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.
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.
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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.
System Requirements:
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Server:
SharePoint Release 3:
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services v3 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or 3.0
Note: This product is not compatible with SPS 2003 and WSS v2
Browser:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or greater is recommended for Advanced Administration features
Release Notes:
November 2008
Release 1.0
Download Instructions: To download MashPoint,
please add the appropriate product from the table below into your shopping cart and proceed
through the check out process. You will have to register and create an account in the
storefront so that we can send you the download email. There are no payment, shipping charges,
or taxes on the free product. Once you receive our email, you should be able to download and
install the software within minutes. Make sure you download and refer to the installation guide
for detailed installation instructions.
Please make sure you read the guide prior to installing the MashPoint. In addition to the Installation Guide, potential
installation problems are also documented in our Web Part Deployment and Security FAQ, which
can be downloaded here.
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our online forums.
Support Instructions:
Please visit our MashPoint Forum and submit support related questions.
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make every effort to meet your needs. Email us at
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Recent MashPoint Forum Posts
BDC WSS Index/Search (0 replies) - Hi,
Is it possible to use Mashpoint BDC with WSS /Search Server in order to index content in an SQL database?
Thanks!
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MashPoint Business Column as site column (3 replies) - Is the info in the FAQ on list/site column still valid for MashPoint offical release? Does using the MashPoint Business Column still require developing a custom column?
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Product
SKU
Description
Price
Order
MashPoint and Single Sign-On (SSO)
HW44.R1.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
MashPoint Business Data Column
HW44.R1.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.