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BCS / External Data Columns support

External Data columns user SharePoint Business connectivity Services (BCS) to connect with external systems/databases.

The Save to SharePoint window supports display External Data Columns for

Configure OnePlace Solutions to support BCS columns

There is no client side configuration required.

An additional component is required to be installed on your SharePoint server to support BCS columns. The component can be downloaded here

Install / upgrade the component prior to installing OnePlaceMail and OnePlaceDocs on each client machine

When BCS columns are available on a document library they will automatically be presented in the 'Save to SharePoint' dialog box.