Binding Path Syntax for OData Models

You access the data provided by the ODataModel according to the structure of the OData service as defined in the metadata of a service. The syntax of the binding path matches the URL path relative to the service URL used in OData to access specific entries or collections. URL parameters such as filters cannot be added to a binding path. The following samples of bindings within the ODataModel are taken from the well-known Northwind demo service.

Absolute binding paths:

/Customers
/Customers('ALFKI')/Orders

Relative binding paths within a Customer context:

CompanyName
Address
Orders

Relative binding paths within an aggregation binding of "/Customer('ALFKI')/Orders:

OrderID
ShipName
ShipAdress
Employee/LastName
Order_Details/Discount