DashboardEFDataSource.SaveToXml() Method

Saves the XML definition of the Entity Framework data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v24.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public override XElement SaveToXml()

VB.NET

Public Overrides Function SaveToXml As XElement

Returns

Type	Description
XElement	A XElement value containing an XML definition of the data source schema.

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C#

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/CS/DashboardMerger/DataSourceMerger.cs#L46

if(efDataSource != null) {
    XElement element = efDataSource.SaveToXml();
    DashboardEFDataSource newDataSource = new DashboardEFDataSource();

asp-net-web-forms-dashboard-register-data-sources/CS/WebFormsDashboardDataSources/Pages/EFDashboard.aspx.cs#L22

efDataSource.ConnectionParameters = new EFConnectionParameters(typeof(OrdersContext));
dataSourceStorage.RegisterDataSource("efDataSource", efDataSource.SaveToXml());

DashboardDifferentUserDataMVC/CS/MVCDashboard/CustomDataSourceStorage.cs#L56

    documents[excelDataSourceId] = new XDocument(excelDataSource.SaveToXml());
    documents[efDataSourceId] = new XDocument(efDataSource.SaveToXml());
}

asp-net-mvc-dashboard-register-data-sources/CS/MvcDashboardDataSources/Configuration/EFDataSourceConfigurator.cs#L11

    efDataSource.ConnectionParameters = new EFConnectionParameters(typeof(OrderContext));
    storage.RegisterDataSource("efDataSource", efDataSource.SaveToXml());
}

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/VB/DashboardMerger/DataSourceMerger.vb#L51

If efDataSource IsNot Nothing Then
    Dim element As XElement = efDataSource.SaveToXml()
    Dim newDataSource As New DashboardEFDataSource()

asp-net-web-forms-dashboard-register-data-sources/VB/WebFormsDashboardDataSources/Pages/EFDashboard.aspx.vb#L21

efDataSource.ConnectionParameters = New EFConnectionParameters(GetType(OrdersContext))
dataSourceStorage.RegisterDataSource("efDataSource", efDataSource.SaveToXml())
' Set the configured data source storage.

asp-net-mvc-dashboard-register-data-sources/VB/MvcDashboardDataSources/Configuration/EFDataSourceConfigurator.vb#L11

    efDataSource.ConnectionParameters = New EFConnectionParameters(GetType(OrderContext))
    storage.RegisterDataSource("efDataSource", efDataSource.SaveToXml())
End Sub