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Get FscmOdataEntity

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Get-FscmOdataEntity

SYNOPSIS

Get OData entity metadata from a Finance and Operations environment.

SYNTAX

Get-FscmOdataEntity [-EnvironmentId] <String> [[-Name] <String>] [-AsExcelOutput]
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Retrieves entity metadata from the Finance and Operations /metadata/PublicEntities endpoint, returning schema information for each published OData entity.

Results include the entity name, collection name, read-only state, configuration status, and joined lists of property names and navigation property names.

Supports wildcard and exact matching against the Name and CollectionName (EntitySetName) fields.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-FscmOdataEntity -EnvironmentId "ContosoEnv"

This command retrieves metadata for all published OData entities in the environment "ContosoEnv".

EXAMPLE 2

Get-FscmOdataEntity -EnvironmentId "ContosoEnv" -Name "SysAADClients"

This command retrieves metadata for the OData entity named "SysAADClients" from the environment "ContosoEnv".

EXAMPLE 3

Get-FscmOdataEntity -EnvironmentId "ContosoEnv" -Name "*Customer*"

This command retrieves metadata for all OData entities whose Name or CollectionName contains "Customer" from the environment "ContosoEnv".

EXAMPLE 4

Get-FscmOdataEntity -EnvironmentId "ContosoEnv" -Name "CustomersV3"

This command retrieves metadata for the OData entity with the CollectionName "CustomersV3" from the environment "ContosoEnv".

The filter matches against both the entity Name and the CollectionName (EntitySetName).

EXAMPLE 5

Get-FscmOdataEntity -EnvironmentId "ContosoEnv" -AsExcelOutput

This command retrieves metadata for all published OData entities in the environment "ContosoEnv" and exports the results to an Excel file.

PARAMETERS

-EnvironmentId

The ID of the environment to retrieve OData entity metadata from.

Can be either the environment name, the environment GUID (PPAC) or the LCS environment ID.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Name

The value to filter the results by.

Filters against the entity Name and the CollectionName (EntitySetName) fields - any match on either will include the record.

Supports wildcard characters for flexible matching.

Default value is "*", which returns all published OData entities.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: *
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-AsExcelOutput

Instructs the cmdlet to export the retrieved entity metadata to an Excel file.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Object[]

NOTES

Author: Mötz Jensen (@Splaxi)

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