Specifies whether or not OData should return data using client-side paging, if your source supports it. If set to false, OData uses server-side paging.

Syntax

Connect-OData -UseClientSidePaging SwitchParameter

Data Type

bool

Default Value

false

Remarks

Pagination is the process of batching data so that the data retrieved is displayed in batches of a particular size. (To keep paging through the data, ask for "more". The data continues to display until all the retrieved data has been shown.)

In client-side paging, the client specifies how many records to return in each request, and the order of the requests. If UseClientSidePaging is set to true, the limit/offset is calculated at the client and the requests are sent concurrently, as multiple threads.

In server-side paging, the server returns only a subset of the data requested by the client. It also provides statistics on how large the full set of requested data is, and how much of the requested data set was not displayed. Server-side pagination is best for large data sets.

Note: Server-side paging requires traversing the data set both backward and forward. Not all data sources support that natively. To explicitly enable server-side paging with a data source that does not support it natively, you must configure your server to return a limited number of records per request, along with metadata about the total number of records. For details, see your data source's API documentation.