The BI Semantic Layer RESTful Web Service SDK allows client tools to use the Open Data (OData) protocol to perform the following tasks:
The OData query service exposes the query results according to a schema based on the Entity Data
Model (EDM). The schema is described with the help of CSDL. CSDL is an XML format that
describes the structure and semantics of Entity Data Model schemas. To learn more about
the concepts that rule an entity data model, see the CSDL
specification.
The OData query service exposes the results of a query as one flow. It returns multiple flows in the following cases:
The schema defines the metadata used to build the query results. It is represented as a file of the EDMX format.
The query is running when the OData service is called. The OData service does not support POST HTTP requests.