in connection strings. Also, note that the fields for holding credential information are always called "Username" and "Password" by default.

13. Click the browsers Back button to take you back to the Manage Settings page, and click the link to Manage account settings for enterprise application definitions:

Select the app def name to change (the "Display name" from the previous form) and enter the account name to use when making the database connection. Click the Set button, which brings up a form to enter the username and password and Oracle DB for the app def:

Click OK, then click Done. 3. Create BDC ADF (Application definition file). For creating this file I have used MOSS BDC designer studio (trial version) which create XML file. 4. After Create ADF (XML) file Go to the SSP. Click the link Import application definition.

After Click the link, which brings up a form to upload ADF file and select the permissions after that click Import button.

5. Use the Business Data Web Parts to Filter Oracle data. 1. Within any site in your installation, add a Business Data List and a Business Data Related List Web Part to the site's main page. 2. Within the Business Data List Web Part, click Open the tool pane. 3. In the Business Data List task pane, type in the Type box and press Enter. Or find in Business Data type picker and select it.

4. Click OK to see the record entries exposed in the Web Part.