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MashPoint
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MashPoint

Enables integration of external data sources in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS).

Access external data sources directly from SharePoint, visualize and interact with them via Web Parts or custom applications.

Why Are We Building It?

We built MashPoint in order to provide our Web Parts with a single unified data access platform that can be used to gather data living both inside and outside of SharePoint. This platform is intended to allow users to define and utilize the same data sources across all of the products in our Web Part product line.  This includes the Bamboo Data-Viewer Web Part, Chart Plus Web Part, Calendar Plus Web Part, Virtual Map View Web Part, Tree View Web Part, and Mini-Calendar Web Part.  In addition, developers can use the MashPoint APIs to author their own .NET applications to link to proprietary data stores.

 

MashPoint

What Does It Do?

With MashPoint, you can:

  • Retrieve data from a legacy system and then populate and display the data in a SharePoint List via the Bamboo Business Custom Column. For example, Company A has a legacy system that contains the information of the desktop equipment that the company purchased for the employees. This information can be displayed in SharePoint with the quantities of each type of equipment, e.g. 50 IBM laptops.
  • Retrieve data such as web content, articles, resource information from an ERP system and display the data in Bamboo Data-Viewer or Chart Plus. For example, display revenue numbers in a chart or table from an external Billing system.
  • Use the Bamboo SSO provider to store login credentials to external applications - allowing users to have a seamless integration (i.e. Single Sign-On) to external data sources and applications.
  • Write and update data in SharePoint and automatically have those changes reflected in the source data system. For example, user changes his/her phone number in a SharePoint Contacts List. The data will automatically get updated in People Soft.
Learn more
This product works well with Data-Viewer Web Part, Chart Plus Web Part, Calendar Plus Web Part, Mini-Calendar Web Part, Tree View Web Part, and Virtual Map View Web Part.
More information and articles related to MashPoint can be found via MashPoint Blogs and Bamboo Labs.
Read the Trial Download FAQ in Bamboo Nation for more information regarding trial downloads.
Watch Getting Started with MashPoint to see, step-by-step, how to get started accessing external data.
Check out My Bamboo where you can keep track of your trial download history, purchases, new product alerts, open support tickets, and participate in shaping Bamboo's Product Roadmap.

What High Level Features Will MashPoint Support?

Features Description
Display Data with Bamboo Web Parts Allows external data to be displayed via the Calendar Plus Web Part, Chart Plus Web Part, Data-Viewer Web Part, Mini-Calendar Web Part, Tree View Web Part, and Virtual Map View Web Part.
Bamboo MashPoint Single Sign-On (SSO) Allows an IT admin to configure data access credentials to external systems to facilitate user authentication and avoid "double-hop" issues.
Bamboo Business Data Column Allows users to create a custom column that can pull and present data from an external data source into a SharePoint List.
Write and Update External Source Allows users to edit or update data in SharePoint and automatically have those changes reflected in the source data system.
 
Product SKU Description Price Order
MashPoint and Single Sign-On (SSO) HW44.R1.2.FL
Software, Release 1 - free license.
The MashPoint installation Guide is available under the Learn More tab. For additional support, please use our MashPoint Forum.
FREE
 
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MashPoint Business Data Column HW44.R1.2.A.FL
Software, Release 1 - free license.
The MashPoint Business Data Column's installation Guide is available here. For additional support, please use our MashPoint Forum.
FREE
 
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Calendar Plus Web Part:
Do you want to display your SharePoint list items in a calendar, but are frustrated with the limitations of the default calendar view? You need the flexibility of the Calendar Plus Web Part.

Tree View Web Part:
Do you like SharePoint but are missing the familiar tree view to navigate through your data? Our Tree View web part connects to any SharePoint List, Document Picture, Wiki Libraries, Discussion Boards and allows you to navigate your site collection using the hierarchy view of the tree control.

Mini-Calendar Web Part:
Do you need to dynamically filter your SharePoint list items based on a date? Then connect this mini-calendar web part to your list and quickly select and view the items that are active on a particular date.

Virtual Map View Web Part:
The Virtual Map View Web Part geographically displays SharePoint list data or SQL data using marker icons on a Googleâ„¢ or Virtual Earth map.

Chart Plus Web Part:
Looking for a simple way to spice up your SharePoint site by displaying List, SQL or Bamboo List Rollup data in a chart?  Use the Bamboo Chart Web Part to quickly generate charts in your WSS or MOSS environment and present powerful reports and data summaries to your users.

Data-Viewer Web Part:
Easily customize the look and feel of SharePoint Lists, SQL, Bamboo List Rollup, or Business Data Catalog data in a grid style data view without using SharePoint Designer. Add flexible data grouping, sorting, filtering, and column ordering capabilities as well as show lookup list information in the same view.
 
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