DataSvcUtil.exe is a command-line tool provided by WCF Data Services that consumes an Open Data Protocol (OData) feed and generates the client data service classes that are needed to access a data service from a .NET Framework client application. This utility can generate data classes by using the following metadata sources:

• The root URI of a data service. The utility requests the service metadata document, which describes the data model exposed by the data service. For more information, see OData: Service Metadata Document.
  
  
• A data model file (.csdl) defined by using the conceptual schema definition language (CSDL), as defined in the [MC-CSDL]: Conceptual Schema Definition File Format specification.
  
  
• An .edmx file created by using the Entity Data Model tools that are provided with the Entity Framework. For more information, see the [MC-EDMX]: Entity Data Model for Data Services Packaging Format specification.
  
  

For more information, see How to: Manually Generate Client Data Service Classes (WCF Data Services).

The DataSvcUtil.exe tool is installed in the .NET Framework directory. In many cases, this is located in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0,. For 64-bit systems, this is located in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0. You can also access the DataSvcUtil.exe tool from the Visual Studio command prompt (Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, point to Visual Studio Tools, and then click Visual Studio 2010 Command Prompt). 

datasvcutil /out:file [/in:file | /uri:serviceuri] [/dataservicecollection] [/language:devlang] [/nologo] [/version:ver] [/help]

 See Also

Tasks

How to: Add a Data Service Reference (WCF Data Services)

Concepts

Generating the Data Service Client Library (WCF Data Services)