Welcome to the Online Help for ERPConnect Services.
ERPConnect Services (ECS) includes the components ERPConnect Services Runtime (ECS Runtime), WebService Designer and BCS Connector.
The following table shows the features of the components in comparison:
ERPConnect Service Runtime | WebService Designer | BCS Connector | |
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What | .NET & SharePoint Apps JavaScript Mobile (iOS, Android, WinRT) Web services |
SharePoint hosted web services based on dynamic graphical process flow and SAP objects | External content types based on SAP objects (default BCS functionality) |
How | Coding with Visual Studio Designer plug-in for Visual Studio |
No Coding Graphical Designer |
No Coding Stand-alone Designer |
Purpose | Individual Scenarios High flexibility |
Simple & complex scenarios Read / Write access |
Simple list-based Scenarios Read / Write access |
Common use cases | Individual SharePoint Apps .NET / WPF / WinRT apps JavaScript Apps Mobile Apps Consumer of REST Services Consumer of Web Services |
Consumer of Web Servcies, e.g.: Forms (InfoPath or Nintex) Workflows (SharePoint or Nintex) SharePoint Apps Non-SharePoint Apps |
Consumer of external context types, e.g.: - External lists - External columns / Lookup lists - Workflows (Nintex) |
Who | Developers | Power Users & Architects | Power Users & Architects |
ERPConnect Services (for SharePoint on-Prem)