Looking at setting up Web API odata and trying to expose the data out of our edmx to it. The problem is that every time i add an entity to the OdataConventionBuilder I get a big nasty error message on load saying:
The complex type 'MyData.AssetReading' refers to the entity type 'MyData.Asset' through the property 'Asset'
It seems for relations defined in the edmx is bombing the webapi odata out about a complex type. Any ideas on how to get around this as the edmx is huge and a rejig of it is pretty much out of the question. Is there a property that I need to set on the Builder.EntitySet or the MapOdataRoute method?
This error message is caused by the fact that the current version of Web API for OData V4 doesn't support defining navigation properties on a complex type in the model. I.e. complex type can't refer to entity type(s) yet.
This work is tracked by this GitHub issue: https://github.com/OData/WebApi/issues/65. Weigh in by commenting it if you'd like it to be prioritized.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28871565/the-complex-type-mydata-assetreading-refers-to-the-entity-type-mydata-asset