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.