Get a Specific BCS Service Application Instance

Solution: Use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet to assign a variable the results using the -Identity parameter.

Providing the identity of the Business Data Connectivity ServiceApplication instance with the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet retrieves a specific Business Data Connectivity Service instance. Use this to assign the results to an object for use in other cmdlets, as shown in Listing 15.2.

Listing 15.2. Assigning a Variable to a Business Data Service Application

$bcs = Get-SPServiceApplication -Identity b7b3652e-6f51-4161-935a-
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No cmdlet exists for getting get an object type related to a Business Data Connectivity Service application. Any cmdlet using the service application identity uses the SPServiceApplicationPipeBind type, so a generic service application object needs to be utilized.