Adding Columns to an Existing External Content Type in SharePoint 2010 Designer

I was able to create an ECT and display the first three columns of data that I used to create the ECT.

The only issue I am running into is that I want to add more columns to the existing ECT in designer (that I created), but apparently either I have to recreate the ECT unless there is a workaround. One of the articles I found indicated it may not be possible to add columns to an existing ECT because the BCS has certain limitations and this may be one of them. However, when I went to The Portal and noticed under (Lists-> Employe开发者_Go百科es-> list (in the Ribbon) -> List Settings -> ‘Columns’ heading you can see the other columns that I added to the ECT, but is not displaying on the portal for 'Employees'. So, we know the ECT has been created and other columns added (that don't display for the end user to view), but it’s a matter of whether it needs to be re-created to pull the rest of the columns in the site to be viewable to the end user.

Many thanks in advance for your assistance. :)

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Ok, first of all the correct term is content, not columns. However this is what I did (with a link included for detail).

Recreated the ECT, but learned the ECT and Parameters can be changed/updated via list in SharePoint Designer. Here is the link where this information was learned:

http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/sp10-webinar-leveraging-business-connectivity-services/