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Association Element in Associations (Subscription Schema)

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Represents a subscription association.

Namespace: https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/03/BusinessDataCatalog

Schema: Subscription

<Association RefreshIntervalInMinutes = "Long" MethodInstanceName = "String" LobSystemInstanceName = "String" TargetSubscriptionName = "String" TargetView = "String" Enabled = "Boolean" Name = "String" DefaultDisplayName = "String" IsCached = "Boolean"> </Association>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute

Description

RefreshIntervalInMinutes

Required.

The time interval at which to refresh the cache. This value cannot be less than 10 minutes. If the value is set to less than 10 minutes, Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) ignores this value and uses the default value of 60 minutes.

Attribute type: Long

MethodInstanceName

Required.

The Association method instance name that returns the related external items.

Attribute type: String

LobSystemInstanceName

Required.

The external system name of the Association method instance.

Attribute type: String

TargetSubscriptionName

Optional.

The name of the target subscription that should contain these related external items. This subscription also must exist in the solution package.

Attribute type: String

TargetView

Required.

The SpecificFinder view for the related external items.

Attribute type: String

Enabled

Optional.

Specifies whether this subscription association is enabled. If not enabled, the Association method instance is not run and the cache is not populated with the related external items. If not specified, the association is enabled.

Attribute type: Boolean

Name

Required.

The name of the subscription association.

Attribute type: String

DefaultDisplayName

Optional.

The default display name of the subscription association.

Attribute type: String

IsCached

Optional.

This value is ignored by Business Connectivity Services in the current release.

Attribute type: Boolean

Child Elements

Element

Description

LocalizedDisplayNames Element in MetadataObject (Subscription Schema)

The list of the localized display names of this subscription association.

Properties Element in MetadataObject (Subscription Schema)

Not used by Business Connectivity Services in this release.

FilterValues Element in Association (Subscription Schema)

The list of the filter values for the Association method instance execution.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

Associations Element in Subscription (Subscription Schema)

The Associations element that contains this subscription association.