IEntity.EstimatedInstanceCount Property
Gets the number of expected external items of this external content type.
Namespace: Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel
Assembly: Microsoft.BusinessData (in Microsoft.BusinessData.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property EstimatedInstanceCount As Long
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As IEntity
Dim value As Long
value = instance.EstimatedInstanceCount
long EstimatedInstanceCount { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.Int64
The number of expected instances.
Remarks
This function returns the estimated number of external items as specified in the metadata. BDC does not verify the correctness of this number. The number can be used to optimize UI behavior for small or large number of external items.