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SharePoint 2010: Howto configure Business Data Connectivity access rights

[Meik]( “meik@meikbetz.com”) - May 6, 2010 Thanks! Great Blog-Entry which helps me a lot [Nico]( “nico@hotmail.com”) - Jul 2, 2010 Nice overview :) [steve]( “steve.howlett@aveva.com”) - Sep 0, 2010 Thanks for this - I received this error today and did not know about this fix - so thanks for the clear screenshots! [gigi]( “grainne.albers@abserotec.com”) - Sep 3, 2010 Hi, I got the “Access denied by Business Data Connectivity” error while trying to set up an external Content type.

SharePoint 2010: Howto configure Business Data Connectivity access rights

English You may encounter “Access denied by Business Data Connectivity” error when trying to access External List. The reason is because External List requires External Content type ; and External Content type is using Business Data Connectivity services proxy to access external Data Source. With the same principle of BDC in MOSS 2007 – users are required to have BDC Object permission before they can use it. There are several set of permission available for the BDC object: