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Serialization issue using Automapper and odata

I am attempting to map an entity to a model like this

    public static AccountViewModel ToModel(this Account entity)
    {
        return Mapper.Map<Account, AccountViewModel>(entity);
    }

This is where I use this extension method

    [EnableQuery]
    public IQueryable<AccountViewModel> GetAccounts()
    {
        return _accountRepository.Table
            .Select(x => x.ToModel()).AsQueryable();
    }

I get the following exception

LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'Api.ViewModels.AccountViewModel ToModel(Data.Models.Account)' method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression.

Solution

  • Just need to do this

        [EnableQuery]
    public IQueryable<AccountViewModel> GetAccounts()
    {
        return _accountRepository.Table
            .ToList()
            .Select(x => x.ToModel()).AsQueryable();
    }