Entity members

Represents a data type such as Customer or Product in an external system application.

The Entity type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Actions	Gets the actions of this entity.
	Active	Gets whether the external item is active.
	AssociationGroups	Gets the association group collection.
	AssociationsWithEntityAsDestination	Gets the collection of associations in which this external content type is a destination.
	AssociationsWithEntityAsSource	Gets the collection of associations in which this external content type is a source.
	CacheUsage	Gets or sets the cache usage.
	DefaultAction	Gets or sets the default action for this external content type.
	DefaultDisplayName	Gets or sets the default display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Description	Gets or sets the external content type description.
	EstimatedInstanceCount	Gets or sets the estimated instance count for the external content type in the business application.
	Id	Gets the identifier of the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Identifiers	Gets the identifier collection for an external content type.
	IsCached	Indicates whether the object is cached. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	LobSystem	Gets the containing external system object.
	LocalizedDisplayName	Gets or sets the localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	LocalizedDisplayNames	Gets the collection of localized display names. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	MethodInstances	Gets the MethodInstance objects collection.
	Methods	Gets the method collection of the external content type.
	Models	Gets the model collection of the external content type.
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Namespace	Gets or sets the namespace of this external content type.
	Properties	Gets the property collection of the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Version	Gets or sets the version of this external content type.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Activate	Activates the external content type.
	ContainsDefaultAction	Determines whether the external content type contains a default action.
	ContainsLocalizedDisplayName	Indicates whether the object contains a localized display name. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	CopyAclAcrossChildren	Copies the list of access control entries (ACEs) associated with the metadata object to all of its child metadata objects. Each individually securable metadata object inherits from this class and provides its own implementation of this method. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	CopyAclAcrossChildrenForSetting	Copies the list of access control entries (ACEs) associated with the metadata object to all of its child metadata objects for the specified setting. Each individually securable metadata object inherits from this class and provides its own implementation of this method. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	CopyAclToSetting	Copies the access control list (ACL) from the default setting to the target setting. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	Create	Creates an external content type.
	Deactivate	Deactivates an external content type.
	Delete	Deletes the MetadataObject object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	DeleteAllVersions	Deletes all version of an external content type.
	DeleteNoCascade	Deletes the external content type without deleting its containing external system.
	GetAccessControlList()	Gets the access control list for this metadata object. (Inherited from AccessControlledMetadataObject.)
	GetAccessControlList(String)	Gets a list of the individually securable child metadata objects. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	GetAccessControlList(String, Boolean)	Gets a list of the individually securable child metadata objects. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	GetById	Gets the external content type by using its identifier (ID) and the Metadata Store.
	GetDefaultSpecificFinderView	Gets the View object for the default SpecificFinder MethodInstance object.
	GetMethodInstances	Gets the collection of MethodInstance objects for a given MethodInstance type.
	HasSpecificFinder	Checks whether the external content type has a Read Item.
	MergeXml	Reads the external content type definition from the specified resource XML for the specified external system, and then merges its properties, localized names, and access control entries with the existing external content type in the metadata store.
	Read	Reads the external content type. (Overrides MetadataObject.Read().)
	ReadCommon	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	ReadXml	Reads the external content type definition from the specified metadata XML for the specified parent external content type.
	SetAccessControlList(IAccessControlList)	Sets the access control list (ACL) for an individually securable metadata object. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	SetAccessControlList(IAccessControlList, String)	Sets the access control list (ACL) for an individually securable metadata object for the specified setting. (Inherited from IndividuallySecurableMetadataObject.)
	SwitchActive()	Deactivates the previously active version of the external content type, and activates the version represented by this external content type object.
	SwitchActive(IList<Entity>, AdministrationMetadataCatalog)	Deactivates the previously active version of the specified external content types, and activates the version represented by the specified external content types.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	Update	Updates the object. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	Validate()	Validates the external content type.
	Validate(IList<Entity>, AdministrationMetadataCatalog)	Validates the external content type by using a list of external content types and the Metadata Store.
	WriteSlicedXml	Writes a sliced XML fragment in the metadata store. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXml(PackageContents)	Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)
	WriteXml(PackageContents, String)	Returns the XML representation of the MetadataObject, which is generated using the properties, localized names, and access control entries from the specified setting. (Inherited from MetadataObject.)

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Reference

Entity class

Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Administration namespace