Association Element

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

The <Association> element is used to describe an association.

Namespace: https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/05/BusinessApplications/Manifest

Schema: SolutionManifestDefinitions

<Association AssociationName = "String" EntityTypeNamespace = "String" EntityTypeName = "String" ReferenceOfficeItemPropertyName = "String" Name = "String" Description = "String"> </Association>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
AssociationName	The name of the association from the BDC model. Required. Attribute type: String
EntityTypeNamespace	The namespace name from the BDC model. Required. Attribute type: String
EntityTypeName	The name of the external content type from the BDC model. Required. Attribute type: String
ReferenceOfficeItemPropertyName	The name of the OfficeItemProperty in the solution manifest that represents the entity instance reference for the association. Required. Attribute type: String
Name	The name of the association. Required. Attribute type: String
Description	A description for the association. Optional. Attribute type: String

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Associations	The Associations element that contains this association.