BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient.ImportPackage Method

Imports the specified BDC model or BDC model resources to the Metadata Store.

Namespace:  [BdcAdminService Web service]
Service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/BdcAdminService.svc

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function ImportPackage ( _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef errors As String(), _
    xml As String, _
    packageContents As PackageContents, _
    adminStruct As AdministrationMetadataCatalogStruct, _
    settingId As String, _
    callerCultureLcid As Integer, _
    updateModel As Boolean _
) As ModelStruct
'Usage
Dim instance As BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient
Dim errors As String()
Dim xml As String
Dim packageContents As PackageContents
Dim adminStruct As AdministrationMetadataCatalogStruct
Dim settingId As String
Dim callerCultureLcid As Integer
Dim updateModel As Boolean
Dim returnValue As ModelStruct

returnValue = instance.ImportPackage(errors, _
    xml, packageContents, adminStruct, _
    settingId, callerCultureLcid, updateModel)

public ModelStruct ImportPackage(
    out string[] errors,
    string xml,
    PackageContents packageContents,
    AdministrationMetadataCatalogStruct adminStruct,
    string settingId,
    int callerCultureLcid,
    bool updateModel
)

Parameters

• errors
  Type: []

  A list of noncritical errors that occurred when merging data or reading the XML.

• xml
  Type: System.String

  The XML representation of the BDC model.

• packageContents
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Parser.PackageContents

  Options that specify what to import.

• adminStruct
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.AdministrationMetadataCatalogStruct

  The metadata catalog that contains the model that is contained by the metadata model.

• settingId
  Type: System.String

  The identifier of a partition in the Metadata Store to create properties, localized names, and access control entries in.

• callerCultureLcid
  Type: System.Int32

  The LCID of to the locale in which the error messages are to be returned.

• updateModel
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to update the model if it already exists in the Metadata Store; otherwise, false . This parameter is ignored if packageContents does not have the PackageContents.Model value specified.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.ModelStruct
The created model.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AccessDeniedExceptionState	A fault exception with AccessDeniedExceptionState as its state is thrown if the security principal is not authorized to perform this operation.
PackageFormatExceptionState	A fault exception with PackageFormatExceptionState as its state is thrown if the specified metadata model XML format is invalid or an error occurred while importing the BDC model.

Remarks

The adminStruct parameter required by this method can be obtained by creating a new instance of the AdministrationMetadataCatalogStruct class.

See Also

Reference

BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient Class

BusinessDataCatalogSharedServiceClient Members

BdcAdminService Web Service