Viewing OData Service Details
You use the OData Service details page to examine the EDMX documentation.
The following general guidelines apply when examining the details of an OData Service in CentraSite Business UI:
If you are not the owner of an OData Service, you cannot view the details page of the OData Service unless you have a View permission on the OData Service (granted though either a role-based permission or instance-level permission).
You will only see profiles of the OData Service for which you have an instance-level View permission.
In this task you examine the basic and type-specific attributes that are associated with an OData Service asset.
To view the details of an OData Service asset
1. In CentraSite Business UI, access the Advanced Search panel in one of the following ways:
Click the
Browse link in the upper-left corner of the menu bar.
Click the
Search icon next to the
Scope list. The default search scope is
Assets.
This displays a list of assets in the Search Results page.
2. In the Additional Search Criteria list, select Asset Types.
3. To search for the assets of type, OData Service, click Choose.
This opens the Choose Asset Types dialog box.
4. In the Choose Asset Types dialog box, select the Assets option button, and then follow these steps:
a. Click the chevron next to Assets option button.
A list of currently defined asset types in CentraSite is displayed.
b. In the displayed list of asset types, select OData Service.
c. Click OK.
A list of currently defined OData Services is displayed in the Search Results page.
5. Click the OData Service you want to examine the attributes.
This opens the OData Service details page. Also, the actions bar displays a set of actions that are available for working with the OData Service.
You can hover over the info symbol next to an attribute to display the tooltip text, which describes the purpose of the attribute. The tooltip text displays the values of the attribute's Name, and Description fields that are contained in the OData Service type definition.
6. To examine the extended type-specific attributes of the OData Service, click the appropriate profiles.