In the following weeks we will cover some of the major
highlights of MatchPoint 3.0 that is planned for May 2011.
Today we will start with an overview of what is coming up with
MatchPoint 3.0.
Taxonomy Support
Term Support. SharePoint Term Store Terms are
fully integrated in MatchPoint 3.0 and can be used everywhere. You
can use Terms in columns of the Data Grid Web Part, filter and sort
them, use terms in Search Definition Web Part,
the Refinement Web Part or in
MatchPoint Expressions.
Term Icons. Our unique icon mapping
functionality improves the visual orientation for users by
illustrating each term with a graphical icon wherever the Term
appears.
Term Condition. With this new condition that
comes with our Taxonomy support you can filter your data based on
SharePoint Term Store Terms in all Data Providers that return SharePoint
list items.
Term Importer. With our new Term Importer
it is possible to synchronize terms from any external system into a
SharePoint Term Store. We use external keys to ensure that already
existing terms are updated instead of reimported. Even synonyms and
multilingual terms can be imported. Term Importer comes with SQL
database, LDAP and SharePoint list support and can be extended by
any custom data source.
New Data Providers
Business Connectivity Provider. MatchPoint 3.0
comes with full BCS support. Render your external data in the Data
Grid and Composite Web Part, aggregate it in
Charts and edit it in the improved and even more flexible Form Web
Part.
Entity Model Provider. If you want to fully
integrate your external database application into SharePoint and
BCS isn't powerful enough and too complicated, the Entity Model
Provider might just be your life-saver. Define your model centrally
and benefit from various concepts in MatchPoint: use Expression
Variables to access your data. Render your data in Data
Grid and Composite Web Parts and edit your
data with the Form Web Part.
FAST Search Provider. Use the powerful FAST
search technology with MatchPoint 3.0 to build highly scalable
SharePoint solutions. The FAST Search Provider supports complex
query conditions that can be used in combination with the
MatchPoint Connection Framework and the
results can be used in any data-consuming MatchPoint Web
Part.
Data Adapters
New Data Adapter Concept. The new Data Adapters
in MatchPoint 3.0 allow you to edit any data in the improved Form Web
Part. Use one of the many Data Adapters that comes with
MatchPoint 3.0, such as the List, BCS, Model and Workspace Data
Adapter. You can even define your own.
List Data Adapter. With this OOB Data Adapter
you can define flexible and powerful forms for SharePoint list
items. Just place our Form Web Part on the list item's edit
page, use the new List Data Adapter and benefit from the
conditional views, user friendly input controls and powerful layout
possibilities.
Performance Improvements
Paging Support for Data Providers. Reduced data
load to the backend and dramatically optimized first load times in
Data Grid
Web Parts and Composite Web Parts.
Optimized HTTP Traffic. Script files are
collected on the server and only one file is transmitted. Even your
custom solution including your custom script files benefits from
this optimization. First page load is reduced thanks to fewer
authorization hand-shakes and fewer connection establishments.
Full SharePoint 2010 Support
ULS Logging Support. All logging is done via
SharePoint ULS logging, replacing nlog. Logging level per module is
easy to configure using the Central Administration user interface
at any time.
Tagging Service Application. The powerful MatchPoint Tagging feature is
now available as Service Application. This ensures scalability and
even better integration into SharePoint. The MatchPoint Tagging
database is now a Service Application database which is directly
supported by SharePoint.
SharePoint Foundation Support. Deploy
MatchPoint to SharePoint Foundation Servers and Search Server
Express as well as full blown SharePoint Server farms. Most
features are supported on SharePoint Foundation servers which makes
it possible to build powerful applications at very low costs.
Power Shell Commands. All MatchPoint
administration tasks are now available as Power Shell Cmdlets.
Other Improvements
Provisioning Import / Export. Export and import
of complete web structures including documents is provided. This is
very useful to build up new portals or to migrate existing
structures from one server to another.
Multiple Item Tagging. Quickly tag multiple
items in a MatchPoint-enabled SharePoint list.
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