Connector Dialog for OData - Limitations
The following are known limitations (and some workarounds) for this release:
Limitation: For expanded collections, if the Navigation Property's entity type has a base type, the connector can not retrieve the columns or properties of that navigation property. Thus, it will only display the fields from the base collection.
Example:
Collection URL: https://services.odata.org/V3/OData/OData.svc
Base Collection: Advertisements
Navigation Property: FeaturedProduct
Based on the metadata, the Base Type of FeaturedProduct is Product\
Limitation: In some cases, if you select an expanded collection, query parameters are not saved or displayed in Connector form but the OData Query URL is still valid.
Example
Collection URL: https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/
Collection: People_Friends
Query Parameter: UserName StartsWith Russell
Steps:
- Connect to OData with the details above then click on OK
- Click on Edit Table Info.
Notice that the values in Query Parameters are not saved but the OData Query URL is still valid with the query parameter values.
Limitation: Enabling/Disabling Supports Metadata option applies to old versions of OData with XML format only.
Limitation: Function Import can be queried but with additional steps.
Limitation: The OData Connector currently supports OData v1 to v4. The Simple.OData.Client library used supports OData versions 1 to 4 as stated here.
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