Description:

This returns the EntityHelper data currently loaded in your site's cache for the specified entity type.

Full Syntax:

<GetEntityHelper EntityType="Manufacturer|Distributor|Category|Section|Genre|Vector"/>

Notes:

• The results are in nested tree order, where each level is ordered by DisplayOrder then Name.

Warnings:

On large sites with many entities, this XML document can become very large.

Example(s):

Get Category EntityHelper info
<AspDotNetStorefrontImport>
<GetEntityHelper EntityType="Category"/>
</AspDotNetStorefrontImport>

Example result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AspDotNetStorefrontImportResult Version="" DateTime="3/4/2007 7:29:48 PM">
<GetEntityHelper EntityType="Category">
<root>
<Entity>
<EntityID>24</EntityID>
<Name>Books</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>0</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>books</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>3</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
</Entity>
<Entity>
<EntityID>21</EntityID>
<Name>cat1</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>0</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>cat1</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>0</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
<Entity>
<EntityID>22</EntityID>
<Name>cat1-1</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>21</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>cat1-1</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>0</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
<Entity>
<EntityID>23</EntityID>
<Name>cat-1-1-1</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>22</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>cat-1-1-1</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>2</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
</Entity>
<Entity>
<EntityID>25</EntityID>
<Name>cat-1-1-2</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>22</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>cat-1-1-2</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>1</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
</Entity>
</Entity>
</Entity>
<Entity>
<EntityID>26</EntityID>
<Name>Category 1</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>0</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>category-1</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>1</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
</Entity>
<Entity>
<EntityID>3</EntityID>
<Name>Golf</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>0</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>golf</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>1</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
</Entity>
<Entity>
<EntityID>2</EntityID>
<Name>PWS Items</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>0</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>pws-items</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>2</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
</Entity>
<Entity>
<EntityID>15</EntityID>
<Name>Random Items</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>0</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage />
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>random-items</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>1</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName />
</Entity>
<Entity>
<EntityID>1</EntityID>
<Name>Test Cat</Name>
<ColWidth>4</ColWidth>
<Description />
<SEKeywords />
<SEDescription />
<SETitle />
<SENoScript />
<SEAltText />
<ParentEntityID>0</ParentEntityID>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<SortByLooks>0</SortByLooks>
<XmlPackage>entity.grid.xml.config</XmlPackage>
<Published>1</Published>
<SEName>test-cat</SEName>
<ContentsBGColor />
<PageBGColor />
<GraphicsColor />
<NumObjects>9</NumObjects>
<PageSize>20</PageSize>
<QuantityDiscountID />
<SkinID>0</SkinID>
<TemplateName>testcat.ascx</TemplateName>
</Entity>
</root>
</GetEntityHelper>
</AspDotNetStorefrontImportResult>