methodinstances-element-in-method-bdcmetadata-schema.md

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MethodInstances Element in Method (BDCMetadata Schema)	Details on the MethodInstances Element in Method (BDCMetadata Schema)	soliver	06/13/2022	Developer	reference	VS.SharePointTools.BDC.MethodInstances	medium	dae3aeae-e72a-0b52-1348-f5e5cd31109f

MethodInstances Element in Method (BDCMetadata Schema)

Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Specifies a list of associations and method instances of a method.

Namespace: http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2007/BusinessDataCatalog

Schema: BDCMetadata

<MethodInstances></MethodInstances>

Elements and attributes

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

Attributes

None.

Child elements

Element	Description
Association Element in MethodInstances (BDCMetadata Schema)	An association.
MethodInstance Element in MethodInstances (BDCMetadata Schema)	A method instance.

Parent elements

Element	Description
Method Element in Methods (BDCMetadata Schema)	The method that this method instance belongs to.